Boars and their popularity.

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Lilly said:
It is not just this forum. The Internet is full of this myth. I recently discovered the pet shops here also perpetuate this nonsense. Fortunately I only pay attention to Peter Gurney's advice and the experiences of rescues. So, now I have two lovely boys I can't imagine being without.
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Sorry, not very clear. I was replying to the myth of 2 boars fighting to the death.
 
I find the boars seem to be the ones with the bigger characters, so I can't understand why they are overlooked. If you only have two anyway where is the problem, they make just as good a pet as a sow or sows do.
 
I love my pepper and george boars but they smell so much worse than my sow trio!
 
Aww boars are my favourite they have so much more personality saying that though I wouldn't be without any of my girlies!
 
Have had a total of 7 boars so far and love them so much - have never had a sow so can't compare them, but would always choose to rehome a boar. And of my current pairings, both have been boar dated with new husbands, following the deaths of their previous partners.
 
When we were after our 3 girls I realised that the rescue seemed to have 3 boars for every sow. I'd not really given it any thought before.
I wonder if it's the reputation of more smell that affects people's choice? Or more work? I must admit, when reading in preparation for getting our guinea pigs it was phrases like sperm rods, impaction and blocked grease glands that made me think sows would be easier (and less whiffy)
I'm sure boars are totally lovely and I'm equally sure those of you with boars have utterly lovely pets. But people new to pets sometimes err on the side of the less difficult-sounding option, perhaps?
(says the woman with 8 hens, 2 rat does and 3 guinea sows... what a girly household!)
 
Boars have sperm rods, but girls can get ovarian cysts - having paid for a spay and resultant after care, I know what I would prefer to deal with, sperm rods are easy peasy (just breath through your mouth not your nose lol)

As someone earlier said, judge the animal not the sex. With horses loads of people say mares are difficult, stroppy etc etc., then they meet my Doey and change their minds!

I have five boars, three have one wife each, and the other two have three and four wives. All of them are lovely boys but equally my sows are lovely too. My Whiskey who went to the bridge last October was a sow and she was more laid back than one of my boars - it is all down to the individual.

Would love a pair of boars next but worry the girlies around would upset them, we will see what happens in the future, the 15 here are keeping me busy enough right now!
 
I wouldn't get 2 boars together again as mine fought horribly and its put me off for life.

I have one boar and three sows and I love my Marley boy, he is so much friendlier than the two girls.

So, I will always have boars, but will always house them with sows, really because I had a bad experience.
 
Can i ask where your pair came from? Were they a bonded rescue pair? (I'm not judging, my boys are not resuce) Merly saying that unless you go rescue you will always have the risk of them falling out, (and even then there is a risk, just much smaller) However with sows you always have the risk of them being pregnant...
 
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