Can my dutch rabbit and a short haired guinea pig be put in the same cage? May sound stupid, but they wont make babies will they?
2007-01-22 10:56:41 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
I have heard of rabbits and guinea pigs getting along, but I've also heard of stories where the rabbit seriously injured the guinea pig. I think two separate cages would work best...maybe you could put the cages close together, so the two animals could still be social, but they'd also have their own separate spaces. And you could take them out of their cages and have them play together in a supervised area (like an exercise pen).
I know they can't have babies since they are two different species.
Another plus of them having 2 separate cages is that they won't eat one another's food. I've read somewhere that rabbits need pellets since they're vitamin d-deficient and guinea pigs need their own specially formulated pellets because they have a vitamin-c defiency, or something like that.
2007-01-22 11:39:35 · answer #1 · answered by babybug74 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course they won't make babies, they're different species. Rabbits and Guinea Pigs can sometimes live together peacefully but you'd be taking a risk by putting them in the same cage. A rabbit could seriously hurt a guinea pig. Don't put one in a cage that the other is used to living in, as the original animal may become territorial. They have a better chance of gettting along if they're both young.
2007-01-22 11:17:32 · answer #2 · answered by Kira P 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-15 23:11:02 · answer #3 · answered by student 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rabbits and guinea pigs can live together in a cage together,but there must be enough room in the cage,and a little area to call their own.In the guinea pig is male and the rabbit it female,then they most likely will not breed,although if its the other way around,then they might breed,but it is uncertain.
2007-01-22 11:02:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
They won't make babies... but they could try... which would result in injury. Most websites I've seen recommend against keeping them together. There's been cases where male bunnies have mounted (and subsequently injured) female pigs. Plus there's always the chance of them fighting, even if they get along well. I'd house them separately and let them play together in a larger area sometimes.
www.rabbit.org
2007-01-22 11:38:21 · answer #5 · answered by kittikatti69 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You could try putting them in seperate cages and having a part that linked their cages together so they could still have their own area but could visit each other if they wanted
2007-01-22 11:26:21 · answer #6 · answered by Sammy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they may try, but they probably won't have success in breeding. You should be ok with putting them in the same cage, just make sure there is enough room for each critter to claim a spot of its own
2007-01-22 11:04:22 · answer #7 · answered by margarita 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes they live together very well pet stores even put them together how ever your best bet is to get a new cage one thet neither one has been in so its not claimed by either one and do it that way as for breeding i dont think you should worrie about it
2007-01-22 16:11:55 · answer #8 · answered by eagle 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
will its hard not to say no because there is a lion the breed with a tiger and a dolphin with a whale so why not just 2 cages?
2007-01-22 11:01:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
no they wont have babies and i think you can put them together.
2007-01-22 11:18:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋