bonding boars

Hi everyone, I would like some advice on bonding my two male pigs. My pig, Fifi passed on last month and since then I've been trying to find a friend for my remaining pig, Barley. I managed to find one and they're currently on a 2 week adoption trial at my place after a playdate that was quite...

Last night one of my guinea pigs bit the other. The one that was bitten was 5 months and he was bitten by a guinea pig who was 2 years 10 months. They are both boars. They are normally not aggressive with each other and the teenage one is actually the dominant one. He was bitten in the back near...

Hello, I have recently had the opportunity to take another male guinea pig into my care, however I am worried he may break the bond of my existing two males (siblings, nearly 3yrs) and was wondering if anybody has had experiences or advice on a situation like this please. I have had the...

Hello everyone, Bear with me whilst I given some background to the situation 😊 Sadly, we lost Desmond on Friday. He had recurring bladder stones, and didn't recover from the second surgery. Absolutely heartbroken 💔 but in focusing on the best thing for 3 year old, bereaved Terrence, who was...

Hi So I have two boars that I've been working on bonding for months now. They are housed in side by side runs and I've been getting them out in a neutral area for play sessions. They are finally showing signs of being happy together (i.e laying down together, sharing hay etc), but I don't...

Hello all I apologize in advance for the long explanation, I'll start out with a bit of intro. A couple years back my sister got a guinea pig. His name is Bleu. We went on vacation a while later, and boarded him at a rescue. We asked them to try him out with some other pigs to see if there were...

Hello, I have been trying to find a friend for my male (~2.5 year old) piggie, Casper. I found a sweet/troublemaker skinny pig and they did fairly well with introductions at the shelter, so we decided to try a foster-to-adopt. I started slow, switching dishes and hideouts then put them together...

Hi, I have 4 guinea pigs (Blossom, Totoro, Bilbo and Ponyo). Blossom, Totoro, and Bilbo are almost 6 months old. We don't know the age of Ponyo, but we know he is an adult and at least 1 year old. At first, we had two guinea pigs that came from different places and that we had bonded, their...

Hi, I'm wondering if anyone has some words of advice or hope that my piggies may still yet bond! I have 2 piggies, Ted and George. Ted is 3 years old and was originally with his Uncle, Monty, who passed away a couple of months ago. He was showing signs of loneliness so I bought George who...

Hi there, I haven't owned piggies in a few years, and have never kept boys before. I recently got a 15 week old boar and then a bigger boar (the person who sold him to me claimed he was also 15 weeks but he seems a bit older to me) to live with him. They are still absolutely terrified of me, and...

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So a few days ago I upgraded the cage of my 3 year old pig and it is now big enough to host 2-3 pigs. I have 3 pigs and Finnian has been left by himself because he was not able to establish dominance and get along with the other two. Today, I tried again for the first time in over a year to get...

Hey guys, in my last two threads I talked about how my guinea pig Hobbes has passed away. Calvin Was Hobbes cage mate and he was the dominant male while Hobbes was more of a chilled guy. I recently found somebody who can no longer care for their 7 month old guinea pig and I offered to take him...

Hi, today is Day 8 of the bonding process of our two boars. Quite still in the dominance phase. Woke up this morning and inspected the piggies for bites and scratches and found the submissive one (Georgie) with a decent bite out of his ear. (see picture) I know that ear nibbling is part of the...

Hi all! We had the opportunity to bring home another buddy for our loner boar. Both are teenage boars (I know, not the ideal time to bond) Following the bonding/intro forum on this blog, I'd say the intros went pretty well. They spent about 4 hours in their intro area before being moved back to...

Hello, long time lurker, first time poster here. I took on a guinea pig last year when house sitting for someone who kept him in bad conditions (due to lack of knowledge, not on purpose), his partner had recently died, so I adopted a second male guinea pig and introduced them eventually and...

Hi all, Apologies for the lengthy message in advance: Call me crazy but I have three male young boars. One of them is cookie which I have had since he was little he’s just over one year old and now moo and ginger who are a pair and their ages are undetermined but they look about 6 months old...

I had 2 pairs of boars but Bumble recently passed on Friday so I was thinking I should bond Bambi with Horace and Benji. When I first got Horace I tried bonding him with Bumble and Bambi it didn’t work out as they were too territorial but I was thinking now that Bumble has passed it’s worth a...

Hey there. My Kili died last week and I'm looking for a new boar to bond with my Momo-boar. There aren't any rescues around here but there are a few licensed breeders within 100km so I'm getting a baby from a reputable breeder, probably in a few days! Momo needs guinea pig company so I'm getting...

Hi there, So i have Dexter he's 2 years and 2 months old he's very chilled out. He lived with his other male friend for 2 years, but he sadly passed away. Today is Sunday, on Friday i picked up a new piggie. Called Teddy he is 11 weeks old and he's very confident and lively. They have been next...