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Can a small rabbit go in with 2 guinea pigs?
Hiya, I will be fostering a dutch rabbit, I currently have 2 guinea pigs of my own and was wondering if the rabbit would be able to go out in the run with them? Would the rabbit hurt them? thanks!
6 Answers
- MorganLv 47 years ago
Dutch rabbits are quite large compared to guinea pigs. If it tried to mate with the guinea pigs it would probably kill them. Also, the loud noises guinea pigs make can frighten rabbits and make them nervous. I don't think it would really work unfortunately. :(
- rabbitofthenightLv 57 years ago
Rabbits are not good guinea pig cage mates. Although it is possible with a slow introduction that they won't fight, rabbits and guinea pigs speak a different language. So they don't really bond. Which can be frustrating for a lone bunny who can't figure out how to get cuddles from an animal that usually likes it's space.
Also rabbits often catch snuffles and other colds that are usually no big deal for the bunny,but are contagious and deadly to the guinea pigs. It is best to raise them separate.
- 7 years ago
They should be ok as long as they are introduced to eachother carefully. Place a towel or something that the rabbit has used into the guinea pig cage for a few days before introducing them.
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- LoninLv 67 years ago
No. Do not put a rabbit with a guinea pig for any length of time for any reason. They cannot and should not live together or be out together, it isn't safe.
Even small rabbits are much stronger than guinea pigs and are capable of injuring, paralysing or killing them with a stray kick, even by accident. Even if they lived together for years it only takes a second for a guinea pig to be behind the rabbit when it kicks.
Rabbits also often carry bacteria that is harmless to them but fatal to guinea pigs if they ever have a weakened immune system.
On top of that rabbits and guinea pigs are completely different, unrelated species with very little in common (rabbits are lagomorphs, guinea pigs are rodents). They communicate and behave in very different ways and won't benefit at all from being out together. At best they'll ignore each other, at worst one or the other will turn into a bully and the other will be lonely or harassed.
Don't put them out together for any length of time. They need to go out in separate runs.
- Anonymous7 years ago
Yes they go well together mine were great and got on really well.