Guinea pig or rabbit, which like their owners more?

Hi,
I have autism and my pets are my special interest.

I was wondering out of Guinea pigs and rabbits, what actually enjoys spending time with owners, cuddles and stroking more?

Remember this is with owners and not with their own species. (Both are very friendly with their own species, I already know this).

  • u can have both. my guinea pigs used to hide their face in my big rabbits fur

  • Hi! Guinea pigs are more friendly to people and safer in caring for them, of course, but rabbits are much more interesting and funnier if they are tamed and become part of their family. I recently found some very interesting information about how do rabbits feed their young. By the way, there is a lot of interesting information about animals on this site and comments from experts in various fields regarding animals.My son is very passionate about animals, so I know what I'm talking about.  I am sure he will be very interesting and useful to you.

  • u beat me with the quail !

  • I used to keep goldfish, tropical fish, hamsters, guinea pigs, rabbits, chickens, ducks, quail, cats and my brother had a terrapin before I was born. Everyone used to ask if I lived on a farm. But I can't have pets where I live now :( 

  • Unfortunately, chinchilla are very expensive.

    ÂŁ100+ for the animal. ÂŁ100+ for the cage.

    The most I've spent on a pet.

    ÂŁ60 for  a standard rex rabbit (my nethie was ÂŁ70 to vaccinate, but only ÂŁ35 to buy) and ÂŁ60+ for a large single hutch.

    My step mum had a chinchilla and reading other reviews by owners: they don't sit still for stroking. They have complex bathing needs- fine dust is bad for my asthma. They need dust!

    I like an animal to sit on your lap and get cuddled, kissed and petted. My rabbit does this. Other rabbits before too. My guinea pig does this too (minus hugs and kisses).

    I've researched other pets, an obsession was too look as every pet. From rodents like degu to gerbil. Dog to fox. Cat to servel. Skunks, hedgehogs and wallabies. Rabbits, ferrets and birds. I even looked at exotics like sugar gliders and insects/reptiles.

    Rabbits and Guinea pigs are the way to go. Also my parents said no more pets, until these ones die.

  • guinea pigs get used to you  --- and i reckon they do enjoy being cuddled

    rabbits vary more ------ i had one  who loved being stroked for about 10mins then she had enough and would jump down

  • Chinchillas have a good reputation as pets, being quite friendly on the whole, and they are long-lived for rodents, living for up to 15+ years.

  • Nah, never liked reptiles. They can't bond with their owners. I like companion animals. Also many turtles and tortoise are difficult to keep.

  • I have an idea - TURTLE

  • tarantula never tries to leave her terrarium, sleeps most of the time, goes for a run if taken out of terrarium, but it isn't run away, does not smell,

    once she fell off the branch in her terrarium, like 15cm down, and broke her leg, week later leg fell off, tarantula burried herself in the sand for 5 weeks, and came out with a new leg, and slightly different hue of her skin, I haven't seen her eating anything ever, and I have been at my friend's place at least 10 times since he has her.

  • I'm not allowed cats or rats (parents hate them).

    Not allowed any more ferrets or hamsters after they died of old age.

    I'm allergic to dogs. 

    I've been bit by budgies, rabbits and a ferret. My favourite are  rabbits (I've had 8 rabbits and 6 Guinea pigs).

  • I've had 8 rabbits. (6 Guinea pigs, 7 budgies, 2 lovebirds, 2 hamsters and a goldfish).

    My family's have had ferrets, hamsters, dogs (patterdales, labrador, whippets, lurchers),  quail, chickens (old English game. Silkie and ko shamo), a Jackdaw, goshawks, Harris hawk's and sparrowhawks. Tarantulas too.

    My grandad has had canaries, goldfinches, goldfinch mules, linets, redpols, bullfinches, rosy bourkes, cockatiels, koi carp, platys, ducks (Mandarin),  gerbils and fancy mice.

    My sister has a whites tree frog.

    Tarantula eat crickets. Small tarantulas called "slings" eat pin head crickets or wingless fruitflies. I hated the fruitflies (they always found a way to escape, even after a stocking over the lid)

    I have arachnophobia, I hated when dad has them.

    So I've been round a lot of animals.

    My favourite are rabbits.

    But guinea pigs are good too. I'm asthmatic to birds. Allergic to dogs. Hate fish and ferrets. 

    But animals are the best!

  • All but 1 hamster have bitten the family. 2 rabbits were aggressive. But the rest of them were fine.

    My rabbit and Guinea pig are friendlier

  • one of my friends likes exotic animals and since he has a nicely paid job he started collecting them, plus all neccessary equipment involved to keep them, terrarium, lamps, etc

    first He got himself 2 bearded dragons, they eat crickets

    then tarantula, I am not sure what that thing eats,

    and recent addition is boa constrictor, he was showing me how he feeds him with small mice

    so 1 big room full of terrariums, plus electric expenses super high

    and he has a lovely staffy bulldog he adopted from homeless in London name Princess

  • Rabbits bite,

    guinea pigs smell and do not really like being touched

    Cats love being stroked and cuddled when they young, and in mood, and they would come to you if they sensed you are ill, to sit on ailing spot

    Dogs love running, you would need to spent a lot of time chasing them

    I always wanted a ferret, though I did not get a chance to see alive one so far

    Husky? if you live somewhere cold, they do like cuddling, and eating owners shoes :P

    forgot about rats, they are very friendly, though love running around and biting cables

  • I used to have rabbits and then I had guinea pigs later. The guinea pigs were a lot more docile when being handled. One of the rabbits was a bit aggressive but that is partly because we didn't have her from when she was young. 

    My syrian hamsters were more happy to be handled than the rabbits or the guinea pigs.