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Guinea pigs are social animals. While they can live on their own, they are best kept in a group of at least two animals.

When one of two Guinea pigs dies, the surviving one has at times been reported as "bored" and "not motivated." Whether such behavior steams from sadness over the loss of the former partner or from lack of social stimulus is not known, but the surviving individual has been seen suffering from syndromes similar to loneliness.

Tales of one death being quickly followed by the second are not rare, and sometimes linked to the initial Survivor's loss of interest and will to live. However, it is also possibly sheer coincidence, given that a pair pf Guinea pigs often is of the same age, subject to the same stress factors, nutrition and care, and will typically share the same infections and parasites, if any.

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