Topic: Can rabbits & guinea-pigs be housed together??

[kt.]

We have 2 rabbits and 2 guinea pigs at home in separate hutches.  My wife believes one is too small so wants a large double hutch for them to live in, together. 

Before I try and build one when I get home,  can they be housed together or do they have to be housed separately.  (Any photos or deigns of a hutch large enough for this also appreciated. :-\ ::) :-\)

[debster]

now there was a topic on this on another forum i belong to and the answer was no im trying to find a link as soon as i can i will ok

[grawrc]

We kept the rabbit and gp together hen my kids were little and they were fine, however they were both female and shared the hutch from day 1. I think they can be a bit territorial so it might not work if they've had separate accommodation before.

[Isleworth]

Hi KT,

It really dipends on their personalities, some rabbits can be aggressive to newbies yet others fine.

We kept female guinea's with a female rabbit but haven't tried keeping males together...

Only thing I remember was we were advised to feed them all g.pig diet!

I think it would be best to start of by trying them all together out in a run (Supervised) and see if there are any signs of aggression.


Best of luck,

Isleworth

[dtw]

The guinea pigs can get squashed by the rabbits when the rabbits do what rabbits are famous for.

[flowerofshona2007]

Simple answer is NO !
They are two different speices and have different feed requirements to start with !
I run a guinea pig rescue and bred, showed and judged rabbits for 15 years and i have seen so many injured guinea pigs who suffer badly and its mainly broken backs !
Rabbits love nothing better than having a mad 5 mins and dont care what gets in their way ! Guinea pigs are quite creatures who love eating and cuddling up together in groups.
Food wise, gps make and store no vit c and must have a large amount of fresh fruit and veggies ! Rabbits do not have this trouble and need hard pellets and hay with some vegetables, put a rabbit and a gp in a run, the rabbit thinks whoooopie and runs riot and the gp thinks foooooooooood ! lol
Also gps are prone to mites which rabbits are not but they can transfer them to the rabbits causing problems !
Never keep a gp alone !!! its cruel they love company i have  70 + piggies and not one alone !

[kt.]

Thanks for the replies.  The guinea pigs can stay in their current hutch as it is more than adequate.  I guess I only have to build one a little larger for the rabbits.  (Must be a woman thing cos' I dont see anything wrong with the rabbits current hutch. 8))

[DebbieP]

Depends on the size of each I guess?  We used to have a rabbit and a guinea pig and they were fine - then we had 2 guinea pigs together and they hated each other and fought so much we had to seperate them!!

[hippydave]

male rabbits are highly sexed and will sh*g anything from stuffed toys to guinea pigs and this can kill the wee pigs through exhaustion.(they are not designed to have a rabbit on top of them) :'(