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Okay. I'm so much more relieved now! Thanks guys :)

Yep! I even laid towels down on the floor that were washed twice to make sure no smells were present. Thank you for your reply. I think I just needed to be reassured that this was 'normal'. Also, I can still give them floor time together, correct? They're all still in the same cage together...

It's been a while since I've done intros, but recently I adopted a young 3 week old piggie to pair with my older boars who are all 2 yrs old now. Intros went well, no big issues, but it's day 4, and the 'top pig' is still mounting the baby like crazy. It's as if he's a man obsessed; he will even...

I was wondering if it is necessary to keep something wooden in with guinea pigs for them to keep their incisors from growing too long. I know they keep their teeth in check with hay, but I seem to remember reading that hay eating did not help with incisors staying at a healthy length. I am...

Hello, I was curious if anyone knew of any active rescues that were in the greater Twin Cities (Minnesota) area. I've tried googling for some, but honestly I've been just coming up with closed ones. :( Any help is appreciated!

I am only worried about the ”bonding” of the two because of the possibility that I may have to give Xanax away, and I didn't want either to end up depressed if I had to do so. I asked mainly because, from my inexperienced view, they don't seem to like each other at all right now, but I just...

All my piggers are boys. Basically, at one point when they were all still very young, they all were housed together in two Midwest guinea habitat cages that were joined together (Amazon.com: Midwest Expandable Guinea Habitat: Pet Supplies). That was the best of times, haha. But puberty hit...

In regards to the cage size, I was just thinking then -- if I got a larger cage, would that end the fighting? I am hesitant to just keep buying larger and larger cages if they're just going to end up fighting no matter what. =/

They're both males. The cage is 47'' x 24''. I only had them together on the floor when I tried to see if they were ready to be together in one cage again; their separate cages are next to each other though because I thought they should at least be able to communicate with each other so they...

So, I have four pigs total, two to each cage, and two of them are just fighting all the time (Zoloft and Xanax). Every time they see each other, they lunge and fight, and it has turned to bloodshed, so they are now separated. I know that space isn't a problem because they continued to fight even...

hehe, thanks everyone for the name compliments! I wish I could say they were my idea - my brother actually came up with Prozac's name (the first pigger I got) and I just continued the theme. In my last post I had said I moved them to two per cage section. But this didn't work out; not only was...

I recently adopted my last guinea pig, so I have four total. They were actually getting along great with the new addition, but after a month of honeymooning, Zoloft and Xanax have decided that they don't like the new guy, Prince Valium. They insisted on picking on him so much, that his rear end...

I adopted a Peruvian from my local shelter, and I'm having a bit of a problem when it comes to petting him. When I pet him anywhere below the neck, he rumbles. Is there a certain kind of way to pet this breed due to the long hair? He does this when I groom him too, but I figured he just want...

Thank you so much! That helps a lot. I was just rinsing the hair around their rears, and just visually checked for bedding stuck down there, but knew nothing about the sac at all. Is there any other kind of grooming things in 'that area' that I should be aware of?

Do they mellow out towards each other also as they get older? They don't even like to cuddle together, but I've seen so many videos where they cuddle and sleep together. Or are boys just destined to be crabby to each other forever?

I have 3 boys, and they all have oily stuff on their rears. Even tho they rub their rumps on the fleece, should I be cleaning that sac out on all 3 anyway? Is it easy to find? How often do you clean it? is this done during puberty only, or throughout life?

Thank you so much for the advice everyone! I will continue to be patient and play it out. I have to say, I can't wait until they ALL mellow out after puberty! lol

I know, but the hair pulling thing was now of a quick swift tug, which I was told mocked their mothers behavior. But I digress... I thought it could be 'pee' related, but it's just hard to believe he has to pee 5mins after every time I pick him up. He does it even with another piggie in my lap...

I've been debating posting about this for a while, because I thought it was a silly question/problem. But, I'm kind of getting a little down about it, so here we go. My oldest piggie Prozac and I are having petting session/cuddle time issues. When I first got him he and I would cuddle for...