Guinea Pig Baby Boy Bonding with Saskia

[@andrielisilien]

Very cute how the adult guinea pig keeps shielding the baby. "Must protect the BEAN!"

[@elkasykes6693]

andrielisilien Baby bean 🥺😂

[@msguineapigsrus]

LOL little dude got claimed 😂 Spencer was like "this one's mine now"

[@kaya7396]

I wish you could clone yourself so we could have one of you in every state. I'm all the way across the country in North Carolina and wish I had someone like you and a place like the LAGPR closer to me. Nowhere around me for hours has piggies for adoption, and I've yet to find anyone as knowledgeable as you about guinea pigs. I've learned so much from your channel to help me with my two girls that I just got a month ago. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.

[@xxterpzxx581]

I got mine from petco. You just have to sit there for an hour inspecting every inch of every pig. Then make sure to bring it to the vet before introduction

[@Myawesomeguineapig]

@@xxterpzxx581 One of mine is from Petco, because the nearby rescues only had male guinea pigs (none of them were neutered) and I was trying to find a friend for my female guinea pig. I try not to buy from Petco/PetSmart because the way they handle the guinea pigs is sad. I feel bad buying an animal from those big chain stores when there are tons of guinea pigs who need a home, but I can't drive five hours out then back...

[@DawnOldham]

@@xxterpzxx581 I went to Scotty’s Animal’s website and used his list of rescues per state. Nothing close to comparable to Saskia is here in Florida, but when I filled out my form, I was able to see options and some were pretty far away. A few days later I was contacted by email by someone who had somehow seen my request and I was so excited that she was only an hour away! So now I have a baby boy that I’m soon to introduce to my ten month old...

[@equestrianrosie]

I like making the distinction between "aggression" and "being dominant". Our 6+ year old boar does plenty of rumbling at his baby buddy but he's never shown any kind of aggression. He's always been a gentle soul, and his buddy, now over a year old, has thankfully turned out just as gentle. He treats his old man very well. ^_^

[@thewingedmeep2664]

This is exactly what happened to my guinea pig back in January, I brought home a peruvian who was only 5 weeks old. He fit like a glove! You taught me everything I know about guinea pigs and I know I give them the best care cause of you. :) I actually bought a CC cage right after I saw your cage video. Great content!

[@LosAngelesGuineaPigRescue]

I bet you as well as your piggies are loving the new cage!! I think you tend to interact and bond more with your piggies if the cage is bigger and has an open top . Did you find that too?

[@amyy16ox]

I could watch bonding videos all day. Don’t stop! You are awesome!!!

[@RobertBosworth]

“Oh, Spencer jeez, what a mess.” Poor little guy got scent-marked. Hate to laugh about it...but I did. Interesting video. I’ve never seen a baby bonding and was surprised at the lack of aggression (as well as the amount of urine.)

[@melissaclobo]

😂

[@MissEddieBlueKawaiiKrafts]

😹😹😹

[@mikeylikesit64]

That ain’t piss

[@paigeklingele3241]

You are the most important and wonderful person in the whole entire world Saskia!!! and you have taught me so much on what to do with my 2 boy guinea pigs at home , thank you

[@CrystalAnthonyAKC]

Whole

[@libbysanimals_8306]

She done same 2 me

[@kristen7623]

She makes me so happy!

[@CrystalAnthonyAKC]

Beautiful babys I don't care if he is a adult or a baby they are still babies in my heart

[@meadowela4565]

I was literally binge watching these bonding videos looking for a baby boy bonding one from u, and BOOM

[@LosAngelesGuineaPigRescue]

Haha awesome!!!! 🌻

[@tammylines2779]

Awww he trying to nurse. and he’s probably not used to being out side in the cage with out a place to hide in. they are both so adorable . God bless you and thank you for sharing

[@mabelann4568]

Literally said he wasn't trying to nurse. You deaf? Said he was trying to hide.

[@mszoomy]

Poor Lucky #2, wrong time wrong place. I think both babies were showing clear signs of having jyst been weaned. Both were looking for milk and "hiding" under the adult. Enjoy your bath Lucky #2!! Poor little dude. I love hearing Weedwhacker and all the piggies in the background.

[@opia4603]

I have a young piggy that looks just like Lucky, we are going to pick up an older friend for him tomorrow so this video was perfect timing! Thank you for taking such good care of your piggies.

[@LittleKingdom3]

Love your video!!! You are AMAZING Saskia!!❤️

[@reinasolano4528]

The intro to this video made my boys go nuts on wheeking 😂😂

[@ammy6776]

This is so adorable!❤️

[@mirandaz7890]

This is what happened when I bough home a baby Guinea pig on November! My older piggy was confused but was excited to have a lil sis!

[@nirvool_6968]

Same here except the younger one was more exited :)

[@moniquemason7508]

Definitely bath time for that little guy...phew...stinky stuff! Thanks for sharing Saskia. Piggy behaviour is fascinating.

[@TychanDK]

OmGGP, Lucky (both of them) is so tiny! What gorgeous boys, I want to put them my pocket xD Darwin and Spencer are also very handsome! Haha, the boys (L1 and Darwin) playing wheelbarrow, so funny :D Lucky following Darwin, aww! Lucky 2 also following Spencer, ieen when covered in gunk, cuties. "Protect me, new dad!" "Don't go under me, you little thing *brbrrrrb* we can talk, though!"

[@melindawaldrop2509]

Thankyou for all you do!!!

[@bluebeast8885]

Hi Saskia! Love your videos!

[@nicholewilis9013]

I first got my 4 week old skinny pig two days ago, today I got a 3 month old skinny pig. Both females! They bonded great together!!!

[@HealingAutomatically]

Most beautiful, perfect couple lol

[@stacyhicks1450]

love watching and learinging things you teach very well thank you for all you guys are doing

[@L96OZZ]

Baby piggies are the cutest things ever!

[@LadyChaos1992]

I bonded a baby boy with my adult male, and my adult male is always rumble-strutting the baby, but he's never drew blood or anything super aggressive.

[@carlosmolina8763]

I totally respect what you do!...keep up the good work!!!

[@LosAngelesGuineaPigRescue]

Thank you and yes will do!!!

[@dustyblueberry3313]

Saskia, wishing you, your family and everyone else a very safe, healthy and Happy Easter 🐣🐇🐣!!!

[@LosAngelesGuineaPigRescue]

Oh my - Easter! Totally forgot about that. I love Easter! You too honey. 🌻

[@dustyblueberry3313]

@@LosAngelesGuineaPigRescue Thank you so much Saskia, you are seriously the best and the sweetest person and I love your channel💐🤗🥰♥️🐹 P.S. I love Easter too but, I guess there's more pressing things going on in the world at the moment!

[@654321klewis]

Cool I have 4 bonded boars too they get along well

[@rebecasparaco7127]

How did you bond them!? We have 2, 12 weeks boys and a 3week boy. Do you think I can bond them?! Any tips please!!!

[@atreb56]

Thank you so much for posting. Yes, Spencer, the lettuce is greener over the fence! I hope that your ulcers are healing up well.

[@libbysanimals_8306]

Baybe Piggies! Love them all xxxx

[@melissaclobo]

I know right. So tiny as compared to the huge guys🥺

[@Lola-bg1nz]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!! this the only video i could find to help me! i have an adult and a baby and this is just what i needed!

[@sophiamercedes4804]

Shout out to baby Lucky for being so adorable. LOL

[@Ragsta]

This was very helpful. We're fostering two 5 month old boys at the moment and I must say the rumble strutting has been off the scale - I now know about male testosterone levels being much higher 5 - 8 months in particular so thank you for that.

[@dustyblueberry3313]

I had to brother's that lived happily together for about 2 years until one day I heard them fighting so rushed to check on them and found them both freaked out and Pikelet was dribbling blood (from a bite on his mouth) and saliva!!! So I separated them and gave them their own space but, side by side, which seemed to do the trick because after a couple of days, I tried floor time with them and they acted as if there had never been a problem!!! But they never lived together again. Guinea pigs are so cute and adorable yet such funny fickle little things. Thank you for another great video Saskia 😊❤️🐹💖🤗♥️

[@LosAngelesGuineaPigRescue]

Yes there is often no rhyme or reason to their likes or sudden dislikes. In my experience once a fight got bad enough where they drew blood it is best to not have them live together anymore. Side by side divided by a grid is a great option and make sure their individual living spaces are large enough. 🌻

[@digimaui]

I just love the babies 😭

[@adrianaaviles5961]

Thank you this video was helpful to me I bought a month ago a 1 year older cononet he already got use to us now he is my relax around us so i dicede to buy a peruvian 10 weeks old baby and we did the intro at the pet shop and it was just like this video i love it took bith home and so far they doing good thanks Also im a new guinea pig mommy im still learning from tour videos every day now im ready to build a C&C cage so they are my happy my daughter loves then she’s 11yrs

[@paulagraham3]

I adopted a 3 year old male who is totally a Buddha boy for sure. I put him in with 2 younger males who are brothers and they get on great. Been 2 weeks almost and no aggression. They are 3 happy pigs

[@violetbrown5038]

I love your video saskia.

[@juliedeman1890]

I had a male guinea pig once. Total psycho. Lived with his brother for years and out of the blue started attacking him! Had to seperate them. We had them nuitered and got them both a (baby) girlfriend. The sweet one was in heaven but the psycho started attacking her, a baby! We put him in solitary but that made him very sad so we tried again and he still attacked. In the end we made them a cage with a kind of see trough department for the mean one. He could see them, hear and smell them but couldn’t touch them. He was very sweet to me and my family though, but he just hated other guinea pigs. He died a year ago. I really miss him.

[@kilavababa]

Dear Saskia thank you so much for making these videos! I've learned so much about bonding and how to properly take care of my piggies 😊 I have 4 boys and I introduced them to each other today and it went so well thanks to your videos. Greetings from Macedonia 🇲🇰

[@Myawesomeguineapig]

So cute

[@charminglittlepiggies1472]

They are so adorable! 😍 I love how the baby tries to hide under the older guy, so cute. ❤️

[@richardtestis5370]

i tried to bond my male guinea pig with 6 different males, the final pig was a baby boy, who he loved right away and they still love each other!

[@SMILEY6488]

Omg thank you I was worried they were fighting

[@RussetFox]

I have 2 agressive males in a split cage. Introduced a baby boy from an misgendered oops pregnancy. I have the cage walls baby proofed but the baby freely gos through the divider. He gets along with both boys.

[@semrappange2013]

Last Friday (April 3rd 2020) was by far the worst day of my life, after 7 years of caring for my guinea pig Speedy. We had to euthanise her, turned out she began to have brittle bones due to her age, and she took a wrong step breaking the bone at the elbow, as a result she couldn’t get around the cage to go eat, sleep or poop (yes she actually had separate for these things). She started losing a ton of weight, we tried hand feeding her but that wouldn’t work a day later we went to the vet (I personally wanted to go the day before, but couldn’t because or corona). At the vet they weighted her (just over 600 grams, instead of the healthy 1kg), her bowels were almost completely empty, turned out she had trouble swallowing her food (why we don’t know) and her body temperature was already 3 degrees Celsius below average. On top of all of this she also had something on her back which could have been a tumor. As you can see we were out of option and euthanising was the best option. She slowly passed away in my arms, giving one last barely hearable squeak. All of this happened in 2 days, before Speedy was perfectly healthy and in less than two days it was over. Her cage (we have a cage for indoors (winter) and outdoors (summer)) still stands in my room, it is scary because normally I could hear her eat or could see her sleeping (she was partially white so you could easily see her). Rest in peace speedy, you will not be forgotten, especially with the thousands (I’m not joking) of photos of you on my phone. Thanks for reading.I had to let this out, seemed like this community was the best since everyone here loves guinea pigs( unlike my parents. (They used to call speedy a “Rat”, it was only a nickname, but it still made me furious) Some advise: love your guinea pig now that you still can, it could be over the next day as it was with Speedy.

[@yuuiuu11]

babies finding their big brothers! too cute

[@harald5519]

The baby’s are so cute. 😊

[@googlieeyes6178]

Not sure if you'll see this or not, but all of my family is out of work because of quarantine so a vet isnt an option sadly, but my guinea keeps sneezing, his breathing sounds pretty clear and thats the only symptom of a uri he has. I was wondering if you had any over the counter antibiotics suggestions i could get / tips as to what to do? It'd really be appreciated. Edit: I live on the east coast and none of the vets close by take guinea pigs for a reasonable price, he's also 3 years old.

[@nel9380]

I would recommend watching saskia’s (or other guinea pig channel’s) videos on sneezing. Might be if some help. Hope you and your pigget the help you need! Stay strong!

[@raelynnburdett2169]

FIRST!!! Love the vids!! So much cuteness!!! ☺️☺️☺️🥰🥰🥰

[@lumchung]

Thanks a lot ❤❤

[@Lola-bg1nz]

My piggy heard the intro with the wheels and they went CRAZY 😂

[@fruitrollup2790]

I loved the intro 😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@marijkeotter-delange1860]

😘😍💖😍😘❤️❤️❤️❤️ You are beautifull glad to see you again after being sick for over 3weeks, 7531 AX Enschede, NL

[@marijkeotter-delange1860]

How old are those babies???

[@LosAngelesGuineaPigRescue]

Jeetje je was ziek?

[@Crysp09]

My older guinea pig wouldn't stop attacking and humping my 1 month old guinea pig I couldn't put them in the same cage at all. When the baby was in the room both my older guinea pigs would squeak so loud it sounded like screaming.

[@aniyahisabelll9176]

The size difference is killing me 😂!

[@epd1113]

I love Guinea pig squeeks 🥰🐹

[@Adam_Dot_Com]

Lucky II should be renamed "Golden Boy" if ya know what I mean xD

[@панкқоян]

when you were holding lucky at the start 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@guineapig5858]

One of my gpigs is called Lucky... He also has epic eyeshadow. Haha

[@yun9444]

Awwwwww little baby!!!!

[@chelsilovebeat1050]

I really hope saskia does more new Guinea pig bonding videos I really miss those

[@jenniferdontworry1349]

I just got my boy 2 baby boys because he lost his best mate Gucci almost 3 weeks ago 😭😭😭 my boy demon could smell the babies but I thought he was hurting them when he would chase them around ...... But today I was like I'll see how they go today and he was ok with them a little chase here and there and purring but that's normal....... Fingers crossed they stay best mates the babies are 6 weeks old demon is a year old in July

[@kellakasha8337]

Babies!!!❤️❤️😍😍😍 Wonderful video.

[@lrlasvegas6427]

Wow! Came here for the pigs, but purple is your color! 💜💜💜

[@bellcow6728]

Spencers bum fluff is so cute

[@TeeTee123-u4i]

Just LOVE your content!

[@angelaem03]

I would absolutely LOVE to pick her brain about my inherited skinny pig.

[@charity9660]

It looked like he was trying to get milk out of Spencer fr 😂

[@melissaclobo]

Awww poor little guy 😂

[@musicalmarion]

Those darn boys! Are trios more successful than pairs?

[@rein.xshine5898]

I love your videos!

[@cocah2]

I see probably all the videos, but, i have two baby girls, the two have the same age of baby luck i think, in the pat store they say they have 4 montha old but they are so small as baby luck, First i buy one and 14 days later got the second, and i dont understand the behavior of them, they run around the cage, jump, stay doing the same sound of baby luck, can you make a video bounding two baby girls ?

[@LosAngelesGuineaPigRescue]

Yes!

[@cocah2]

@@LosAngelesGuineaPigRescue thank u so much! I learn so much about them with u, but this two sometimes looks like they love each other because they sleep together, and sometimes looks like they hate each other running around the cage and make these screaming noises

[@cocah2]

@@LosAngelesGuineaPigRescue and sorry for the bad inglish, im from Brazil 😅

[@thericeclann7825]

I will have to do this very soon...I will need to quarantine the new baby before introducing them right?

[@jennifervernazza6838]

Hello, I hope you see this. I have a 4 month old and 8 week old males and would like to introduce them. Any other advice?

[@izzylova3325]

Thank you

[@samtammo]

do baby guinea pigs cling and hide in the older ones? the two recent ones who passed used to do it with the older one who is still alive and now we got another baby shes doing the same I'm not sure if its cause shes getting used to her surrounding or if she thinking coco is like a mother

[@kirstenrubarth8384]

I havetwo guinea pigs and I've had them since they were young got them from PetSmart one had a problem for them to the back at that solved well one of them is super friendly will let you love them one will come up to you meet you in the morning if you try to touch him he runs hell smell you and all but I was wondering is there a way I can get him out of that

[@melissaclobo]

You can start hand feeding him slowly daily, several times a day

[@melissaclobo]

So while ur hand feeding you can try to pet him with ur other hand. It will help

[@DawnOldham]

I am SOOOO hoping this happens for me this weekend. I have a 9 1/2 month old who needs a buddy. I have found a 3 week old baby that is needing a home, so I’m really hoping the age difference will make for a happy home like this. Hopefully Buckey will behave himself and be more of an adult and less the teenager since he is on the cutoff between the two! Edited three weeks later: I held off on introducing them and will most likely do it this weekend. I wanted to give the baby some time to settle into our house and my routine. I also sewed two more full sets of fleece with my mother. (Two large pads to cover the bottom of the cage and pads for underneath the corner house and the corner fringed “tent”, and what I call a pee pad. I made rectangle shaped pads to go in the space where Buckey eats hay and poops the most. It makes cleaning so much faster and keeps the small down to have several pads for each area that he poops and pees the most!

[@Megan_4]

The beginning set of my piggies

[@agsparkelz9902]

Hi i Got My 1st Guinea Pig Back in April of 2022 And Today July 17th 2022 And They Are Both Female And My 1st Guinea Pig is So Sweet And She’s Not Dominant And Eventually Should i Put Them Together I Have A Big Cage

[@kristenwiles-ng2en]

I can't find help or content to guide me in the right direction and was hoping you saw ski could help even though I know this video is a bit older. I've had a long hair silky male who has been pretty much by himself other than with the family that adopted him before us and they'd previously got him from a pet store. We have a little baby boy we just adopted and after a few of the meetings introductions they're both in the same space but the baby is still very terrified won't even look at me won't take food for my hand but does eat and the older pig has relocated himself sitting in front of the water bottle on the other side of the cage which is very strange and I know that the older guinea pig absolutely loves the little one was also jealous and I noticed a lot of lot of licking on the baby's face he looks a lot and then always wants to crawl in and be in his way or in his food. It's been a few days now they both just sit on opposite sides of their home. The little one at first gave our big boy a run for his money and was humping and chasing and still does a bit. What can I don't to help little Gizmo adapt not be gone and sibling sick and terrified of me.I mean if I look in his direction across the room he turns his head into his blanket Also if my older jellybean pig maybe garden or taking food from the little one and going hungry maybe. But also another curiosity is the little Gizmo seems completely silent.Only in the beginning I heard the baby tiny rumble and tiny squeaks.

[@xxterpzxx581]

Fuck I'm so happy I just bought a baby yesterday. I was scared the mspca would only have adults. My first and main pig is about 4 to 5 months and my newbie is a few weeks. I still haven't bonded them but I'm so excited to. I think I have to wait 2 weeks to introduce them tho. I think

[@ClawHeHeNum]

Hey saska the male guinea pig i have is a lethal and im trying to bond the a normal guinea pig and plus the old one try tapping him cause the oldest bit the lethal's ear

[@robinjones394]

Are baby boy brothers always a good match?

[@SuperGurla]

Hi. I got a baby girl but I´m worried. My 3 yr old guinea pigs seem too aggressive. Especially one of them, it looks like she bites her or hits her with her head especially when cornered. But I haven't seen a wound, I separate them when this happens. baby girl seems scared, always runs away from them. I dont know what to do.

[@1lisalopez]

Thank you. What age difference will the old guinea pig need to be for this works well?

[@LosAngelesGuineaPigRescue]

the age of the older boy doesnt matter at all. Any age really

[@1lisalopez]

Thank you, this was very helpful.

[@sephorats89]

I learned my lesson after trying to bond my Zeus with an adult male. He got pretty aggressive. The other was a lot older than he was.

[@lizzg94]

OMG thank you so much for this video! i have a 4 year old male guinea pig and i just got a baby male guinea pig and i was scared to introduce them because i thought the big one was not going to like the baby, but after watching your video i put both of them together for an hour and Cinnamon (the big one) loved the baby! i'm so happy thank you so much for your videos! :)

[@MeliRusher]

Hi! I'm in the same situation but with a big girl, your 4 year old piggie was alone all his life? I could get a second guinea pig until now and I'm afraid since she's a loner that she'll be agressive to the baby

[@lizzg94]

@@MeliRusher Hey Melissa, so the 4 year old guinea pig and the baby were fine together for good 5 months only. They just randomly started fighting and now I have them in separate cages...😔😔😔 so yeah my recommendation is if your 4 year old piggie has been alone this whole time don’t get him a friend, she’s already use to be on her own.

[@MeliRusher]

@@lizzg94 I know that's the case for male guinea pigs, I might get lucky with girls (?

[@MeliRusher]

@@lizzg94 Btw tysm for answering 🥺

[@lizzg94]

@@MeliRusher I’m not sure how girls are... give it a try for a week to see how well they get along, and no problem hun 😊

[@ababyharpseal6534]

When introducing a baby guinea pig to an adult and the adult humps, is there a chance that it could hurt the baby accidentally?

[@LosAngelesGuineaPigRescue]

I have not seen that happen yet

[@elkasykes6693]

Can you pair a neutered female with a neutered male?? I kinda want to know 😅

[@millyrockrob1532]

Does anyone know at what point it’s not a successful bond? I’m currently trying to bond a 2 year old boar with a baby who looks to be about a month old. The adult has been humping him and rumble strutting for 3 days now and won’t leave him alone except for some rare moments when they’re both eating or laying next to each other. He hasn’t hurt the little guy but won’t stop chasing him and I thought that it was supposed to end after a few hours

[@emmadrake6650]

I’m about to pair my older male (4 years) with a 6 week old male... is it likely that when the younger male hits the teenage phase could they fall out? Hopefully the bond sticks!

[@ScousePets]

It depends on space etc for me it went fine but I reccomend multi entrance hides so they cant trap each other excersize and just dont separate unless blood is drawn as people tend to separate too quick

[@tishlong5335]

I have a juvenile skinny pig about 5mos old and just brought home a 5 week old Abyssinian guinea pig yesterday for a cage mate. I haven't had any aggression towards the little guy but he continually makes that noise that spencer makes towards the baby is that normal?

[@ljgstretchlette]

My question is can you do a introduction for two males that are roughly the same age? Or does it only have to be a baby and an adult?

[@mamiesue94]

I've introduced two boys who were around the same age, teenagers/adults, and they are living happily together. I just found that I had to match up two that had similar personalities.

[@akaciateague2204]

I was wondering if this would be good option for me.... Since the only resource for my guinea pig a buddy is the pet store my step daughter got him from.

[@aprillynndavis168]

It doesn't sound like buying a piggie from a pet store is good. We don't have piggie rescues here. Where is the best place to get a piggie? Would a breeder be better than a pet store? Thank u.

[@user-hk7le1fx2s]

im trying to do this with my 2 piggies, but the big one keeps humping and sitting, and pushing the baby over.. please help! they are both males and it is their first time bonding btw

[@debbieweaver93]

Question for you guys ........ after a good bonding do you clean out their cage before placing them together? or a completely different one? Found you last week and I've had a massive watch of all your videos - you are all amazing. Much love and respect xx Debbie

[@melissaclobo]

Hi. Yes you can clean the cage so that it smells new. No scent of any old piggi should come from the cage. So that there is no territory marking in the cage and both feel neutral