Hey Dawn,
My guinea pig was the same way when I first got him but he got over it in a little while. Just keep handling him...he needs to get used to his new surrroundings. As for the second pig, I would hold off untill he gets a little older and more used to his new slaves and home.  I have two boars and they are fine one is about 13 months old and the other is about 3 months old.  
I did alot of research before I got the second pig and introduced them very slowly.  I read that if you have an older boar and put a baby with him they usually are fine. My oldest pig Gus was about 11 Months old when I got him a friend and the new guy was only a few weeks old.
Here are some of the  things that I did when I got my second pig. First you have to keep them quariantned for about two weeks to make sure that the new guy doesn't have any illness to pass on to the second one.  I had them in seperate rooms and they used to squeak back and forth to each other...it was really cute.  When the 2 weeks were up I put ther cages side by side for a week. They used to chat, chew on the bars, rumblestrut, sniff one another, etc. After that week was up I gave them both a bath at the same time (apparentally the bath helps them bond and when they smell the same it lessens the chance of a fight) and then put them on the floor together in a room that neither one has been in before. I got on one end of the room and my boyfirend was on the other. We both had oven mits and towels just in case the worse happened. They were fine, they got along great. I kept outting them on the floor togehter for about  a week and still kept their cages side by side. They I disfinicted everything in the cage and put in an extra water bottle, house, etc.  This also helps them from fighthing. THeir are lots of good information on the net, a good sight is www.cavyspirit.com., but their are lots of others out their too. If they smell a female they will fight.  If you have any questions you can post here or you can emil me personally. Hope this helps. My boy is more happy and active since I got him a friend.
April, Gus and Bruce :-)

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