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Yes it's fine to keep one guinea pig, you would just have to give it LOTS of attention every day!! It's always best for the guinea pigs to have at least two for companion-ship since their social animals, but as long as you can give it lots of attention it's okay to have one too. Good luck!

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Guinea pigs like the company of their own kind, but males should never be left together if they can get e scent of a female. They will fight. Never put more than one make with females for this reason. There are no limits to how many females can live together. However, guinea pigs are fine with just human company, as long as they have sufficient attention.

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they really like to be together because they are social herding animals and will become depressed and lonely and they die younger hope this helps

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They prefer to have a cage mate. All Boars, or all Females - and the cage should be well large enough that each pig can have his/her own space when they need it.

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