Brought 3rd one home, others are upset

Question
Hello Sam.  I've written to you before and have a new question(s).

We've got a bonded male pair from the shelter for over 3 wks. now and today I just brought home another male from another shelter.  He lives in the same room as the bonded pair.  Monty and Theodore are about 6 mo. old and the new guy (Edward) is 10 mo.

I'm very used to how bunnies are when a new bunny arrives.  Sometimes there's not much bother but if the new one goes near a bonded pair while they're in their pen, the pair start chasing and nipping each other trying to get at the new one.

Is that the normal behaviour of guinea pigs as well?  The more dominant male (Monty)and Theodore were checking out 'Edward' when roaming around, sounding very upset, making all kinds of chattering noises and unbelievably preoccupied with 'Edward'.

Also, they were getting a little upset with each other too just like our bonded pairs of bunnies do with each other.  By the way, the bunnies don't bother these guys at all which is great.

Will Monty & Theodore settle down and get used Edward in the room (in his own pen of course)?  I can't put him anywhere else because my rescue bunnies live in large pens and they're all over the house.

'Edward' is very sweet and friendly already.  I'm hoping this is just a transitional period and I'm hoping I can sometime try and bond him with the other 2.  I keep reading guinea pigs like being in groups of 3-5 and I sure do not want females because of babies.

Cavyspirit claims they bond boars all the time.  They are a rescue group I believe.  I took my cue from reading some of their articles as well, that's another reason I wanted to rescue Edward.  He had been at the shelter since January.

Please give me some hope.  I don't want my bonded pair being stressed.  I've never given baths to them although that's something Peter Gurney says in his book; to get everyone smelling the same.  I don't like giving baths if a pet doesn't need one.  Not only that, the 2 boys are still getting used to us and would completely go ballistic.

Thanks again for your patience, hope to hear from you soon.

Paula

Answer
yeah its perfectly normal and they will get used to him snd yes over a period of time you can certainly have him living with them, though the cage may need to be extended.

bonding boars is a little harder than females but perfectly doable.
have them living next to each other for a while eg cage to cage, they can sniff and nip each  other through the bars. then start swapping them over, so the pair in edwards cage and edwards in theirs, but keep a close eye on your bonded pair, moving them into an edward scented cage might trigger dominence fights. repeat this for a week or two, all the while trying bonding methods between the two. peter gurney is bascially the guinea pig pope, his word is gods. but yes the best bonding methods are his bath one, and also driving he three aorund in a box. another good one is a particularly large run outdoors with a few hiding places, if they seem to keep there distance from each other and much away then leave them in there all day every day, if they chase the newbee keep an eye on them to make sure they dont start to hurt him.

anyhew the best of luck