A friend for a lone boar? Advice please

[andic]

We have Winston who is a house piggie he's about 2 years old. He was rehomed to us as he was a lone boar and needed more attention than a pair. we've had him for about 6 months and he is such a character and is happy to sit on my knee for hours on end! He is very vocal too and races round his run and house all day long.
To cut a long story short.....I looked after my friends two boars while they were away on hols last week - they were not put together, but Win started making noises and wanted to see the boy visitors in their run....well I sat by their run with win on my knee and he was in his element! he was happily singing to them and they were quite happy to race round in front of him.
So this all makes me wonder whether Win would like a friend. He isn;t neutered so his friend would have to be a boar.

My questions are
Is it best to get a baby boar?
how do you go about bonding?
I'm just worried if I was to try it and things went wrong....

If you have any advice I'll be more than willing to take it on board....

Many thanks
Andrea

 

[MemberX]

Aww he sounds delightful.

I would go for a baby boar from a rescue. Perhaps contact some rescues and maybe you can try a babe with him.

Bonding can be in a neutral area so maybe the bath or a run where they have never been before.

The main thing is not to panic, be ready with a spray bottle of water incase of fighting just lightly mist them (it does work although I feel bad doing it...lol) and also a towel if things get heated.

But it does sound promising with him being interested in the other boys. Good luck with it.

Louise
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[boureki]

Hi Andrea

I think it's lovely that you want to get him a freind. There is a strong likelyhood that it could be very benificial to him - some rescues will let you take him along to let him find his own friend, and they would like to hear from you I'm sure, as it is extremely hard to find good homes for single boars! A mature boy of a similar age may be just as good as a baby as he would have passed through his hormonal teen stage, wheras the only drawback of a baby is the possibility that in his hormonal stage he may try and challenge for dominance. This is currently happening between a pair of my boys, although Pepe is stoically remaining in charge and refusing to back down to Leo!

Where are you in the country?

 

[andic]

Hi!
I'm in the midlands (in between Derby and Lichfield)!
Do you know of any rescues nearby who would help with bonding?
Thanks for you responses!

 

[linz]

Ive just bonded a pair of boars a few weeks ago, my freddy (2 1/2) was very lonely, so we paired him up with a cute little baby star ( 9 weeks).
I was really nervous about bonding them as I didnt know how Freddy would react , think I was more nervous than Freddy though lol.
As said below, bond them in a neutral invironment and take it slowly.I introduced mine for a few hours a day for a week,but there hutches were next to each other so they could still smell and chat to each other.
It would defineltly have to be a baby because of the dominance issue.
Try not to worry to much about things going wrong , I was so scared that I would end up with 2 seperate piggys but all worked out well. Freddy and Star havenow been living together happily for a few weeks .
If you do decided to go ahead keep us informed.