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:{ ok so todays the day ive decided to try and bond all three boar piggies! Two are already bonded and the other I'm hoping to add him also!
Ive cleaned all enclosures,added them together and taken away all toys and hideys,only providing a blanket to duck under thats in another part of the enclosure wolly woo is there now as hes the most submissive piggy also the smallest! Theres a hayroom just to break the tense situation off hopefully,but the two main dominate piggyies are cotton and mr piggles,there still not fully grown and mr piggles is about 8wks older than the other two,
I gave them a bonding bath which seemed to go ok,but in the enclosure theres teeth chattering and launched attacks like such but not biteing! Then there tolerate each other for awhile and cotton will chatter his teeth again,and rumble,theres been no mounting! Lots of talking,I'm thinking if they dont settle soon I'm going to have to abandon the bonding as i dont want them to go into a full scale attack with biteing! Theres been some yawning but not alot,some noses together like squaring up but no fall attacks,i was wondering how long i should leave them so to speak,I'm here ready to split up if needed, maybe cotton just dosnt like mr piggles,
Tho there both in the hayroom now talking,no chattering of teeth no launching,
Should i call it a day heeeelp!
 
It is incredibly difficult to bond three boars (near-impossible for most). It can be hard enough to get two to get along! I hope it does work for you, but I wouldn't get your hopes up, I'm afraid. It could lead to some nasty aggressiveness, and could upset the balance with the two that are already bonded :( x
 
Once started, you have to sit it out as long as there are no full out fights, the aggression doesn't build up any further or incessant hours long humping sprees from one boy keep the others from eating and sleeping. Every time you separate, you force your boys to start back in square one with the bonding/dominance sort out.

How old are your boys? You have a chance with trios, if the boars involved are mostly or all hormonally settled adults over 15 months old that turn out to be character compatible.
If you have subadult youngsters, it is pretty unlikely that a trio will make it through the big hormones intact. At worst, you can end up with three single boars. I have still fingers free on my first hand for counting trios of youngsters that have made it to adulthood together; it would be much better to find a character compatible friend of his choice for your single boy.

Please be aware that boar bonds can take up to two weeks to stabilise.
 
:( well after all that effort of bathing which seemed to be ok until they went into the new enclosure! Okish to start with but cotton just wouldnt accept mr piggles! Wolly woo lves both! Very submissive piggy! But the smallest and youngest so no wonder, the boys are aged 4 mths, and 2mths wolly woo abit younger than two mths!
The aggression built up to such a peak that i had to seperate them as cotton just wouldnt accept mr piggles! Even tho mr piggles approached him friendly to start with,
I left them for a few hours making sure no awful fights broke out,then it started mainly cotton starting it! I couldnt see who was who it was a mixture of white fur and ginger! I had to step in as i could see the level of aggression was nasty one of them would have got really hurt! As it turned out it was me! I'm stratched with a small wound on my palm of my hand were i just had to get in there quick,by the looks of it its a good job i did!
Both boars unhurt but a tiny clump of fur each! Wolly woos fine as he hid through out!
So now ive seperated them all and there back in there enclosures! I gave mr piggles special hugs til he was calm,cotton sat there with a triumpht look on his little face!
But would you beleive it once all boars were back where they usually are wolly woo decided to hump cotton! Chasing him all around the enclosure! Wouldnt leave him alone! And cotton running for his life?
Anyway alls settled down again mr piggles in his enclosure,seems settled tho il keep an eye on him,and the other two boys all snuggled up together in there enclosure!
I wont be trying again this was bad enough and i really dont want to upset the friendship balance of wolly woo and cotton,as they have been together since 6wks old! And really are joined at the hip! Infact if i get either out without the other they go nuts they wheek and shout,they really dont like being seperated, i think wolly woo gets seperation anxiety!
Ive tried,its failed i think the next option is boar dating!
 
It's interesting reading all of this. I have three boars from the same litter. They have just (on Boxing Day) turned one. I read somewhere that its possible for three brothers to get on, which is why we had them all, but sadly this hasn't been the case. There were lots of general quibbling over hierarchy from all three of them over the first few months but more recently, it has got much more serious. Columbus and Pixo have had scratched eyes, Pixo has had his ears bitten and Simba has had a few bites marks on his back amd mange from stress. They live in a heated hutch outside but I bought them indoors over Christmas. It was then that I realised that one, Simba, is terrified of the other two. He shrieks if they go near him and hides in a corner. The other two seem to get on fine together and Simba and Columbus get on. It is Pixo that seems to be bullying and scaring Simba and yet, Pixo used to be the more submissive one when younger. I now have Simba in the indoor cage on his own, not ideal I know, with the other two in the hutch, who seem to be fine together. I've tried separate feeding bowls and separating them for a while. When I go to put Simba back, he just stays sitting in my hand. There is no scrambling to get back into the cage. The vet tells me that once a relationship like this is established, its difficult to get rid of. Does anyone have any advice on what I could do to allow the three to live together? Should they be reintroduced after the 14 month hormonal period? Thoughts welcome!
 
How do 3 boars get on if 2 of them are neutered ? Just wondering as I have 3 boars too !
 
I'm just wondering the same thing, whether I could get Pixo neutered to begin with as the other two don't seem so aggressive and go from there. I read somewhere though that it can be risky. How do your three get on?
 
Neutering does not change boar behaviour. With boar bonding it's more about personality, I'm no expert however I'm reiterating things that I've been told or read before. Often if injuries have occurred from fighting there isn't a way of re-bonding.
 
MOC is right. Please do not neuter any boars thinking that, like other male animals, this will change their behaviour. The problem with piggie boys is that they also produce testosterone through their grease glands and you can't "neuter" that.
 
Just to put my experience across with boars. The only trio of boys that I have managed to bond were 3 boys all over the age of 3 years. It was lovely to see them sit cuddled together, there was no humping, no rumbling, nothing but this is probably due to age, their natures were all quite relaxed and chilled out which helps too. In the summer I did try a group of 4 old boys but there was one who I knew was quite dominant and all he wanted to do was rumble past everyone and head butt them!
 
To be honest, I'm pleased to hear that neutering's not the answer as I wasn't comfortable with getting it done. I'm not sure there's an answer then other than to keep Simba separate from the other two. I did try to put them together again today but there was lots of rumble strutting and scuffles between Pixo and Simba. Just worried that Simba is now on his own! Does anyone have experience of a one year old boar being alone? He does get lots of cuddles from us though now that he's indoors but I'm sure we don't compensate for one of his own! I think I'll have to put it down to time, see how he gets on and perhaps build an extension for him to the outside hutch in the summer that also offers some separation from the other two. The other two seem very happy living together and are much more content.
 
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