Bonding male boar with females

Ellie-May said:
Thank you!

We tried the first time and it failed, but we plan to try again on the weekend so fingers crossed.

They are currently in a cage at the moment with a divider just to calm things and get use to everything before we try again. Like I said in my comment above, behaviour has definitely improved and is a lot calmer now with more neutral interactions and less agression.

I don’t actually have any cuddle cups, where can I get them from?
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I've bought mine from numerous sellers on Ebay/Etsy/Facebook over the years. @Bill & Ted makes some and auctions for charity, @artcasper also makes them
YouTube has tutorials on making them. Here's a link to a thread where various sellers are identified. Members recommended UK and US sites for fleece cage liners and accessories
 
VickiA said:
With a group bonding, the hierarchy between the top 2 piggies is always the first hurdle to overcome. It sounds as though your neutered male and alpha sow are going to have to work it out between them. Then every other pig has to work out where they come in the group. A group bonding can take a lot of time and can be very lively with even closely bonded piggies kicking off as things get sorted.

I would definitely plan to have perhaps a whole day and night in the bonding pen if you can manage it before trying to transfer them to their cage. Plenty of open space, hay and regular small distractions with veggies to share. Nothing and nowhere anyone can get trapped. If you put beds in please put in one for each piggy and make sure it is a cuddle cup or donut shaped bed rather than a house with entrances and exits.

If you can take a video and upload to youtube and then share the link here we can see how they interact when you introduce them without the barrier. Bonding is definitely not for the faint hearted.
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I think things have improved. There is no agression now and whenever they come up to the bars and he starts she just ignores it. He keeps rumble strutting up and down the bars and pop Corning but I think that’s just normal boar behaviour. The other piggies mainly ignore him
 
Ellie-May said:
I think things have improved. There is no agression now and whenever they come up to the bars and he starts she just ignores it. He keeps rumble strutting up and down the bars and pop Corning but I think that’s just normal boar behaviour. The other piggies mainly ignore him
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The youngest piggies just ignore him, the alpha pig ignores him and sometimes does a whining sound but the next pig down has done a whining sound but she mainly ignores him or runs away
 
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