i-love-bunnies
Warren Scout
just a quick question as the title suggests, why can't they be housed together?
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why can't rabbits and guinea pigs be housed together ?
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ShazzaBunny
Warren Veteran
They have different diets
Rabbits often bully the guinea pigs (vice versa in some rare cases)
Rabbit can kill the guines pig (vice versa in some rare cases)
They cant communicate as they speak "different languages" (behavior wise etc)
Rabbits often bully the guinea pigs (vice versa in some rare cases)
Rabbit can kill the guines pig (vice versa in some rare cases)
They cant communicate as they speak "different languages" (behavior wise etc)
ZakuraRabbit
Mama Doe
^That.
+ Some rabbits are carriers of a bacteria that's fatal to guinea pigs. You can't tell whether a rabbit carries it or not since it doesn't harm them.
They can easily injure the pig, not because they're angry with it, it may easily be by accident since rabbits enjoy jumping around a lot, if they accidentally hit the guinea pig it would get several fractured bones and most likely have to be put to sleep
+ Some rabbits are carriers of a bacteria that's fatal to guinea pigs. You can't tell whether a rabbit carries it or not since it doesn't harm them.
They can easily injure the pig, not because they're angry with it, it may easily be by accident since rabbits enjoy jumping around a lot, if they accidentally hit the guinea pig it would get several fractured bones and most likely have to be put to sleep
Pie
Warren Veteran
Just to add to this (hope you dont mind!):
- Piggies do not produce their own Vitamin C unlike Rabbits so there for they cannot have the same diet.
- If a rabbit kicks a guinea pig (even accidentally) that is what could kill them.
- Guinea pigs are much more vocal and will sqeak and talk, buns are more subtle. Hence the "different languages".
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