KathT
Forum Donator 2025/26
I have two sows with a neutered boar who have been together for over a year. This afternoon (about 3pm) I heard a lot of squeaking and on checking I found the boar of the trio (Bruno) chasing one of the sows (Bella). The chasing and squeaking has continued into this evening and though Bruno seems to have mated with Bella, he continues to chase her and she seems quite harassed. She is the less dominant sow of the pair and very submissive, but she has been nose butting Bruno to drive him away and he has been teeth chattering back at her, though only for a few seconds. I have never seen this behaviour before in them and I just wanted to know how long is normal for this sort of behaviour to continue? I clipped Bella recently (she is long haired) and noticed she has bald flanks and crusty nipples, so I assume she may have ovarian cysts - I am planning to take her to Simon & Kims when they are back from their holiday. Would ovarian cysts cause this type of behaviour with Bruno? I don’t want him wearing her out at she’s quite nervy anyway, though she is definitely standing up for herself. Any advice gratefully received.