Comments for Should I Get Another Guinea Pig If One Dies?

An Omleteer, 25 November 2023

My ginea pig dusty died this morning and I don’t know what to do with my other one because I have someone in the house who thinks I shouldn’t get another one because it might be young will moon is old what do I do

Cerys, 25 March 2023

so my guinea pig (Violet) died about 6 hours ago i came home and went to go give them both some apples and i found my poor one laying there obviously it just happened looked like a heart attack bless her. with my other guinea pig Ivy i hate the fact of her being alone and i'm constantly checking her every hour and it's horrible loosing one and cannot stress enough the thought of her going to as it says they can have a heart attack to stress so am i best getting another companion for her in a month or two ?

Heidi, 4 September 2022

My guinea pig is almost 5 years old. I adopted her (Tilly) and her sister (Milly) at a couple months old. When they were around one year old, one of them passed away (Milly), and my remaining piggie was very lonely. Couple weeks later I got another piggie (Billy) and they got along really well, no issues whatsoever. However, my newer girl (Billy) passed a few months ago suddenly, so Tilly was again very sad, as was I as Billy was the sweetest girl ever. Two days ago I got another guinea pig, and they aren't bonding very well. Anyone have any tips on how they can both be happy?

Sadguineaowner, 21 October 2021

One of my two guineas died this morning due to unknown causes but he was 5 years old and had quite major surgery in the past. His brother is the same age and is still healthy but I'm worried about him becoming lonely. I don't want to get another guinea pig as my future living situation is uncertain. My guineas have always been free in my quite large garden and I'm worried that if I give me remaining guinea away he might not have the same quality of life, having to spend most of his time in a cage. What should I do? I love my remaining guinea and I'm scared I might have to put him down so that his whole life is happy and he doesn't become sad.

Wendy, 14 September 2021

Iv just lost my guineapig this morning my other piggy’s looking for him how do I comfort him as he doesn’t understand .lm so sad as they are all I have left .can he live on his own .my cream will always be missed I’m just worried about peaches.after losing two dogs lost one 2014 then 2019 the hurt doesn’t go away

Arwen, 9 April 2020

I had 2 guinea pigs both 6 days before 6 months old, and one of my guinea pigs died... and sadly he didn’t deserve one bit of stress or pain because he was the sweetest guinea pig in the world. He never bit anyone, and all he wanted was to be nice and warm by your neck. He got URI and Pneumonia and it was already too late to help him. I was very very sad when he died but I was happy that I gave him the best life I could, even though it was only 6 months, it was the best 6 months a piggy could ask for. If you read this much, thank you so much for listening and I wanted to ask... when should I get another piggy for my lone one? I will feel awful to get one too soon as I don’t want Peanut (my little boy who died) to feel replaced (which no one can replace either of them). Also, how can I get over the death of such a young guinea pig? please please help. Thank you. ????

Molly, 14 December 2019

A couple of days age sadly one of two brothers passed away and am not sure how much time I should wait until I get another one so he doesn't feel lonely with the lose of his brother

Corinne, 4 May 2019

today lost one of 2 Guinea pig brothers. Should I neuter existing 2year old male and get a female ? Or risk fights with a younger male one? Just want a companion for my lone male...What is best?

Amanda, 24 April 2019

i bought two guinea pigs about a year and a half ago and one of them had some issues and suddenly passed, although sometimes the two piggies fought they generally got along well. it only happened a day ago but i'm nervous that if i get another piggie the remaining one will become territorial and aggressive because thats how they were before. he seems mostly independent and doesnt have much problems being alone but im still not sure. any suggestions ?

Erica, 21 April 2019

Hi there, i use to have 2 guinea pigs. Penelope and Marsha-Mellow. last month Penelope passed away. She was almost 7, so as sudden as her passing was, i was happy that she lives so long and had a happy full life. but now Marsha is only 3 and im very tempted to get her another piggy friend. if i get her a baby piggy, i'll be stuck with the same issue on having just one piggy one day and if i adopt an older piggy, i dont want her new friend to be overly dominant like Penelope was. its looking like Marsha isnt depressed or overly upset about losing Penelope, but i do work full time and i dont want her to be lonely. for the good of my piggy, can you give me any advice about what i can do to keep Marsha happy?