Girls V's Boys

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generally speaking is there any difference in behavior between girls and boys... I only have boys, wondering if I am missing out on any girly quirks!
 
I'm not sure if girls are any different to boys as I've never had them. Most of my girls are generally quite chilled out! I have never had boys though since you often have to clean their grease gland and sometimes have to squeeze poop out of them, don't you? I don't know, I just prefer girls!
 
I've never had girls so I don't know either :) I don't mind all the gross boar cleaning bits which is handy as my guys are older and can be pretty grotty sometimes!

I don't think I could cope with all the seasonal hormones and stuff that comes with girls but I would love to have more than a pair which is much easier with girls....
 
I've only ever had boys but I have a few friends with both.

They say girls are "easier" to look after and are generally more chilled, but their boys have always been the bigger personalities.

Grease gland cleaning is really easy and doesn't smell at all. Not something that should put you off boys.

And "squeezing out poop" should never be done for them, they have bottom muscles for that, :tu:. However, they can get impacted when they're older. But, it's not a definite. I've had maybe 15 or so boys over the years, and I've had to do it regularly for 1(He had arthritis which caused it), and very late on in his life for another (maybe a few weeks). So, 2/15 is good enough odds for me to continue with boys.

I'm sure my boys appreciate my non-bottom squeezing as much as I do XD
 
My girls rarely get all hormonal. They were only all rumbly when Scruff was nearing the rainbow bridge. But my two pairs refuse to get along so they're having to stay in separate cages for now!

Ah thanks for clearing that up Jaycey. I had read something about having to do so when, like you said, it gets impacted. Boys usually come to my nearby rescue but I'm not sure how I feel about cleaning the grease gland!
 
Ask the rescue to show you where they are on a pig. It's not internal or anything. It's just where their tail would be. Nothing stinky honest!
 
I've always had both living together in harmony. ;)
 
I have four girls. They do rumblestrut when they are hormonal, two of them also popcorn and squeak strangely around the cage as they are all pent up. After this they tend to get possessive and rumbling about where they want to chill out on their own. No matter who the dominant piggie is, the hormonal one rules the cage at that time. The other two piggies do go that extra mile of worked up though, chasing the other piggies around the cage trying to mount them. But boors do that too and it only lasts a couple of hours every 3 weeks or so for the girls.

Having introduced one pair of girls to another, after going through the bonding process it has taken about a further 4-5 weeks of being in the cage together for all the dominance squabbles to stop (which used to rear up once a week or so) and for everyone to accept the status quo. They used to sleep in their original pairs together or on their own, but now they mix and match and cuddle up together. And there is no sperm rod cleaning or grease gland cleaning to be done with my four!
 
I have all girls and I've had boys in the past, I'd say girls are more chilled but my Lelu still gets messy down below, and she gets terribly rumbly so I don't think it makes a difference in some cases. Have to bathe mine regularly as they are long haired and get poo stuck to them :))
 
This has been really interesting thanks :)

For those who have both I am guessing a whiff of the opposite sex in close proximity could cause problems for existing pairs? Eg. If I got girls would it increase the likelihood of my boys falling out, they would have to have runs fairly close due to limited space
 
Shouldn't cause a problem. The only ones that have ever had a problem, were the lethal piggies, but they rely on smell as their key sense far more than other pigs, so that was probably why. Two existing pairs of intact boars were fine with a family of four girls and a neutered boar living next to them.
 
My intact boars live in the same shed as Trevor and his girls in perfect harmony. I have found that the boys have bigger bolder personalities- my girls are really laid back but the boys are all very distinctive and individual. I have had far more squabbles with the boys, but I think that's more of a case of my girls being too lazy to argue!
 
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