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Hey,
I'm new here and am getting my first guinea from a resuce next weekend. He is a castrated boar and is not with anyone at the rescue. I know guineas are socialable animals and i really dont want him to be lonely and have heard and from reading books that boars should not be put with other boars.
So my question is do i get him a sow if so should i get one or two, he is one so do i get younger sows or older or do i leave him by himself?
Any suggestions would be much appreciated
Thank you
Pickles
 
You can bond Boars together.
I have a herd of 4, two who are 9/10 months and 2 who are only 11 wheeks.
If you are trying to bond then get a younger piggy maybe a baby, as then it will be easier but let your first piggy settle down first
A;though as he is castrated you could get him a couple of lady friends.
 
I'm no expert but this is what I know and it may be wrong LOL

Bores can live with bores. I currently have 2 together and have had up to 5 together before but it is a risk. Two of mine got in to a fight a few weeks ago, it was not pleasent. Bother survive but one had to leave the group. There fight was caused by moving house and the stress that came with it.

If he has had the chop then a female partner in my opinion would be nice for him.

Girls can and do fight too but people say its less of a risk than boys. There is never a 100% sure match up. Even a bore who has had the chop and a female may not get on, unlikely in experience and what I have been told but does happen on occasion.

When bonding any of mine I have always done it on common ground like in the bath or on kitchen floor or in a run. Let them sniff each other out. They will chatter and do what I can a little war dance LOL but this is just them saying who is boss and so on.

Then when the time comes to stick them in together I always use a clean (scrubbed and disinfected) cage so it does not smell of one or the other. So either have the upper hand.

I am sure someone will be alone to give better advise :)
 
Neutering doesn't effect how boars behave towards each other, so it really doesn't matter if you get a sow or a boar to go with him. If you want to get him a boyfriend then a younger male would be best. It is possible to keep a pair or even a trio of boars together, but they are tricky to bond. You have to be careful with introducing them. I currently have a 3 year old boar who is bonded with a 7 week old boar and they get along fine. Usually it is possible to bond them, its just a matter of finding the right piggie, a lot of rescues will allow you take you current boar in so he can choose his own friend, that way you can be sure they will get on. However a lot of boar pairs fall out when the younger of the two reaches sexual maturity and tries to fight for dominance, I had this issue with my first pairs of boars, they loved floor time together, but refused to live together, so I had to keep them seperate.

I would say you'd be better off getting one or two sows to live with him. In the wild they live in herds usually made up of a boar and a group of sows. I would introduce them the same way as you introduce boars to each other though.

This site has some good info on introductions (skip down the page)
 
Hi Pickles35 ... welcome to the forum. I am sure that you will find lots of good friendly advice on here.

Guinea pigs are herd animals. They like company.
I have had a father (not neutered) and his son live very happily together, until the son died. I have had two litter brothers live for a while together until one hurt the other one.

It does come down to personalities. Because you are adopting a neutered boar, you do have a couple of options. You could get a young male to bond with him or you could get a female or two, or more, to live with him. Please do bear in mind that the more pigs you have, the more it will cost to keep them. Not only in food, hay, housing, etc. but also in unexpected vets bills should they become ill.

Have the rescue given you any advice? Do they have any other piggies that you could try to bond with him before he leaves the rescue?
 
The only advice that the rescue has given me is not to try to bond him with another boar so not really that useful!
They only have boars there at the moment and all are around the same age as my little chap
Yep have taken into consideration all the costs for my piggie/s and am able to afford all costs including unexpected ones

Thanks
x
 
If that is the case then perhaps just bring him home, let him settle in and get used to you.

Then keep an eye on the rescue section of this forum and keep in touch with the rescue that your adopted boar came from and see if a nice sow is looking for a new forever home.

Post some photos of your new arrival when you get him. Have you named him yet?
 
Will keep a look out!
Will def post some photos when he arrives here and his name from the rescue is pickles so I think I will keep it although it may morph a bit I will see what he is like when i get him home
Thanks so much
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