my great grandma is passing them both on to me and i want to keep them alive
2007-05-19 15:57:46 · 10 answers · asked by Ella M 1 in Pets ➔ Rodents
Keep them in seperate cages!!! My friend's daughter put her rat and Guinea Pig in the same cage and the rat killed the Guinea Pig. If they are used to being together it may work but I just wouldn't trust it.
Good luck!
2007-05-20 03:35:17 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not a good idea to house a rat and guinea pig together because the dietary needs are different and guinea pigs occasionally eat their own feces to aid digestion. It is not good for the guinea pig to eat the rat feces though. The rat should have a cage in which it can climb. The guinea pig needs a hiding place in its cage. Sometimes I will give customers recommendations about compatible animals if it can be done safely and saves money.
2007-05-19 18:02:23 · answer #2 · answered by kriend 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You would be taking a big risk keeping them together. They have very different needs nutritionally as well. The guinea pig would most likely become very stressed by the rat, and the rat may be too aggressive with the guinea pig.
2007-05-19 17:13:08 · answer #3 · answered by KimbeeJ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They can live together; I once kept a rabbit, a guinea pig, and 3 rats together.
The difficulty is that they eat different food. But the guinea pig wants to eat the rats' food. I dealt with this by giving the rats a separate compartment that the guinea pig couldn't fit into. If you can figure this out, they will be fine together.
2007-05-19 16:55:42 · answer #4 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No way. I took in a rat from my vet and the previous owners put him in with a guinea pig and he tore up the guinea pig pretty good. Our vet kept the rat, because these owners didn't know what they were doing. The rat was a complete sweetie pie to us when we got him. So please don't do it.
2007-05-19 22:12:21 · answer #5 · answered by soychik55 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Guinea pigs and rats are the two very candy & social, yet could *no longer* share a cage. they have diverse nutritional desires, are appreciably diverse in length & the two or the two animals are in all risk to be heavily injury if prepare.
2016-11-25 02:08:21 · answer #6 · answered by huett 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they have completly differnt needs never try this.
2007-05-19 16:02:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It depends completely on their persponality...You should try it if doesnt work seperate them...NOT SEPERATE SEXES VEEEERY BAD IDEA!!!!!
2007-05-19 16:46:44 · answer #8 · answered by Christian W 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
They'll kill each other.
2007-05-20 03:40:34 · answer #9 · answered by day by day 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no.
2007-05-19 17:22:58 · answer #10 · answered by iluvmurphie 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋