Boars in Stockholm (Kongos diary)

Dear diary!

Daddydude Harry here. Me have a question about balls:

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No, not fatty bummies. Boar ballz. Cherries. Benny is now 5,5 months old and slave starts to think about this. Besides the obvious - sedation and OP - is there any risks? Or health pro's?

Slave is truly unsure because she has had some bad luck with sedation. If one of us would need surgery to save our life she would ofc not hesitate to do it. When thinking about visiting the plum fairy its just because she thinks it would be so much easier to bond Ben with someone when me is not around anymore. Another boar... Well, she had some bad luck there to and nice neighboars and such is a solution but not like having a friend of wife. She would prefer a boar, a good boar bond is just magic and so fun!

Harry - will keep my balls
 
It's a big decision. I think there is an anaesthetic that is safer and it's good to check which anaesthetic the vet is going to use. And also how many neutering operations he has done. Benny's breeder might know of a good vet. But I think you may already have a good vet ❤️
 
I have always said I would never put a piggy under anaesthetic for a neuter. Only a medical procedure.

BUT having said that I have now had piggies have a couple of operations and they been ok afterwards. So maybe it’s not such a big deal after all.

I think you should do what feels right to you. ❤️
 
Truffolo said:
It's a big decision. I think there is an anaesthetic that is safer and it's good to check which anaesthetic the vet is going to use. And also how many neutering operations he has done. Benny's breeder might know of a good vet. But I think you may already have a good vet ❤️
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Bennys breeder lives far away, but we have our vet. We are lucky to have two cavy savy-exotic clinics close. They are both very good, but I prefer one of them because of a special vet. She treated all of my boys when they needed something not related to teeth. She's a specialist on skunks, thats so cool!
We have a dentist too, but he works on the other side of the town. But his knowledge is really worth the trip! Toofies and the art of fixing them is his speciality, and I've learnt so much from him about pigs toofies! He had the honors to work with every one of my toofieboys - Pika, Joey, Kongo and Djingis - and him and Kongo really had a bromance. He was so amazed about Kongos appetite 😂
 
weepweeps said:
I have always said I would never put a piggy under anaesthetic for a neuter. Only a medical procedure.

BUT having said that I have now had piggies have a couple of operations and they been ok afterwards. So maybe it’s not such a big deal after all.

I think you should do what feels right to you. ❤️
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Thats how I feel too, after some terrible experiences of sedation. But I also know after all the times one of my boys needed a OP they woke up feeling fine when the drugs is out of their system.

Benny would be such a bad husboar, though. He's not a gentleman at all!
 
Micah was not a gentleman either 😅
He was a thug with no manners.
We had him neutered so he could live with my 3 girls.
He had been badly bullied and condemned to a single life which is why I took him.
His neutering went well but he developed an abscess a few days later requiring a second surgery. He was fine with the sedation and recovered well.

If Benny does find himself as a husboar one day and is no gentleman he will discover the joys of being pee sprayed by his wife / wives 😅

Go with your heart on making the decision
 
exia said:
Thats how I feel too, after some terrible experiences of sedation. But I also know after all the times one of my boys needed a OP they woke up feeling fine when the drugs is out of their system.

Benny would be such a bad husboar, though. He's not a gentleman at all!
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He’s a man’s man
 
My boys have to live in separate cages and I do wonder if they get lonely when I am out at work. If they were neutered as young pigs when it is easier to heal, they could have wifelets. But they are mature pigs now and not youngsters so it would be too dangerous now. They can see each other, but sharing a cage with a companion must be nice for them ❤️🥰
 
In Austria, it's not allowed to keep guinea pigs on their own. So when boars fall out, it's the usual recommendation to have them both neutered and each bonded with (at least) one girl.
With a vet who has experience in neutering, it's not a big deal. But of course there is always a little risk.
But - except for Pino who is a bit special in his social behaviour - I haven't met a boar yet who wasn't very happy to meet a girl. Bonding is quite easy most of the time and a piggy couple is a sweet way to keep guinea pigs.

Boars don't really get it that they have lost their cherries. They still act like before. :cool:
 
Viennese Furbabies said:
In Austria, it's not allowed to keep guinea pigs on their own. So when boars fall out, it's the usual recommendation to have them both neutered and each bonded with (at least) one girl.
With a vet who has experience in neutering, it's not a big deal. But of course there is always a little risk.
But - except for Pino who is a bit special in his social behaviour - I haven't met a boar yet who wasn't very happy to meet a girl. Bonding is quite easy most of the time and a piggy couple is a sweet way to keep guinea pigs.

Boars don't really get it that they have lost their cherries. They still act like before. :cool:
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Does that mean you're not allowed to keep guineas side by side in Austria?

My boars all continued acting like boys even after losing their cherries, just as hormonal.
 
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