Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
I had no idea that Guinea Pigs cannot be kept with Rabbits !! In fact Petsmart (now PAH) sold me a Rabbit and a GP to be kept together as friends as they were together in the store !! This was many years ago
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I Thought I Was Doing Nothing Wrong Back Then
- Thread starter Jack's-Jane
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Awh tbf they do look close [emoji7] I remember when I was a kid and friends of mine had a piggie and a bun together - we just had the two mini lops, not sure when advice changed tho!I had no idea that Guinea Pigs cannot be kept with Rabbits !! In fact Petsmart (now PAH) sold me a Rabbit and a GP to be kept together as friends as they were together in the store !! This was many years ago
Also I had no idea pah used to be called petsmart!
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Awww but they seem to love each other.
bunniemum
Mama Doe
You're not the only one Jane
It's how it all started out for me back in the early 90's. I inherited a rabbit and piggy from a family member who had to gone into hospital for a long time. It was also at this time I learned from my then Australian Vet that you could actually neuter a rabbit :shock: As the rabbit would harass the poor little piggy and very time I tried to separate them piggy would get so upset.
Thankfully how times have changed.
It's how it all started out for me back in the early 90's. I inherited a rabbit and piggy from a family member who had to gone into hospital for a long time. It was also at this time I learned from my then Australian Vet that you could actually neuter a rabbit :shock: As the rabbit would harass the poor little piggy and very time I tried to separate them piggy would get so upset.
Thankfully how times have changed.
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I think many of us may have made this mistake many years ago, we did we got Goldie for thumper but she kept scaring him into the poo pile in hutch. So we got Mitzi bunny and put Goldie with what we thought was girl Mitzi who 5urned out to be male and bullied and started to nip Goldie who sat in fear teeth chattering, we immediately removed him and he was happy, Mitzi made her way to bonding himself with thumper when he was neutered,
When thumper died and I got Rosie she kept going to have a look at Goldie but he ran in fear Rosie didn't want hurt him as she was smaller and only a baby but I never put them out together
When thumper died and I got Rosie she kept going to have a look at Goldie but he ran in fear Rosie didn't want hurt him as she was smaller and only a baby but I never put them out together
bumblicious
Warren Veteran
I'm sure years ago it was the advice given that it was ok to keep them together. I used to have a bunny and Guinea pig when I was a teenager and they adored each other, just like my bunnies now.
Lagomorphine
Warren Scout
I think "cannot" is a bit strong a word here. Maybe it's no longer considered advisable but personally we kept a guinea pig with a rabbit together for five years (until the guinea pig died of old age) and I never saw anything but affection between them. In fact, they bonded immediately without the slightest problem and never had a fight whereas it took me five months to bond my current rabbit pair and they still have the occasional bickering.
Preitler
Warren Scout
I think all that is an exaggeration of the theory " a piggie isn't a complete companion for a single rabbit", which people with no clue or experience transformed to Rabbits+piggies=nogo. I've read a lot good first hand experience storys about rabbits and piggies, and not one bad.
