I have a bunny who is 14 weeks old, my local pet store advised me to get a guinea pig to keep her company, any one know how I can introduce them without causing harm or discomfort to either of them please! Thank you in advance for any advice.

I've never done this with a bunny but I have with a puppy! I held the new family member and let the other animals loose, they came over and said hello on their own, we tried really hard not to force it and they seemed to get along okay after that. Hope that helps! *looks for the bunny lady*

Edit, ignore me and read what the bunny people say.

I posted this in the other thread where you asked this question so I will cut and paste...

I did a lot of research into Guineas and Rabbits as I had the same mindset as you lozzy.

From what I learnt it is not a good idea to keep them together.

Rabbits can easily hurt a Guinea both intentionally and accidentally.
They also havea completely different dietery requirement.

If you can't buy another cage to put the guinea in then the best thing to do would be to go through the bonding process with them same as you would with 2 rabbits.

The bonding process is basically a slow introduction.
The way I do it is to put both animals in separate cages in the same room overnight, then I move the cages closer together so they are next to each other.

This allows them just to get used to each other scent.

After they seem to be doing fine being in cages beside each other then you can introduce them.

Always do it somewhere neither animal has been before.

I used my kitchen but you can use a bathroom or loungeroom, anywhere they have enough space to get away from each other.

I put a big plate of veggies on the ground to distract them and set them down on opposite sides.

If they ignore each other at first then it is a good sign!

My litte terrors started fighting as soon as I put them down
If that happens then just keep trying.

If they bond together then they will need separate beds and you will need to arrange a way to feed them separately as well.

You will need to get your bunny spayed/neutered once it reaches about 5 months old or you could have aggression problems.
Desexing Guineas I am unsure of though

I bow to shaz and her awesomeness.

Haha, I actually got most of my info from Alty (Altenweg)

She is the bunny rabbit master :cool:

I though I knew a fair bit about rabbits until I met her lol

Danke Shazzy. :)

I actually did have guineas living with rabbits when I was growing up. They did fine.

Having said that, I don't recommend it. Another bunny is the way to go. Guineas are different then rabbits, like Shazzy said. They may get along fine, but one fight and the guinea will not make it out alive. Rabbits can do a lot of damage to other animals.

Get another bunny, bond them (most rabbits can be bonded) and they'll be happy as can be. :)

I bow to Alty then!

Just throwing this out there.

Unless you want cute, furry, fluffy, adorable baby bunnies, make sure they are the same sex please! :)
We don't need more unwanted pets out there... :(

*falls out of her computer chair* HAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Or fixed?

If you read my sticky on the pets forum you'll see that I always recommend that all rabbits are spayed or neutered, regardless of whether the come into contact with a bunny of the opposite sex.

An unaltered rabbit has a life span of around 3 years, the majority of unaltered rabbits will die of cancer. An altered rabbit can live up to 12 years depending on the breed.

An unaltered rabbit will become unruly and mean at around 6 months of age. He/she will start to spray, lunge, bite and become very aggressive.

Always have your bunny spayed or neutered, even if it's kept alone.

Yes Alt, I read it, but do you really think that everyone who posts a question read the stickys? I have seen posts asking questions that are answered in stickys, so I just always throw these things out there anyway.
Besides, maybe your sticky was too awesome for such a simple question! :cool:

You bet it's awesome!

Actually, I usually do advise that bunnies are spayed or neutered, after so many bunny questions though, you sometimes forget.

It's the same with the dog questions, you only want to type the same thing over and over again so many times, then you start to leave things out.

To the OP, check out the sticky, it really does have a lot of advice about bunnies. My specialty is rabbits, I have to say, I know my stuff. :)

FYI, patting yourself on the back can hurt. ;)

I've never housed a pig and a bunny together, but I have rasied both male and female of both... I've had both good and bad experiences. One of the female piggies I had and the female rabbit I had bonded one day when we were cleaning out their cages and they were best friends from that point on. If they didn't get to spend time together, they'd get really sad and depressed and when we they saw each other they'd both get really excited and snuggle and lick each others faces... it really was adorable. However, none of the males seemed to get along with each other or the females as well as the females did with each other and the female bunny didn't get along with any of the other female pigs we had... They have relationships just like people do. Sometimes they get along, sometimes they don't.