DaydreamBunny
Alpha Buck
You have been given lots of useful advice and choose to ignore it. It is always the animals who suffer in the end
I have staffys with cats and there fine and there different species they sleep together .... Plus I put pigs with my bucks for years keep them company I buck I have has been with his pig mate for 5years even when I put them in the garden they go togetheras well as the (already thoroughly explained) risk of injury to the guinea I personally feel they are probably still lonely. They are different species and while they may co-exist with no ill feelings toward one another it doesn't mean they fulfil each others needs. A rabbit knows it's friend loves it when it's groomed, a guinea communicates with squeaks.
As far as I'm concerned it's like if you were only ever allowed a donkey for a companion. You might be like each other, snuggle up for warmth and even understand each other to a degree but it's not like having a real friend, and that donkey might do you some serious damage.
It's not something I'd personally ever do - and I don't think you'll find anyone on here who will agree that it's a good idea.
I have staffys with cats and there fine and there different species they sleep together .... Plus I put pigs with my bucks for years keep them company I buck I have has been with his pig mate for 5years even when I put them in the garden they go together
Certain palces do still allow these to be kept together and live together, and as much as im gonna get told im wrong here, if I felt it was the right thing to do, I would do it again, as my rabbit guinea-pig pairings have been the cutest I have ever had, and I think rabbits just see them as there own babies, and make sure they look our for one another, as when I had the 3 rabbits and guinea-pig, Buttons knew that Skippy was the one he went to when he wanted to sit peacefully and just be close to someone.
I can only assume you're trolling but for the sake of argument....I have staffys with cats and there fine and there different species they sleep together .... Plus I put pigs with my bucks for years keep them company I buck I have has been with his pig mate for 5years even when I put them in the garden they go together
I can only assume you're trolling but for the sake of argument....
Dogs and cats are a different matter. A dog isn't going to accidentally cripple a cat or vice versa. And, as has been said, they generally have a choice of where to go and the ability to get away from each other and the choice to be together if they want to.
Putting a guinea in with an un neutered buck brings on whole other issues since the bucks would, inevitably, hump the guineas - not only scaring them but risking serious damage.
I highly doubt you've had guineas with sexually mature non neutered bucks for years with no problems.
for the record I had a guinea and a rabbit together for years with no problems and they seemed to 'like' each other - the guinea followed the rabbit around everywhere. But on reflection I see that the guinea would have been so much happier with guineas (it following the rabbit was it's group instinct) and the rabbit with rabbits. There's just no need for that kind of pairing with the risks you're taking and the happiness of your animals compromised.
For my bucks it's a pig or no one at all which is better plus the pigs are with small rabbits my hare buck is on his own as he is big and very powerful but I have never had a problem
For my bucks it's a pig or no one at all which is better plus the pigs are with small rabbits my hare buck is on his own as he is big and very powerful but I have never had a problem
The obvious answer is neuter the male rabbits; pair with neutered female rabbits. Somehow I dont think that will be accepted.
The obvious answer is neuter the male rabbits; pair with neutered female rabbits. Somehow I dont think that will be accepted.
So the pairings were made for your benefit and not the animals.
I will add though, mine have always been female rabbits with the guinea-pigs so no risk of humping or anything, as that I can see where a problem could arise
Not my benefit no, when you see how close they are and how they interact with one another, you could tell they get on, I would never have dreamed of splitting these 2 up, as I know from after Buttons died how heartbroken Skippy was and she still had rabbit company, so you now tell me that they didnt have a bond, if they hadnt of cared about one anotehr then when he had died she wouldnt have given 2 monkeys and would be hoping about with the rabbits, but she wasnt.
Also on the space thing Hayley, mine had a shed so had plenty of space to split up if they wanted, plenty of different things like tunnels etc to go so they could seperate, but where would u find the guinea-pig wherever the rabbits were, so if he didnt like it he would have stayed away from them but he didnt.
I will add though, mine have always been female rabbits with the guinea-pigs so no risk of humping or anything, as that I can see where a problem could arise
it's likely the guinea stayed with the rabbits because it's their herd instinct telling them to stay within a group, any group, for safety. If you'd given him a group of guineas and a group of rabbits I guarantee you he would have grouped with the guineas.Also on the space thing Hayley, mine had a shed so had plenty of space to split up if they wanted, plenty of different things like tunnels etc to go so they could seperate, but where would u find the guinea-pig wherever the rabbits were, so if he didnt like it he would have stayed away from them but he didnt.
all rabbits hump, it's a dominance thing.I will add though, mine have always been female rabbits with the guinea-pigs so no risk of humping or anything, as that I can see where a problem could arise
I highly doubt you've had guineas with sexually mature non neutered bucks for years with no problems.
You calling me a lyre how dare you