What a pair of pigs

[Guineapigdrama]

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I have two guinea pigs, horrendously spoilt things. Recently purchased them a new house (see image when uploaded) hence spoiled.

Now, one of them will not let the other into the bed area, chases him out. There's two beds in that area, completely separate and the same. So the ousted one sits in the other area all the time.

What do I do? Shut them both out of the bed so it's can't be hogged by one of them all day (pun intended)?

Or shut them both in at night and let them get on with it? I shut them in together for an hour yesterday and they were fine, no issues.

Going out of my mind with trying to please these two animals 🤣🤣

Do neutered boars still have an instinct to mate? What do the sows think of that?

Yes, Minnie is a Teddy. They seem to much happier side by side, very content today.
At this point I don't think I'll attempt to rebond.

We bonded our young neutered boar with two sows ( Rescues) who had just been weaned from their litters (huge 240 piggie rescue )

He had lost his "Dad" and we got the girls to keep his spirits up . They were kept side-by-side .. he went off to have his Gentlemans Operation and 6 weeks side by side .
If he did fancy a bit of action they told him to s*d right off.
Sows can pee behind them, like a water pistol.

"We've Been There Done That . Don;t think so sonny , we're here to retire "

They were 10 months old , love them. He was about the same age .

Thanks @70isaLimitNotaTarget I did wonder if a neutered boar meant a lifetime with a sex pest, just without the furry consequences!
Though of course some female pigs might enjoy that

My last two, Henry and Rosie, were both neutered in rescue homes. Henry was already 2 years old by the time he was neutered, and Rosie 6 months. There was NO way she was putting up with any amorousness from him. The second he'd start rumbling, she'd whirl around with an annoyed squeak and nip him sharply. Settled him right down, every time.

Are they boys and have they had the snip? Might be the solution. We've had Bout 10 guinea pigs over the years. Had advice from Cavy Corner GP rescue in Doncaster.
We've had a couple of bully GPs. If they get on otherwise then it's just the pecking order.

No they will not, if they are well suited.
unfortunately hormones are kicking in at 9 months, but you do have lots of space there to try and separate them both without them becoming isolated.
They will either, settle down eventually or, ideally you can talk to a savvy guinea pig rescue (not the vet or pet shop) who can work through the problem with you.

I’ve been rescuing pigs foot the last 16 years, I’ve had up to four boars happily living together, so long as they had space, and lots of boxes to play/sleep in, and often all together.

We got piglet GP3 at about 6 weeks (Rescue) to match with GP1 when GP2 ( his brother ) died . GP1 was craving company and delighted with his new piggie .
GP3 grew massive and around 4 months got a bit cheeky and became the Alpha Boar .Gradual takeover .
They has space and we gave GP1 his own house (wicker hedgehog house with straw on top and a rubber trug on that so it was insulated ) GP3 had the haybox and they shared the floor space .
If GP3 wandered into the hedgehog house he wandered straight back out , he knew this was not his !
There were times he got a bit Ott so we washed them both and gave their shed a complete clean and re arrange .
They can be managed , but boar pairs isn't a natural grouping . They;d choose a couple (or more ) nice sows if they could ,
When we did have boars/sows the females were very much the ones in charge !

Lovely piggies 400 I love their little faces , they look like they've been drinking through a straw that someone pinched !
Guinea-pigs are such beautiful , gentle little creatures . Quite vulnerable that they don;t have defences , they could bite you , they have those rodent teeth but they rarely do .
Very bribeable which is part of their charm .

Don;t know why your guinea pig photo has a Sensitive Image blur ?
Unless they will hypnotise you "Yes , you will go to the fridge . Look into my eyes . Fridge , salad drawer . We have mouths y'know"

😆
maybe the filter thinks they are skin, not fur? (Because of the colour).
Nude piggie photos are sensitive!

I didn’t understand why it went to sensitive photo. I guess you’re right about the colour.
Test with my two latest rescue boys (they need lots of attention with frequent combing, poor chaps) to see if they’re seen as ghosts

Well OP. It sounds like they don’t get on so I’d house them separately.

I had 2 guinea pigs as a child. One sadly died, and the other died of loneliness a short while later. Or so I thought.

Many years later I found out that one killed the other in the night, and started to eat it! My mum was so horrified she couldn’t feed the remaining one any longer (I was very small) so she asked my dad to do it. He fed it too many potato peelings or something.

Imagine my surprise when that story came out at the dinner table one night, as if I’d always known! My mum forgot she’d never told me the truth.

@EveningSpread if I found out my parents had tortured a living being it would irreparably damage my relationship with them.

I'm not sure what you're saying, your dad purposefully fed your guinea pig toxic food?

Everyone calm down, my dad didn’t torture anything, he fed it something wrong by accident - something innocuous like too many potato peelings, which he didn’t know would do harm.

The point was I had a killer guinea pig! And never knew! I thought they liked living in pairs. Two girls as well :/

Guinea pigs should never be fed vegetable or fruit peelings, it's a choking hazard. Similarly grass cuttings are a no no.

DD 3, 16, has had guinea pigs since she was three, in our case two sisters each time. They bedded in individual igloos with plenty of hay inside.

Just thought I'd best put that info out there so people know.

@EveningSpread It didn't occur to me that you were saying your dad had executed your surviving guinea pig deliberately (though I did wonder if I had misunderstood when the other replies came up!).

My pigs get a sort of rotation of dandelion leaves, cauliflower leaves, cabbage, romaine, Little Gem, a little spinach or broccoli and a bit of red pepper or carrot. Once a week or so they get a raspberry and they LOVE THAT.

And nuggets and hay. I do think they like the hay best of all.

Oh that is awful , I'd never heard of a guinea-pig eating the other cagemate ( the school gerbils were cannibalistic , two boys . Cannot unsee what the teacher lifted from the cage !)

We used to put the body of the deceased guinea-pig overnight with the cagemate/s so they had time to accept , never had any of them do anything unsavoury to the body . They very very rarely eat their youngsters , rabbits are more likely to but piggies have smaller litters and they are fully formed .
Pregnant females can 'absorb' a pregnancy if the situation isn't right .

Regarding feeding - pellets have Vit C and they can have a good amount .
Hay should be unlimited as they eat , sleep and toilet in it
Ours loved it when I went out with my grass cutting scissors and a bowl , especially if they couldn't graze .
Gone in 60 seconds !

Where do you get your information from?

My guinea pigs haven’t read the rule book, they steal all sorts of stuff I’m to assume they shouldn’t have, including carrot, apple and orange peel.
They eat whatever takes their fancy in the garden (secure free range) from marigolds to the dead leaves dropped from the Laurel and Bay hedge. They have whole young branches from the apple tree when the gardener comes to tidy it up. They don’t touch the stuff they shouldn’t, ivy, fuchsia or spider plants.
They do have their eyes on the pumpkin at the moment but it’s in the raised garden and they haven’t worked out (yet) how to get to it.

There are lots of sites that give lists of what guinea pigs can and can't eat. Raw potatoes are dangerous to lots of animals but guinea pigs can have apple, carrot and even orange as a treat. You just need to watch their sugar and calcium intake.

Ours loved it when a leaf fell into the run - we have a pear tree . And my little Abby boy used to giraffe neck to swipe willow leaves as I carried him by.

They wouldn't be fobbed off by carrot peelings ; loved the remains of a brussels sprout tree , spat out pumpkin ,sell their granny for parsley

Grass needs to be grazed or fresh cut not lawn mowing as they can have oil on them and they ferment. No cat or dog contaminants,

They loved a fresh deep hay bed .we gave them fresh hay every day but in summer it was hay cookies or if one had an injury it was stuffed in a loo roll tube . They loved the hay from Jolleys and Readi-grass if there was no fresh grass .

They were fussy little mammals

Have you ever tried them with fresh dill? That was like crack cocaine to our two. They became lunatics when that was presented 😅 their eyes somehow got bigger and squeaks deafening! 🥰🥰