Hello everyone.
Our pair of young rescue boars have been with us nearly two weeks now. I just wanted some advice on their behaviour, and whether it’s normal or I’m doing something wrong.
During the day, they seem to pretty much hide all day, in separate hideys. They are in a quiet room (we have 4 young children so we thought a quieter room would be better for them) in a large C&C cage. What confuses me is that they seem to come to life in the evening, they definitely recognise me now and wheek for food but only in the evening! They will both accept strokes in the cage now whilst eating veggies from my hand, but they still are very nervous of being picked up which I understand is normal.
Is it normal that they seem to spend all day hiding? They are definitely eating and despite never using the water bottle they are also definitely peeing! They are rumble strutting a fair bit in the evening but I’ve never seen any actual fighting between them.
I’m really concerned that they are unhappy as they seem so quiet and reclusive during the day. We’ve put them out in their outside run on the nice weather days but they just spend the whole time hiding then too!
Can any experienced owners offer any advice?
Our pair of young rescue boars have been with us nearly two weeks now. I just wanted some advice on their behaviour, and whether it’s normal or I’m doing something wrong.
During the day, they seem to pretty much hide all day, in separate hideys. They are in a quiet room (we have 4 young children so we thought a quieter room would be better for them) in a large C&C cage. What confuses me is that they seem to come to life in the evening, they definitely recognise me now and wheek for food but only in the evening! They will both accept strokes in the cage now whilst eating veggies from my hand, but they still are very nervous of being picked up which I understand is normal.
Is it normal that they seem to spend all day hiding? They are definitely eating and despite never using the water bottle they are also definitely peeing! They are rumble strutting a fair bit in the evening but I’ve never seen any actual fighting between them.
I’m really concerned that they are unhappy as they seem so quiet and reclusive during the day. We’ve put them out in their outside run on the nice weather days but they just spend the whole time hiding then too!
Can any experienced owners offer any advice?