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Adding another guinea pig Is this a good idea2007-11-24 21:57:24

I know a lot of people will say males will fight eachother to death, BUT, I know that's not true! I want TRUE answers about this, so read CAREFULLY. I have 1 male guinea pig. He is 7 months old, BUT, I've only had him for 4 months. The other 3 months he was at a petstore with at least 10 other male guinea pigs. My friend has sadly chosen to breed guinea pigs, so I'm going to take a 3 month old male from her. Is this a good idea? If not, how come? If so, how come?

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that should work but u need a big cage so they can both have there own territory. you should quarentine the new gp for 3 weeks in a seperate cage and different room just incase it is sick. make sure to introduce them on nutral territory. for more about introductions and quarentining go to http://www.cavyspirit.com/sociallife.htm...

good luck i hope this helps!

ps for bigger cages that are pretty cheap go to www.guineapigcages.com

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I don't think it is a good idea it probably did'nt fight with those guinea pigs because they were always around each other.I can tell you from personal experience with my own that they do fight and hurt each other badly my two males got into a fight and one got a very deep,nasty gash on it.You can see how they would respond to each other by holding them a few inches apart but if either one satrs chattering at the other get them away from each other.

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Well... threes are always risky numbers i wouldnt add another one in because it will cause an upset in the group and the other two may gang up on it. if u still wanted your friends guinea pig then get two and keep them in a seperate hutch...

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go to www.guineapigcages.com, they have information on introducing new pigs. A lot of the time it depends more on the personality of the individual pigs than whether they are male or female. I would give it a try.