do craig and david need seperating?

[Craig David]

hi people

well the pigs have been fighting now non stop for 2 days. i know they started fighting when i got them to and as a result i got a big cc cage, added 2 of everything for them and for months they have been fine.

I knew something was wrong yesterday when i came in from work they werent wheeking for their food. craig keeps chattering constantly and lunging at david. David is starting to retaliate now and chattering and lunging back i feel sorry for him.

i keep trying to intervene but iv got to go work and leave them on their own now. i dont want them to get hurt. i put them in the living room for a run last night thinking this would scare craig and stop him being nasty but it didnt and they carried on fighting.

I'm unsure what more i can do? i dont know whether to split them up (which i really dont want to do and i avnt got the space for 2 cages) or wait to see what happens but if one of them gets hurt id be gutted. they av got plenty places to hide in the cage, a tunnel, theres no hideys were they would be caged in from eachother.

Any help would be gratefully appreciated i do not want to split them i cant let this carry on though i feel like I'm waiting for an accident to happen .

 

[lovelygirl]

sorry but it is time to say enough! i would split them now

 

[Wiebke]

I would split them up for a day or two until they have calmed down and then give them a proper reintroduction on neutral ground over the weekend.

You can start with a bath, so there is no big smell of testosterone in the arena and they can bond over feeling miserable!
http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=38562

If that doesn't work out and there are bloody fights and bites, I would separate and keep them side by side so they can still interact but have their own territory each.

However, you can try and see whether you can slowly reintroduce them again a few months down the line with shared run time when they are past the stroppy age; that has worked in some cases.

Here is a guide to boar behaviour, so you can judge how things are going:
http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=28949

 

[Craig David]

thanks people, iv come home tonight from work and theres tension. but iv not heard any chattering or anything yet (touch wood). Do you think i should still seperate them or see how they get on tonight.

 

[idlewildgirl]

my two boys can lunge and chatter every now and then but give it 5 minutes and they are lay down next to each other again! I still think they are better off for having company than being alone.