How to Bond Guinea Pigs - Tips & Tricks - My Experience of Bonding 4 Boars

[@veronicakilpin8231]

Your video was very informative, thank you so much, I have 3 boys and am soon getting another male, so thank you for those directions on what can work and what can go wrong. Cheers 😊

[@djsqaired6644]

Thank you for this. I’m going to introduce my pigs to a boar at the shelter tomorrow before I decide if I’m bringing him home

[@PopcorningPiggy]

Good luck!

[@claudiaportermusic9503]

So glad I found this video, I’m hoping to get more boars to add to my current pair but people keep saying to me that that a group of boars wouldn’t work x

[@93alicemarie]

I'm adding a third boar piggy to my 2 other boars.

[@claudiaportermusic9503]

Crystal_Pawz Dickson ooh I hope it goes well :)

[@93alicemarie]

Claudia Porter Music I'm getting him tomorrow at Petco I think

[@claudiaportermusic9503]

Crystal_Pawz Dickson Awesome, I adopted my third one today

[@93alicemarie]

Claudia Porter Music did it go well with the introduction?

[@samanthahiniker7861]

This has been the most helpful video I have watched! Thank you!

[@jadeellis388]

Thanks so much for putting this video together. We successfully bonded our 5 year old Stripe with 18 month year old Winston last week - and I'm sure it was because we followed each step!

[@guineapigcareguide9134]

I have 4 boys, and I have had all of them for 1 year, and at first they all got along, but as Cocoa bean and Precious grew up, they started fighting Lulu, and Sweetie. Unfortunately, Sweetie had a heart attack and died..so we got Chibi. Since then it has been lulu and chibi in 1 cage, and precious and Cocoa Bean in the other. They are all almost 2, and chibi is almost 1. I am trying to bond them rn. I put the cages next to each other, and took one of the c and c grids out, and put lots of different types of food in. So far, they have not noticed they can go in to the others cage. Wish me luck! Thank you for this video!

[@oversized6959]

This video is really good! I’m soo, soo glad i found your channel 😍

[@PopcorningPiggy]

Thanks 😁

[@skullrose.665]

I am so happy to have come across your video. I have just wrote a long comment/message on another channel I am subscribed to. I so wish I had found yours before I wrote that long one out. Don't get me wrong the other channel is good. But I feel this one is a bit better because you are making video's on your own guinea pigs & experience..the other channel is a guinea pig rescue. Don't get me wrong the woman is great & gives alot of valuable information. There's nothing wrong with the other channel. Just this one is a little more personal & you are talking about your beauties. I will go & look at my comment/message & try to shorten it. As I would love to ask your advice,please??..so I will be back. Loving your advice so far. Thankyou for making this. Really does help. I will message soon. Thankyou,have a blessed & beautiful day,xx

[@briandbeaudin9166]

Really great and helpful video. Thank you! I, personally, am experiencing an issue with trying to bond a new foster Piggie with a bonded pair of females. We wanted to increase our herd to 3 (2 isn't a herd!) In the past we always had 6 week old store bought pigs that we were bonding with an older pig who had lost a cage mate and that seemed to work out very smoothly. In this case we're bonding an older Pig with two pigs that are about 2 years old. We made the mistake of just trying to put the new Pig in with them, yikes! No blood, but torn out fur. Also, it seemed to have destabilized the existing relationship, and we have had some issues now with fighting over food and housing . Anyway, we're going to try to implement your suggestions and see if we can make this work, as we don't have the option of maintaining two separate living accommodations for very long.☹

[@PopcorningPiggy]

Yay! Great! Good luck. Just remember take everything slowly and read the behaviour of the piggies involved. These tips have worked so many times for me and even when I’ve had foster pigs come in and the change in environment means the dynamic changes a little bit. Hope all goes well! ❤️

[@rachelrichards4303]

Thank u for this video I found ur hints and tips very helpful iv just got a new boar and I currently have 2 boars so will be using ur tips xx

[@inspiredailen3275]

Hi! I have a 5 year old guinea pig and I'm planning on getting a baby guinea pig. I'd bond them and all but then I had the thought of getting 2 babies from the same litter (so they'd be bonded already) so 3 males together. Would that be to difficult? when the babies become teenagers would they try to hurt the eldest? Also, should I get 1 and then a couple months later get the next?

[@maaaarrrr]

if you got them, how did it go??

[@inspiredailen3275]

@@maaaarrrr I got 1 and named him pancake! Sadly the five year old (waffles) died a few months later. After waffles died, I got pancake a new freind and named him munchkin!(like the doughnut wholes)

[@caitlinwyeth8767]

hey :) my cage is 32sq ft, so pretty large ! i have 2 boars (2yrs old) who get on well but there’s this boar in the rescue shelter near me (1yr old) who’s pair died and is desperate for a home . i don’t know if i should bother trying to get him and bring him home just incase he doesn’t fit in or gets beat up by my first 2 ? should i try ?

[@PopcorningPiggy]

Only try if you have a plan B in terms of providing him full care & another partner in the case that he doesn’t bond with your other two. Also assess you current two’s personalities and his. Are they all dominant? If yes, then I it is unlikely to work.

[@caitlinwyeth8767]

Popcorning Piggy yep i have a spare hutch large enough to house 2 piggies ! one of mine currently is dominant, one submissive and i would have to ask the rescue about his personality:) thanks for the help

[@PopcorningPiggy]

You’re welcome!

[@liliansclips4998]

They are soooo cute😘

[@aurorabinley3318]

I am getting my 3rd boar today, I'm adopting him. He is a baby so I hope it works with my other piggies

[@FredWeasleyFreak]

I have a trio that lived together for over a year, but I recently had to separate due to illness and surgeries. How do I start the process of moving them back in? They have been able to see each other through the bars the whole time.

[@treesnhoney]

I have an older boar who I tried bonded with a baby boar - it went well! For about 6 months. Then puberty hit. 🤦 Nonstop aggressive behavior - teeth chattering, lunging, biting, etc . I've tried to reintroduce them several times...but no luck these last few months. I'm really disappointed bc I the oldest to be with someone but now I've just doubled my original problem. 😔😩 Have you had any long term experience with this?

[@aurorabinley3318]

Mine do this. They do argue but only desperate if blood is drawn

[@minipigs408]

is it easier to introduce younger guinea pigs (boys) or older or middle-aged?

[@PopcorningPiggy]

Mini pigs it all depends on personality! Had successes & failures with all ages.

[@minipigs408]

Ok, thx. do u have any tricks to introduce a few new boys to 2 others that are about 1 and a 1/2 yr olds?? Sry very curious about this topic. Also should I introduce 2 new brothers or another boy and then another?Sry very curious about this topic

[@PopcorningPiggy]

All my tips are in this video. It’s all done to personality of the pigs

[@ryababe24]

My trio had a falling out and I cannot get them to rebond. The original pair is still bonded but the poor baby is alone. He is 7 months and in puberty. It's been a nitemare. He seems to be dominant. I adopted a 5 year old male that the rescue said is non-aggressive to bond with him. I've never had an issue bonding males until now. Do you have any tips? I currently have my one c&c divided so they can be next to each other to get used to each other. They meet at the divider and Elliot (baby) will sometimes popcorn.

[@PopcorningPiggy]

Hi so sorry that's you've been having a nightmare. Some boys are just hormone driven idiots sadly. You could keep them side by side & let them get used to each other then try again in the future.

[@ryababe24]

@@PopcorningPiggy I tried that. Benson immediately teeth chatters and lunges to attack Elliot (in puberty). ☹. Hopefully Elliot takes to Buddha. They have been getting along through the divider

[@VictoriaBjerring]

I have bonded bunnies a lot so my neighbor just asked me the other day if i could bond her piggies. I said yes cause I´m sure i can do it (i hope) XD She got a 3 year old male and just got two baby piggies (think they are males as well). I´m currently doing research so i know exactly what to do and fell over your video. You said that younger piggies might end up challenging the other piggies when they get older. Should i wait with bonding them to the two baby piggies are a bit older or is it harder to bond them when they get older?? I know her 3 year old male is a bit dominant and i knew she´d get more piggies so i told her to get some that are more submissive and i think the ones she got looks pretty calm though one of them is a bit in charge i can see. But they do also always want a leader and some followers.

[@PopcorningPiggy]

Bonding the babies when they are young is the best as hopefully the herd dominance will be created and then remain as they get older. When bonded young, piggies tend to stick to the herd dynamics but it is just worth knowing that it can be challenged as they get older. Best thing to avoid this is lots of space and 2-3 of everything. I did another video about how to keep boys happy together too. Good luck!

[@VictoriaBjerring]

Thanks for the fast reply. I’ll watch the other video in a sec❤️

[@caitlinarnettmedcalf5422]

Victoria Bayer how did that work out? I have an adult boar and got 3 piggies other piggies today. All 3 brothers, 2 youngest and the 1 other that is 3 months older than them. Any advice

[@VictoriaBjerring]

@@caitlinarnettmedcalf5422 unfortunately then the young piggies turned out to be females and her adult male was the intact father of those piggies so didn’t get to bond them😆

[@heatherstevahn417]

i just got one piggie on the 14th of September and now i am getting another one one the 17th

[@stinalarsson7435]

Get booth at once, stupid otherwise

[@heatherstevahn417]

@@stinalarsson7435 that is a old coment it did not work out the 3 one the person decided to give to someone else even though they where suposed to give him to us and the 2 piggie i still have but he hates the 1st piggie so i own 3 piggies only 2 of live to getther it is a big long story lol

[@renator88]

Im adopting 3-4 males in a few days. Depending if the ones I want are still available. All males under a year basically all young babies. So I’m not sure how it will go. Only two of them are brothers from the same litter. I have a few cages but plan on having them all in one cage. I really hope it works out. I will do my best. I’ve done loads of research and it hasn’t been positive searching about caging multiple males together. So I’m a bit worried. Fingers crossed.

[@PopcorningPiggy]

Good luck!

[@audreystardust2010]

well oops. luckily they seem to be pretty chill and the new piggie seems healthy enough. I am keeping them under surveillance tho.