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I was woken up to Harrison mounting and biting Brian, so have separated them, got to get another new cage tomorrow, that's it the boys are all going to get the chop and they can each live with a girlie, will get a girlie for Brian. It will cost £188.00 to get all the boys done, what did it cost you to get a boar done?
How long after the chop can a boar and sow live together?
 
after the castration they can live together forever :smitten:

sorry havent had any of mine go through castrations :-\
 
It cost me £30 pounds to get Rimmer done last year I had a voucher towards the cost from local RSPCA so the final bill was only £15 :)
 
I thought like humans there may be a period after op that a female can still possibly get pregnant.
So in about 6 to 7 weeks time I will be looking for a pretty girl for Brian.
 
Pumpkinpiggie said:
It cost me £30 pounds to get Rimmer done last year I had a voucher towards the cost from local RSPCA so the final bill was only £15 :)
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That is cheap but if you really want your boars to go through with it for the better then id go for it but with my lot they are in groups of boars or sows and they have ad no complaints until 1 recently wouldn't let another eat but ill be rebonding them after one has gained loads more weight ;D ;D

I wouldnt put mine through a risky operation unless i really needed too :D
 
Honkey and Mervyn get on great but Honkey is always swaying his bum, Honkalula rarely worries Frogmella these days, Pig-Pog is by herself at the mo and Harrison and Brian are not getting on Harrison is swaying his bum all the time, Honkey has never tried to bonk Mervyn.
but I would like them paired as...
Honkey and Pig-Pog coz they are both so relaxed and chilled out
Mervyn and his sister Frogmella
Harrison and Honkalula coz they can both be ratty
And poor Brian needs a nice pretty girl
But not until they boys have been done.
 
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if you really want your boars to go through with it for the better then id go for it but with my lot they are in groups of boars or sows and they have ad no complaints until 1 recently wouldn't let another eat but ill be rebonding them after one has gained loads more weight ;D ;D

I wouldnt put mine through a risky operation unless i really needed too :D
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It is not risky at all if you have a competent vet with a good success rate at GUINEA neuters all should be fine. I must point out that many vets will never have done the op apart from in vet school. This is because it is not as straight forward to do and is a lot harder than a cat/dog or rabbit and not many people get their piggies done.
I have a briiliant vet and soon will be taking my Oakley to have his neuter. :)
 
I will be speaking to my vet first, who is very interested in piggies but if she has not done many then we are prepaired to travel to get them done safely.
 
HonkeysMummy said:
I will be speaking to my vet first, who is very interested in piggies but if she has not done many then we are prepaired to travel to get them done safely.
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You need to ask how many have been done by him ect. If you need to find another vet that has done loads ask a local rescue if they neuter thier boars and use the one they use. Or if you do not find anywhere I can ask my friend who is a vet to see if she can find one for you :)
 
Thanks for that, the RSPCA are down the road, there does not seem to be a rescue place around here but there is a general animal sanctury not too far away.
My vet is good at answering questions, when I took Honkey about his tooth she recommend Vit C tabs but said because I may want to do all my piggies it would work out cheaper to buy Vit C from Holland & Barrett or to use Abidec human baby Vit C drops, when she gave me this advice she had no idea of our financial status, she was not just trying to flog me the stuff they have.
I now she has keep piggies in the past, which is a good sign.
 
It costs us £43.50 to get a guinea castrated and the general opinon I have read is 5-6weeks after castration that a boar shoud be introduced to a sow. One of our boars had to go back in with the friend he arrived with (she was already pregnant on arrival) as she refused to eat without him there the vets who are very experienced thought it should be ok as porky is a quiet guinea, while porky was recovering but he went and got over enthusiatic ::)popped a stitch, infection and a £100 vet bill in total for his castrate and recovery followed. If you can wait 5-6weeks after so he is fully healed and definately sterile I would and will always be doing so in the future! It was only that petal was pining so badly even with him next door so she could see him that we put them back together earlier thankfully porky made a full recovery. Our vets perform a lot of castrates as they are also cheryls vets and have not yet lost a piggy through anesthic or complications, complications are very rare it was just unfortunate the situation i was in that porky was not totally healed when he had to rejoin his girlfriend.
 
Thanks for that info Vikki, I was going to wait 3 months but if I only have to wait 6 weeks or when the stitches heal, which ever is the longest then that is even better.
I do not want to risk mini pigs but neither do I want to put one of my boys at risk of futher complications.
The pigs are ok as they are but I would like the boys not to be alone and Honkey is getting a bit funny with Mervyn at the mo, so it would be better 1 neutered boy and 1 girl per cage.
Rather than 2 girls in one cage, 1 female alone as she does not like the other girls, I have 2 boys by theirselves due to too much mounting and Honkey and Mervyn together at mo.
That way I could reduce to 4 cages rather than the 5 I have in my bedroom.
That way I could keep the 5th cage in my shed until it is needed, should I need to isolation/quarantine.
 
Murphys op was £27.50 and he had to go for a check up about five days later, the stitches were disolvable but some use glue so no need for stitches.

I kept Murphy on towels for two weeks to make sure he did not get any hay stuck in his wounds. He came home at two in the afternoon the morning was hell worrying about him had to take day off work! He was a little sleepy and looked abit fed up while 5.30 then he was out of his cuddle cup trotting around like you wouldnt believe. He was eating straight away I sent him some food in with him and the vet said he ate some as soon as he came round.

Then 4 weeks later Romey came aged 9 weeks and they have been inseparable ever since. They follow each other round everywhere.

Hope all works out for your boys as well as it has for my two babies :smitten:
 
Thanks Lindsay, it is great to hear a non horror story, I am scared for my boys as it is, so it is nce to hear something posative.
 
Damons op was £30 and Alex's was £25. It varies a little bit, but I think £30 is average. Most vets recommend 6 weeks after the op before putting them with a girl. Apparently sperm can still be around that long (not sure I belive that!). I like to leave it six weeks as a precaution though, as I worry they will start mounting before they are fully healed and do themselves some damage! I'm probably just being over sensitive about it though.
 
just like human males, they too can produce sperm until a while after the chop and there for pregnancy is still a risk in humans.
I would wait at least 6 weeks before putting them together, as it would be silly to risk either a burst stitch or pregnancy.
 
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