Hi my rabbit has lost her fellow friend and was just writing up a pm to see if anyone has a guinea pig they are wanting to rehome. They would have a big hutch to live in aswell as a large avairy to run about in. Loving home waiting for them - PM with details please xxx

Crazy, you do know that its not really a good idea for a piggy and a rabbit to live together?

Rabbits carry a bacteria known as pateurella in their lungs and while most rabbits suffer no ill effects (though some go on to develope the horrible pasteurellosis, a nasty disease of the respiratory tract) it is incredibly harmful to guinea pigs.

Also rabbits have a strong kick and are known to bully and injure G Pigs (and have been known to kill) not to mention the different dietary requirements of both plus both use different body language to communicate so for both a friend of the other species is no substitute for a mate of their own.

A rabbits best friend is a rabbit!

Don't house Piggies & Bunnies together ! If you really want a friend speak to sooz22 - she has bunnies for rehoming !

My Rabbit doesnt get on with other rabbits only guinea pigs.

You are kidding me. Rabbits need other rabbits it is un-natural for them to live alone and in all honesty can be interpreted as a violation of the new animal welfare law.....stating that all animals are entitled to lead a natural life style.

Is your rabbit neutered and what other rabbits, sex, age, temperment, neutered etc. have you tried him with.

I speak from experience that I have yet to find a rabbit I cannot bond into a pair and if a rabbit will accept a guinea pig as a friend it will certainly accept another rabbit.

Housing your rabbit with a guinea pig is endangering the life of that pig and I would expect no responsible person to rehome one to such a situation.

Some years ago we housed a rabbit with a guinea pig. We'd been advised it was a good idea and they always seemed the best of friends.

Then the guinea pig died of respiratory disease. It wasn't nice. :(

Some years ago we housed a rabbit with a guinea pig. We'd been advised it was a good idea and they always seemed the best of friends.

Then the guinea pig died of respiratory disease. It wasn't nice. :(

Thank you for posting that, so often when we have these debates there is an influx of people saying 'well my rabbit and guinea pig get on very well with each other so it's not true'.

It's been proven that this disease is passed from rabbits to guinea pigs and that most rabbits carry it. The injury factor is also significant. Rabbits don't necessarily deliberately attack guinea pigs but an accidental kick is enough to prove fatal. People who are given this advice and choose to ignore it are irresponsible owners.

Sadly there's a lot of duff advice out there, too.

We were also told that two male rabbits would be fine together if they were both neutered early enough, as they had been together from tiny. That also proved not to be the case. I've learned some hard lessons and it's a shame the animals have to suffer for it.

But Crazy it sounds like you've got a super home to offer to two rabbits so there's no need for yours to stay lonely - a neutered rabbit friend of the opposite sex, that's what he needs :)

Sadly there's a lot of duff advice out there, too.

We were also told that two male rabbits would be fine together if they were both neutered early enough, as they had been together from tiny. That also proved not to be the case. I've learned some hard lessons and it's a shame the animals have to suffer for it.

Occasionally male litter mates kept together and neutered togethr once their testicals drop will continue to be friends but I have had two sets of brother handed in who grew up to fight each other because they were not neutered ( a breeder evenm advised this was not necessary :roll:)

I have two males that live together as a trio with my Doe but they are both very sweet natured.....if they were more dominant it wouldnt have worked.

I know some people say dont house guinea pigs and rabbits together for various reasons, but there are also people who say it is fine to do so. We have one of each living together and they have done so since they were 8 weeks old, that is nearly 18 months ago now. We asked the advice of a vet very experienced in small animal care and was told that if they had bonded and the rabbit was in good health and vaxed etc there was no reason for them to be separated if they had adequate housing. They are often found curled up fast asleep with each other and quite happily share the same carrot or treat - no fighting etc. In fact when Muffin the rabbit goes for a run around the garden, the guinea pig smothers it with kisses when they are reunited.
I guess it's each to their own and everyone will have their own take on this.

Ok Im donning my flame proof suit. Ok im ready when we first bought our bunny from PAH we asked if he would be ok being homed with a cavvy and they said it was fine 8 months later the cavvy died ... RIP Tevor:cry::cry::cry:

They recommend not seperating happy co-habiting pairs but it is not recommended by the RWA and rabbit savvy vets top house them together from the beginning.

IE If you know better dont do it and you now know better.

If I really have to I will find you a tonne of well documented and accredited evidence.

as rabbit novices we made a visit to our vets for advice, he was very clear that rabbits need rabbits and that keeping a rabbit and a G.P together could be dodgy for the reasons given by sooz. We got our first bunny from teeny, she is gorgeous (teeny and the bunny) and the second one we got from sooz, he has been a great succes and is the love of Mrs Bunny's life. Sooz had some smashing rabbits for re-homing, all healthy and happy, she certainly seems to know what she is on about re bunnies so i would trust her advice.

If you keep a rabbit and a piggy together you re efectivly sentancing the piggy to death or the rabbit to suffering.

Piggies can't eat rabbit food so rabbits miss out on what they need or your piggy gets poisoned.
Rabbits have a tendancy to kick out with their back legs. Powerful back legs. Powerful back legs that are lethal to piggies and your bunny wouldn't even know it had killed it's friend.
Bunnies and guinaes don't speak the same language so even though they're with someone they get really lonely.

If they're bonded its cruel to seperate them, but it's crueler to put them in that situation in the first place. And you will notice that many places are now keeping piggies and bunnies appart. Even pets at home for this reason. Well appart from middletons on the moor which has poisoned several piggies in the space of two weeks whilst my sister worked there.

Short and simple, don't do it. Don't make them suffer.

My Rabbit doesnt get on with other rabbits only guinea pigs.

I got scared my rabbit would never get along with her proposed new husband as well, when i introduced them they had a massive scrap and i did try to do it sensibly, but there is a way of doing it right, i took my rabbits to sooz and they are now the very best of friends and its so nice to see them together, they snuggle up and groom each other and are really happy and more confident together.
Give it a try you will make 2 bunnies very happy, sooz has always got rescue bunnies available and it would be helping them, sooz is brilliant at pairing rabbits go on be a devil you won't regret it :D

This is because stupid pet shops house Guinea Pigs and Rabbits together, people think this is what you should do, I have kept pigs for a few years and they are not easy to keep if you dont do your homework, children hold then wrongly, and drop them breaking their little legs, and people put newspaper in as bedding not knowing they eat it, I have had several brought to me when people get fed up with them.

Oh don't forget some people also put the water bottle stupidly low to the floor so the piggies can't drink without inducing harm to themselves. I sure hope my cousen passed along my message to her mum. poor piggies. You shouldn't get pets unless you know about them.

This information is extremely useful. I always thought the reason for not mixing rabbits and pigs was the bullying problem.
Have you any good reference sources on this? (Books articles etc)
Have you any experience of neutering / mixing guineas, I have often found they are terrible for fighting - especially the males.

well I lived with my parents and between us we had 13 at one point and my sister knows the supplier for pets at home so it's down to experiance for me. Our males have all faught. Taz had three sons and so Taz and tika stayed together happily as did moo and Daz. Till mum bought Patch and then moo and daz faught so moo lived with patch and daz by himself. Then tika and taz had at it and my sister has lost all feeling in the tip of one finger seperating them. Now Moo and Patch are fighting.

piggies and bunnies never seen to fight. We used to let the piggies and the bunnies run in the garden together under constant supervision...along with the dogs...but that's a long story and the bunnies and piggies have always got on well...but the rabbits have kicked out as they run and almost had the piggies several times so now they can only go in with bugsy because he doesn't run, simply stays there and snuggles.

Neutering piggies can be dangerous as they have to be put to sleep for the operation and that's risky for them, but better than leaving two males together.

Pets at Home put them in together, go and look at some of the scared little piggies, they should only be put together if they are sows, and have been together from birth. Peter Gurneys books are the best, and give homeopathic remedys such as brewers yeast for vitamin B, dont get one till you know what your doing

Neutering piggies can be dangerous as they have to be put to sleep for the operation and that's risky for them, but better than leaving two males together.

Not true, neutering piggies isn't dangerous at all if done correctly. putting a piggy under with gas is most effective and to my knowledge have had only a VERY small mortality rate as apposed to being completely under

Small animal anasthesia has come along way and there is nominal risk now provided the animal is in good health (and has an experienced vet).

Most problems occur AFTER the op. and are not anaesthetic related.

P@H in heely don't put them together anymore and haven't for ages!