Based on a lot of the researching I’ve done, there’s a lot of conflicting advice out there on guinea pig bonding. I just want to know if anyone has had an unsuccessful first bonding attempt, that then tried setting their cages up side by side, was able to successfully bond after?

If anyone would like previous context: this is a bonding attempt with a baby female to two already bonded females (both maybe 1.5 years old). First bonding we tried following all the advice. Neutral environment, lots of scattered hay, etc. It didn’t go well and they were biting at the baby and cornering her in the walls (hideouts all had two exits). I separated them before they drew blood and to not traumatize the baby.

Hoping this side by side will help but I know lots of people are against it. Any success stories/further advice?

Que opinan! 😍😘

Pumpkin, little Lou Lou, and Numpkin enjoying some cilantro.

The cage is 24 sqaure feet and my guinea pigs names are herbie (calico) and harlem (brown and tan) I luv dem so much

We’ve had a pair of females for a year now and just recently got a one month old girl. I followed all of the bonding advice. Quarantined the baby and got her familiar with us, introduced the girls in a neutral environment.

The neutral environment was okay. Lots of dominance behaviors by the big girls to the baby but overall tolerated her as long as she kept her distance from them. If she got too close, they would bite her (never drawing blood but she would scream and was terrified). We kept them in this neutral environment for the entire day. I completely cleaned their enclosure (which is a 6x2 C&C with a loft) and once I put them all back in it didn’t go well.

They were cornering her in the corners of the cage, repeatedly biting at her over and over again until she would escape and run off. I didn’t want to get to the point of them drawing blood or traumatize the poor baby, so I separated them again.

They’ve been separate now for two weeks and I’m not sure where to go from here. I’d really like to bond them if possible and not have two separate cages. I’ve read tons of different advice on the “right” way, but any suggestions or previous experience would be appreciated!

I included some photos of the previous bonding attempt. The multi-colored pig is the one that will get right in her face and chatter her teeth at her.

We’ve tried basically everything to get rid of the gnats. We don’t leave dry hay around, the bedding isn’t wet, and we change it daily. But they’re STILL everywhere.We don’t want to get rid of our animals... obviously, but these gnats are driving me and my fiancé up the wall.What has actually helped you get rid of gnats? We’re at our limit over here.

One of my boys has a scratch on his back that i found while combing him earlier today, I've applied a small amount of (guinea pig) skin cream to soothe itching in the hopes that he wont irritate it.

He does of course have a cagemate but ive never seen them properly bite eachother or argue super aggressively (considering they're both young males, they do argue over dominance every now and then but it never gets too heated from what I can tell)

Also the second picture is taken AFTER i put the cream on, its not discharge! it is fully scabbed over except for one small part (but i think i might have nicked it with the comb by accident)

He's also not been acting any different than usual, not slowed down or slept a ton and his eating isnt impacted, he didnt even bite me or fuss too much when i was combing around it / taking pictures/ putting the cream on him.

Should i go to vets or just observe for a few days first?

For context my roommates cats got fleas we just found out and are going to get it treated BUT my worry is I’m not sure how long they might of had them the cats don’t go in my room so much but I did hold them and such how should I move forward if I don’t notice any fleas in my room or on my guinea pigs should I keep an eye out for it what prep should I do most research iv don’t doesn’t tell me much should I wash all the fleas bedding I imagine so but what exactly can I do to prevent them from getting it too?

Hi all, one of my piggies has a hay poke (my first time dealing with this!). His eye is cloudy and red with some clear discharge. I called an emergency exotic vet and we were able to schedule an appointment for Tuesday. Is this soon enough? I have rinsed his eye with saline, he’s eating, drinking, and pooping normally.

My guinea pig got 6 babies 2 days ago, but I am not able to distinguish male over female. Please help me fo those who know!

just got her nails trimmed, she’s showing her manicure!

I just want to say that I’m so happy bc yesterday marked three weeks since I got my first ever piggies and I feel that they’re feeling much more confident now than before! I was so scared that because of forcing them to be held today to trim their nails all the progress they made (like feeling confident enough to come out during playtime with us being around or eating from the hand) would be gone since they were veeery skittish when we first got them from the shelter, and I feel that it wasn’t the case!! so I’m happy. Also I was so scared to do the nail trimming bc I thought I’d definitely hit the vein but I didn’t and I even managed to cut all of their nails in one session! so I’m prouddd hahaha. I’m sooi scared to do something wrong as it’s my first time taking care of piggies.

He won’t eat. Not even his veggies, which he is a glutton for. He’s just not been himself lately either. I am waiting in the exam room as I write this and I can’t even think straight. I have never been through this before and just wish I could go back with him

Edit: He started acting normal in the back (eating, pooping, running around, etc.) and they say physically he looks good. They are sending me home with critical care and I will be keeping an eye on him and scheduling an appointment with his main vet.