Companions for a Lone Boar

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Hi Everyone

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Newbie here and in need of some expert advice please. I have recently acquired a male guinea pig via a local ad (someone wanted rid and when I saw the tiny run he was living in I had to bring him home). He is supposed to be about 6 months old and has always lived alone. I would very much like him to have some company and I wondered what the best option would be. Should I try to intro him to 1 or 2 male babies, or have him castrated so he can live with a couple of girls. I am guessing an intro to another adult male would be very difficult. I feel so sorry for him all alone atm :(

Many thanks

Julie
 
i got mine a girl... but i thought he was a girl at the time, so now i have a boy and a girl lol... a baby boar and adult boar should get on fine... and so shoud a (neutered) boy and 2 girls but do you have room for 3?

Hope this helped... welcome to the forum by the way lol!
 
Hi and welcome.

I successfully introduced two adult boars a few months ago and they are now the best of friends.
It took time and patience and - being brutally honest here - it does help if you've been around piggies long enough to recognise the signs of different piggy-moods - cross/happy/worried etc.
I suggest you have a look at the Barmy 4 Boars website to see if you think it's something you want to take on.
http://www.susieandpigs.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/optionsmenu.htm

In our case, we had a 4-year old boar (Sammy) whose brother had recently died. At 4, he was too old to neuter, so introducing another boar was the only real option of getting him any company. We decided to go for an adult because any problems would be likely to happen in the early stages when we were watching them closely rather than if we had got  a baby and they had appeared to get on well and then the baby had launched a challenge as he grew up.

If you decide you do want to partner him with another boar, I can give you more info as to how we did  it, or take a look through some of my earlier posts.
 
welcome! to the forum

i would suggest asking someone at a rescue, they would know
 
Squeeky-pig said:
i would suggest asking someone at a rescue, they would know
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Don't forget the forum too!

Welcome to the forum Julie :)

Either neuter to live with girls or a younger boar is ideal. My boys have always got along with younger ones if need be. :)
 
You have 2 options: either get him a baby boar (around 8 weeks old) and he will live happily with him (after an initial bout of chasing around / attempted mating ? ). Or get him neutered and let him live with the girls. Both solutions usually work. But if you get him a baby boar, GET ONLY ONE, because 3 boars together usually do end up fighting.
 
Thankyou for all the replies. I am not sure I am brave (or experienced) enough to attempt an intro to another adult male. My local RSPCA has a baby of about 10 weeks iirc would that be too old? There seem to be more males in rescue though, I looked on the rehoming site and there are loads, seems a shame to have him neutered if he could l.ive with another boy. I will contact some more local rescues and see if they have anyone suitable.

Will keep you posted

Julie
 
10 week old boar should be fine. :) You will always notice more boars in rescues than sows, unfortunately
 
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