Not sure about bonding with a guinea pig as I have never had one, but I got my Monkey at 8 weeks old, so I can tell you a bit about young bunnies. You’ll want them to have unlimited access to an alfalfa based pellet and hay as she is still a baby and needs the extra calories to grow. Keep handling her frequently, as she will need to learn that she can’t always have her way, and you’ll have to be able to hold her and have her stay calm to do health checks and nail trims and such.

I wouldn’t introduce other foods to her yet other than the pellets and hay, wait until about 12 weeks or so to start introducing veggies to her. Keep petting and playign with her and she should do fine

Bunnies can’t bond with guinea pigs. Guinea pigs carry diseases that are fine in them but can kill your bun and vice versa.

Rabbits carry bortadella which they can give to the piggy – if he scratches or bites the piggy. Rabbits can also kick and injure a piggy.

In the same room is perfectly fine. They probably would enjoy each other’s company in separate cages of course.

I think alot of her behavior is age related. She sounds like fun! Glad you saved her.

Hey Space_Cavy!

Momo is the same way. She rarely goes into her little wooden house… she sleeps on top!

Funny bunnies : P

Not to argue with everyone but…While passing diseases is a possibility between piggies and bunnies, they can be bonded and kept together. In fact, the rabbit rescue in my state, which is a wonderful and amazing organization, has a rescued trio right now of a guinea pig and two flemish giant rabbits (http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=14347199). They are deffinitely bonded and go through a lot of anxiety when separated. It’s not usually recommended to try and bond them because of the disease factor but sometimes it happens and it works out okay. If they have already been grooming and spending time together, then there’s a good chance that the piggy doesn’t have the disease that can affect your bun. Also, bunnies can injure piggies because they are stronger and bigger (eventually in this case), it’s obviously not always an issue. (2 flemish giants and a piggie, talk about size difference!) So if they are already bonded, I don’t see your bunny hurting the piggy. But I’m not an expert on these things! The rescue is usually very good about responding to emails within a few days, so I’m positive that if you emailed them about your questions regarding the piggy and bunny- they’d get back to you. Like I said, it’s generally not recommended but if they are happy together and grooming already…it doesn’t hurt to ask! I would explain the situation and see what they say about it. Here’s the website link http://www.mnhouserabbit.org/ and here’s the contact email (just to make it easier to find for ya) info@mn.companionrabbit.org Good luck and let us know what you decide to do! Also, pics are always good

Oh, I forgot to say that if you do keep them together, one thing that you need to pay attention to is that the piggy still gets the vitamin c he needs. Bunnies don’t need this and their food usually doesn’t have it. So that’s one thing to keep up with, if you decide to keep them together!

http://www.guineapigcages.com/rabbits.htm

This article is very good about why it is not recommended. 

I do know that piggies love companions too. I have a friend who runs a guinea pig rescue and she only adopts out her piggies as companions to another (altered) piggy or as pairs. Hopefully George won’t get too depressed, poor little fellow.

That was a good article and had some good points! Some of those things are controllable, like maybe separating them when they’re eating their seperate pellets. But they can both eat hay and some veggies so they could do that together. I think it’s up to you and what you think is best for your pets! I would see what the rescue says about that trio and then decide based on their advice, and on your pets’ behaviors and what not. Either way, let us know how it goes!

Thanks for posting that article, Sarita. My piggies are in their own condo maybe 5 feet away from either of the rabbit condos. I’ve always taken the piggies to a different room for their playtime just because they could hide so well in the bunny’s area and now I’m glad they’ve been separated.

All the critters can see each other and I’ve noticed during the afternoon that Pringles and Toby will be lounging in the corner closest to the piggies and the piggies are doing the same, just kinda keeping a lazy eye on each other.

The piggies tell on me though. I’ll try to sneak in to the kitchen and get something and they start with the squealing and weeking and then everybody’s hanging over the sides giving me the sad eyes for a treat. And if I’m late feeding, the pig alarm goes off and will almost hurt your ears.

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Welcome here! She sounds like a sweet bun. Thanks so much for saving her! I have to agree with everyone else that keeping the bun and pig together is not the best idea. While it *CAN* be done with extra precautions, it’s really more beneficial for each to have a mate of their own kind. I would be especially concerned when Yuki reaches puberty and she wants to hump everybody or becomes aggressive towards the piggie.