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Wabbits & Pigs

pinkgirly said:
Bailey (GP) and Tia were sold as a pair, I kept them together for 1 or 2 week(s) (poor memory sorry) until I could afford to buy a new hutch for Bailey.
Bailey's character changed, he has become much more friendly with me and doesn't hide when I go to the shed anymore :)
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So Pinkgirly will Bailey the GP be getting a little friend?
My colleague (who has recently seperated her gp and bun) got a baby boy piggy for Charlie the grown up piggy, she said it has made him so happy :D

Rabswood :)

PS Elve, I didn't know pigs could live to be 15 :shock:
 
hi i work at a feed place and out rabbit pens and guinea pigs are in the same very large cage the guinea pigs have retreats and all sorta of places to hide but they rather mingle with the rabbts and we try as hard as we can to keep our animals healthy and with rabbits and guinea pigs going and comming all the time they dont get much time to get use to each other but yet we have had an anjuries and the rabbits and guinea pigs have been housed together for quite a few years now

here in australia anywhere u bye rabbit food the packageing will also say guineapig food because there diets are the same

if if ur rabbits and guinea pigs like being housed together or even dont mind being housed together i say go for it

Gerald
 
rabswood said:
So Pinkgirly will Bailey the GP be getting a little friend?
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When the £££ situation improves young mr bailey pig will be erm *ssssh* neutered and I will try and bond him with a young lady friend :D

I'm trying to convince my o/h that a piggy petting zoo is a good idea but he's but having it *hmph*
 
chooksandrabbits said:
here in australia anywhere u bye rabbit food the packageing will also say guineapig food because there diets are the same



Gerald
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What food do you have in australia then, as piggie and rabbit diets are quite different, I:E: with guinea pigs requiring vitamin c in their food which rabbits don`t!
As a child i kept rabbits and guineas together, ( i didn`t know any better) and i wondered why they kept dying, the piggies that is?? Now i`ve learnt better and my guineas live much more contented and LONGER lives.

Su.x
 
Gerald, thank you for putting your view point from Sydney. Please correct me if I am wrong, but I think the Feed Place could be a pet shop, your rabbits and guinea pigs are babies, they are housed together until they are sold, and they are in pens?

In England too, pet shops will often incorrectly house these two different species together. A large number of us on this forum would like this practice to cease as it presents a picture to customers that it is okay to combine these animals as pets. I think if we all read Rabswood's list, the argument against is overwhelming.

We can only present the overwhelming argument against adult rabbits and guinea pig combinations. Whether people take it on board is another matter. I feel it is important, however, for us to continue presenting this argument to new members and trust that they will view our comments constructively and not at us being "elitist".

Gerald, welcome to the forum and we look forward to your postings from Australia.
 
PMSL laughing are you all rowing on here?


I've not been able to read the thread as I'm busy, just nipping by to see if my bum and veggie thread has been answered.

My piggies and buns do socialise together every now and then and Bert does prefer the buns company over Ernie (poor ikkle Ernie), but I wouldn't keep them together. When the piggies lived downstairs in their cage, the buns use to visit them as I left the piggies cage open so the pigs could come and go, I've never locked them together though. Bert loves bun company and buns love Bert.

My piggies get a lot of exsercise too, I make them whether they like it or not :lol:

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thank u youre welcoming is warming :D

our guinea pig and rabbit ages vary we bye guinea pigs as youngen but it isnt to say they are always sold younge we had a little of guinea piglets born 4 weeks ago lol and the feed comes in a mix (with all the grains and fruits mixed ) and they come in pellets(all the grains and stuff are pouned into a pellet) i think they actually have all the things for rabbits and guinea oigs in them and on the comercial packaging it says u can add additonal fresh fruits and vegtables in there feed plan

also with the behaviour issues if u have a heavy large breed of rabbit in with a guinea pig then yes theres a good chance u may get an accident
but if there standard breeds or dwarf i think injury is hihly unlikey and if there is adaqute space then it shouldnt be an issue .

also if a guinea pig and rabbit happen to be freinds leave them freind it would be a darn shame to tear appart a freind ship

as example

i have chooks and and a goose

i had these 2 hens (among the others) and they were best freinds did everything together and on of them had a heart attacke and died and then 1 of the hens were loney then i got my goose and they become instant best freinds now they do everything together (expect when my goose swims)

so us ee other speacies can become freinds my dog and cat would be lost without each other

sorry for rambleing

and thanks for listening

Gerald

these are just my opinions and experiences
 
Gerald, welcome back. Other species can be friends but often these animals are free range and can remove themselves from each other if the need occurs. If you look at Soad's picture, the guinea and rabbits are socialising. However, they are not kept in the same confined hutch where the guinea has no escape.

In the case of your animals in the Feed Place, I would imagine that the majority of your animals are sold well before they become hormonal 5/6 months (rabbits) and therefore you are not observing the dynamics of a mis-matched relationship when a teenage rabbit's companion is a guinea pig.

We all know of cases where a rabbit and guinea pig have spent years together and grieve the loss of each other and there has been no evidence to show that they hurt each other. However, there are the many many cases of rabbits killing guinea pigs, injuring, bullying and raping them. If there is any risk of this occurring, it would be foolhardy to even start the combination of rabbits and guinea pigs.

My comments are generalised and is my stance on this particular issue, and are not a personal attack on Sxfe and its important that I make that clear. We can share different views and continue to be "friends" on this
forum.

Its 11.00 am despite the computer telling me its 4.25PM and I had better go let my rabbits out in the garden for their binkys. Have a nice day everyone.
 
This thread has me glued to the screen :shock:

My whole life, I have had both rabbits and guinea pigs. And my whole life, I have housed them together. One rabbit per pig pen. And never once have I had a rabbit attack a pig, and never once have I had a pig die because of 'incorrect diet'. At present, both my rabbits and guinea pigs eat the same pellet diet which is actually labelled as 'rabbit food'. They also recieve lots of fresh foods, and I don't add vitamin C to the guinea pigs diet for this reason. I have never lost a guinea pig to vitamin C deficency, nor have I lost a rabbit to vitamin C toxicity. I thank the fresh foods for not having to add anything to the diets, and I thank the huge runs I house them in for not having a rabbit attack a pig. Nor have I had any illness transmit from pig to bunny and vice versa. I actually have more problems housing rabbits together, does attack each other and bucks spend their days mounting each other :?

Maybe I'm just a lucky one...
 
Welcome to the forum. Glad to hear you haven't experienced problems with your rabbits and guineas. I am personally against the combination because of the known risks involved and, for me, its all about eliminating unnecessary risks for my pets. As I said, there are cases where there are no problems and the animals can live harmoniously for years, and sometimes pet owners are not aware that it is advisable not to accommodate rabbits and guineas together because of the risks.

My personal stance is to advise newbies who are considering this combination, that there are better options for each animal. As I said previously, I am not criticizing anyone who has decided to keep their pets in rabbit/guinea couples, but just to highlight the disadvantages for people to consider other options.

Could I ask why you chose to put rabbits and guineas together? How many of each species is in each pen together? Are your rabbits neutered and spayed? Do you breed?

Once again, welcome to the forum.
 
i sorta come to a conclusion and i think ive worked out that
some poeple can house rabbits and guinea pigs together and not get a damage guinea pig and then some poeple get damaged guinea pigs(please excuse my choice of word inn tired lol) i guess it is the owners preference and i guess its the rabbit (depending on size)


Gerald

if that made any sense
 
so wht is wrong with feddin rabbits guinea food..surely extra vitamin c doesnt do them any harm? wht else is in the guinea food that cud cause problems?
 
you can feed gp food to buns, but not bun food to rabbits. I wouldn't feed them the same though on the burgess gp food it does say suitable for buns.
 
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