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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 381215" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Hmm. If she's been by herself for 2 yrs it may not be wise to add a "friend". If it's another female.........and if they're any way like gerbils or hamsters.....they'll fight and attempt to kill the new comer. Maybe not every single case but it's a risk. I learned this the hard way with hamsters as no one ever bothered to mention it and Travis had opted to take in a friends hamster to keep the ones he had company. Yeah. New friend didn't make it and it was traumatizing for the kids who found it first. We introduced a male to a female and had no issues really, except lots of lil hamsters to give away. lol Oh, and FYI they'll tell you that daddy hamsters and or gerbils will eat their young if you leave them in with momma and babies. We found that not to be the case,. Daddy took as good care of them as Mommy did.</p><p></p><p>Nichole only had the 1 guinea pig for that reason. I wasn't pressing our luck a 2nd time around. If difficult child spends plenty of time with it, it won't have need of any other friend.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 381215, member: 84"] Hmm. If she's been by herself for 2 yrs it may not be wise to add a "friend". If it's another female.........and if they're any way like gerbils or hamsters.....they'll fight and attempt to kill the new comer. Maybe not every single case but it's a risk. I learned this the hard way with hamsters as no one ever bothered to mention it and Travis had opted to take in a friends hamster to keep the ones he had company. Yeah. New friend didn't make it and it was traumatizing for the kids who found it first. We introduced a male to a female and had no issues really, except lots of lil hamsters to give away. lol Oh, and FYI they'll tell you that daddy hamsters and or gerbils will eat their young if you leave them in with momma and babies. We found that not to be the case,. Daddy took as good care of them as Mommy did. Nichole only had the 1 guinea pig for that reason. I wasn't pressing our luck a 2nd time around. If difficult child spends plenty of time with it, it won't have need of any other friend.:happy: [/QUOTE]
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