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Introducing guinea pigs (please guinea pig owners only)?

Dec 08, 2009 by Perry | Posted in Rodents

I know the process introduce the guinea pigs, and know about the quarantine and all that. But I have a few questions for people who have introduced guinea pigs, because they have experience and I'm looking for serious answers... All my questions should be answered for 10 pts.

I got my guinea pig, Perry, at the pet store May 12th, 2009. I'm not sure how old he was before this, but he was a baby... So I was wondering if I should introduce another male guinea pig to him while he is still young, or wait until he has matured.

I was also wondering if when I do introduce a baby to Perry, if Perry will automatically be the dominant piggy, because he is the oldest or if the baby will try to be the dominant pig.

How many times can I introduce pigs into the herd? I was thinking three at the most for me... But could I introduce another one if I wanted to? (Or two babies to Perry?)

Thanks for reading, and please give as much advice as possible. I've seen people on youtube that have a bunch of different breeds of guinea pigs together, so I assume that they introduced them all over time.

And I understand that guinea pigs need a lot of space. I'm getting a bigger cage soon, This one to be exact:

http://www.amazon.com/Midwest-Interactiv e-Guinea-Habitat-Plus/dp/B001NJ0DQ8/ref= sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid =1260292796&sr=8-2

And I also know that I could build one, like on Cavy Spirit, but the people I live with prefer getting the cage above.

Again, thank you for reading, and answering!!

Peace, Cavy lovers. = )

I introduced two males together 3 years ago and their still perfectly fine together.

You can introduce them when he's young which is usually easier, when i introduced mine it was a 3 year old guinea pig to a 8 week old guinea pig, and that was also fine.

Younger guinea pigs will be the dominant guinea pig usually. Having a dominant guinea pig is a god thing to some extent. If there wasn't they would forever be fighting with each other to fine the dominant.

You can introduce as many pigs as you like, any more then 5 and they wont bond with you very much though. As long as you have the time and the money and the space then it's fine though.

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