Can adult boars live happily together?

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I was just wondering if anyone can offer me some advice.
I am really devastated as I recently lost one of my favourite piggies at the young age of 2 and a half :(. His brother seems lonely, and although i am trying to give him as much attention as possible i would really like to get him a friend (or may be even two). From what I have read on the internet there seems to be conflicting opinion as to whether you can successfully match an adult boar with another boar. I really dont want to have to put him through the stress of getting him neutered. Does anyone have any advice on putting another boar with him? Many thanks
 
I have two boys and have been thinking for a while of how much I would like to introduce a younger male to the pair, and have done plenty of research. If you piggy is very dominant, there may be no success. So long as there are no feminine smells or female piggies anyhwere near them, they should get along, with the occassional scrape..
 
When it comes to boys, if you introduce a younger boar, it could upset the balance between your existing 2 and can cause them to fall out. I am not entirely sure though so I hope someone else can advise further x
 
I had a bore about 8 or 10 months old. i got a baby boar as a buddy, all was peachy for the first 2 months, then i noticed that older boar wasn't happy, and started scratching a lot, the baby bore was growing up and started bully him, i've had them separated since, and older pig is much happier, perhaps because he has all the food to himself, but baby boy is not, he is always calling, yet any time i put them in two runs side by side, baby boar is all evil and scary towards older boar........little poo face!! I'm not saying dont do it, but the first two boars i paired were simular age, as in, both about 8 months, and it was wonderful from straight away....only problem was the second one died...that's why i got a baby boar....well, actually i got 2, figured if one died, first one wouldn't have to go through trauma of bonding again, however the first day one of the two new baby's started being quite aggressive to both, so he was actually separated the 2nd day, but ii couldn't return him, as i got them in a shop, and felt guilty that i was abandoning him, he is still a very very very shy pig, so i'm glad i kept him, cause i just know he would end up passed from pillar to post or just ignored....he will def be newtered and get a wifey, as he is consistently aggressive to both the others....even tried to break into the other run, and only wants to fight....
All i'm saying is it's not easy to know what will happen, sooo many people here have very successful pairs and trio's, i'm just offering another side to the coin.....be prepaired for it not working out, what will you do then? i wish there were rescues here, where i could have taken him to pick a pal!
i'm going to wait, until baby boar is a little older, and maybe past adolescence, and if more attempts fail, i may newter him and pair with a sow, as he is always looking for the others....good luck what ever you decide
 
Defo! Boars can live together quite happily. I originally had two boars of the same age together (Slush and Spike) , they fell out and had to be seperated, Slush passed away at the young age of 3, and although they were seperated they had lived next to each other and had floor time together. So Spike was quite lonely and used to squeak for Slush and look for him, which was really heartbreaking to watch. So I decided to get him a friend. I got him a 6 week old baby boar (Chewie) and they have been living together happily since August.

I would definately recommend getting a baby boar and seeing how it works out before considering neutering. Usually if you go to a rescue they will let you introduce the two piggies and if they dont get along you can take the baby back and opt for neutering him and getting a sow.

I think with regard to bonding boars it mostly depends on how you introduce them this (scroll down a bit) is a good website for info on introducing boars, I used it with Spike and Chewie and they are now inseperable.
 
Yep no problem with mine

I have Twinkle who is 2 in May paired with Radley who is now 1

Also Jasper who is 2 paired with Logan who is younger at 5 months

Sunshine who is 2 paired with Radley who is 18 months

and finally Pudsey who is 20 months paired with Eccles who is 19 months

It can work out I find an older boar with a younger the better option. :)
 
As long as you don’t have any girl piggies around hopefully it would work out... My 2 boys, Apollo 2yrs and Spirit 10 months, lived happily together for 8 months and I thought I had success. Then one day I had my 6 girls on the lawn and I think their smells must have been wafting over to the boys in their hutches because they got into a nasty fight and had to be separated. Now even if no girlies are nearby they hate each other, with Spirit especially being aggressive towards Apollo. I'm going to get them neutered in May...

But as I said if you don't have girls there’s no reason they should turn on one another, lots of people have success.
 
I bonded a baby boar very sucessfully with my older boar and they had a very doting relationship, the older boar almost took on a dad like role.

When I sadly lost him in November I bonded the then left boar with another young boar. Its not as great a bonding they tolerate each other rather than being loved up but they don't fight or seem unhappy.

I guess it just depends on the nature of the pig.
 
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