Desperate help & advice needed for my 2 fighting boars

I wonder if floor time is setting them off. Sometimes Bill and Ted have floor time and they chase each other round humping each other and they can get over excited which can lead to fall outs. Do they fight in the cage before floortime? I would monitor what happens before floortime and after floortime, if they are settled in the cage and no fighting I just wonder if floortime gets those hormones pumping? Only a thought and may not be the case x
 
Hiya! How are things going? I’ve been thinking about you...x
 
JEFF&JOJO said:
Hiya! How are things going? I’ve been thinking about you...x
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Hiya, sorry only now replying, i havent been too well. I've been in a morphine haze for a week lol.
Aww thank you for asking about how things are going, that's really sweet.
Well, they did start settling down thankfully. i have finally got them in a 6 x 2 cage and the fighting has got even worse. I literally stepped out of the room for a minute, heard a commotion and squeals so I ran back in the living to find Gingy (dominent) cowering in the corner. I ushered Bumble to the other end of the cage and put 2 grids in the middle to seperate them. I picked Gingy up and noticed blood dripping from his mouth. I cleaned him up and eventually the bleeding stopped and his bottom lip is split. I cuddled him for a while and put him back in the cage on his side.
I then picked Bumble up to see if he has and cuts or blood drawn and he also has a cut on his bottom lip.
I honestly thought i had turned a corner with them. I've been upset since it happened a couple of hours ago. I keep thinking is there something I could/shouldn't have done since I've had them.
Again, any advice on how i go on from now will be appreciated. I'm also going to contact my local guinea pig rescue because the lady there is lovely and she gave me lots of advice, as well as lovely people from this forum. I'm not rehoming them I just need advice from her.
Hope all is well with you and thank you for your message, it's really touched me xx
 
I think your boys might be better separated as you have them now (grid between them) so no more injuries can happen. They will still be able to interact with each other so won’t be lonely. 2 x 3 grids is quite adequate for each boy. Sorry it didn’t work out between them, it’s not your fault they are such individuals and if they decide they don’t really like each other then this would be the best solution x
 
Bill & Ted said:
I wonder if floor time is setting them off. Sometimes Bill and Ted have floor time and they chase each other round humping each other and they can get over excited which can lead to fall outs. Do they fight in the cage before floortime? I would monitor what happens before floortime and after floortime, if they are settled in the cage and no fighting I just wonder if floortime gets those hormones pumping? Only a thought and may not be the case x
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Hiya, no they didn't have fall outs just before floor time. They would get restless but thats about it really. They always seemed to get on much more on the floor than in the cage and i thought it was down to them having extra space. I have finally got them in a much bigger cage (c&c 6 x2 from a 120 x 60 ferplast cage) and although i knew they would have to do the dominance thing again i wasnt expecting the massive fight that occured in the new cage. Gingy was bleeding from a split lip and I noticed Bumble has got a blood in his mouth. I'm not only back to square one they have drawn blood. I don't know to what extent they have to draw blood to be seperated forever.
Everyone on here has been so supportive so any more advice is gratefully appreciated 🙂
 
So sorry, but I think if blood is drawn then the bond is broken and fights may get very serious x
 
Oh no so sorry to hear that. Maybe things just aren’t meant to be. They may be happier separate but beside each other where they can still interact. At least they aren’t truly alone then. Sounds like you have done everything you can, it’s not your fault xx
 
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