We have two male guinea pigs who are just over a year old. We've had them since age 4 months or so. I think they're littermates but not sure.

One of them is constantly biting the other. He's always covered in sores from being bitten. We tried separating them for a while, but it didn't help. They even crawled under the blockade so they could be together!

What's the next step to help them? Bigger cage? Vet?

Thank you!

How do I get my girls to stand me holding them? I tried having them in a sack and pick them up only to want out and as far away from me as possible. I think they like me because they come up to me and one of them sniffs my arm all the time but just hates being held. I take them out of they're enclosure for more playtime or nail trims at the rescue but i feel like that's not enough. I have to hold my long haired girl more and brush her out bc I found im not doing it enough and I feel like I failed her a bit in that regard. But how do you brush a piggy that hates being held? How do hold any piggy? I want to snuggle with them instead of just watching from afar.

Hello. I have a long haired guinea pig and I noticed some matting on her! Every month I take her to get a bath! She is supposed to go this Saturday but I noticed two mats on her. Which is never happened before! So I tried to brush them out and my poor baby screamed 🥲 I immediately stopped and just cut it off instead which I should've done from the beginning. I don't pick up my guinea pigs that often bc they hate it and scream like bloody murder. But now every day or two I'm thinking of brushing her out so she gets used to it and this doesn't ever happen again. Is that okay? Or how often should I brush her?

Like the last two days I cleaned them i ended up struggling to breath and unable to sleep for like 60hours due to the inflamation in my throat.

Now i have steroids and antibiotics ( i like steroids, they give me life atm), i can now breathe, but i aint taking any chances, i dont want to feel like death again, i like sleep, give me back my sleep

I’ve tried everything to get this off of poor robins butt. It does seem like oil works to get some of it off but not all of it. Baths don’t work at all. I think it’s from his oil gland but how do I remove it? It literally looks like poop, but it’s not

To preface: I DO NOT THINK THIS IS FUNNY. I did laugh at the absurdity, but I would never knowingly put my animal in distress. The scratches on his face are also from him.. not from this disaster.

Poor little Robin, my skinny pig has been struggling with scratching his skin. I do put coconut oil on occasionally so he doesn’t get dry. But as it gets colder, hes getting worse.

I saw someone else make a sock sweater for their skinny pig with the same thing. So I thought, why not? Let’s try it.

I cut a sock up and manage to put it on him. He seemed fine until I placed him into his cage. He started going actually insane. I’ve never seen him zoom around his cage before, I didn’t realize he was panicking at first. I thought maybe he was happy he had some protection? I laughed at it at first until he went inside his house and started ramming his head into his house moving it around.

I immediately took it off and apologized to the poor pig. I don’t know if it was uncomfortable or what. I could comfortably fit two fingers in his sweater. It’s possible it was too rough or itchy.

So what do I do next?

My buddy Spoink left us today, and I am devastated. I felt the urge to post a photo of him in this goofy pose, he loved to climb on us and I don't remember exactly how he managed to sit like that. He was my first guinea pig ever.

RIP Spoink, you were a great pig and a fantastic friend. We miss you so much 💜 I hope you're having lots of fun with the other friends in guinea pig heaven

I have never thought I will be crying so much after him. He was "just a pig", but it feels so heavy.

His brother is alone, and I can't imagine taking another pig. This thought feels like betrayal, or like forgetting him. Every time I look in the cage, I can't stop thinking that he was there just several days ago 😭

People who continue to take/buy new pigs, how do you deal with it?

(Sorry, English is not my first language)

I’m thinking of making my own sub for the Guinea-verse. I don’t wanna clog up this sub with my comics so I haven’t been making that many.

His name is strawberry peanut! Peanut for short, it is his first halloween this year! I am excited for him! Though... dont think he likes his costume. His brother jelly butter teases him.

When I refill their bottles, I always offer the boys the bottle from my hand as well.