Other Can guinea pigs play with other animals

[Bremw96]

My friend has a hamster. She wants to have a playdate with my piggy. Can they play together? My piggy is a little large but he is usually really playful. Is it possible for the two to play together

 

[Ash-Ro060708]

I don't think it would be a good idea. They are different species and have totally different social skills, not to mention that most hamsters are solitary and probably wouldn't know how to play. Also the hamster might feel threatened by the guinea pig's size and attack him.

 

[crazycarrot]

Not a good idea at all, Piggies have a strong bite and a small hamster could die if bitten in the wrong place.

 

[Bremw96]

I was thinking that but my friend insisted that they would be fine. I guess thats a no to the playdate

 

[Paula]

It might be fine -- this time, but it's generally not a good habit to get into. Aside from the potential for injury to both animals, it's very stressful for them to meet new animals, so it wouldn't really be a "playdate" as we think of them; it would be an unnecessarily stressful event that they have to endure for, really, no good reason.

 

[Xinaa]

Agreed with above. The risk of one or the other getting hurt, or killed, is too high to risk.