Help my boys have fallen out!

[anjelise]

Hi
In January I got 2 brothers who were about 4 months old. They have always had tiffs but it has never got out of hand. I have read it is normal for young males to act like this and they always calm down and noone has been hurt.

However today one of them looks like he has been in a real scrap and since I noticed this after hearing alot of noise and going to see what was happening they have been constantly fighting, mounting, burring, getting very violent.

I have seperated them then reintroduced but it continued, I then cleaned out their house and let them run in the play pen but on and off fighting continued. Since then over the past 3 hours I have had them in and out of the house and every time I reintroduce them the scraps get worse yet when I seperate them they squeek for each other.

I really don't know what to do. I read I should bath them both together, clean the cage and put them back in but it's late and they won't be dry come bed time and it is cold so don't want them to be wet and cold.

Any advice please?

Thanks

 

[anjelise]

sorry this has not posted. My boys have started really fighting.

They were 4 months old when I got them in January, they are brothers. They have always scrapped but today it has got violent and one looks to have been scratched and bleeding.

I have seperated them and then reintroduced them but they continue to fight, one is dominating the other. Any suggestions on what I can do as I am really upset that our happy family are now at war!

 

[Gems]

I'm so sorry to say but if blood has been drawn then the likeliness of them going back together is slim. By the sounds of it they have hit their hormonal stage and unfortunately boar fallouts do happen.

If you want to try to re-introduce them then the best option is to bath them both so they have a neutral smell and re-introduce them on neutral ground with plenty of food. Have a towel ready to throw over them to seperate them if they do start fighting as they may end up biting you if they are fighting. Obviously you'll have to keep them seperate until you can do this, and as I said there's a high possibility it won't work sadly

Good luck x

 

[sharonS]

How are they getting along this morning, have you had to seperate?

 

[rainbowstarsx]

Just like you, I've had this upsetting same situation!
And it's ended up me having to rehome my boys because they just won't except each other again and I haven't the space for 2 cages although I've got them in 2 at the moment, it's a squeeze!
I was given the advice from a friend (not on this forum who works at my vets) that you could bathe the boys so they are all the same smell, and add a little bit of vix to their noses and bums, see if that works? It could be that they just don't like each other, just like humans - I'm so sorry this has happened to you, I really feel for you as I'm in the exact situation

I hope you work something out, if you need any help, please don't hesitate to pm me xx

 

[anjelise]

Thanks so much for your replies. We cleaned them both and took out the house and put in 2 smaller ones then put them back in together after well over a full night apart. Neither had eaten while apart and were very docile. On putting them back together they were ok for a while then the rumblestrutting began again. When they are both out sat with us they were fine. No major fights have broken out since but they are still on and off having tiffs. We are monitoring them. If any further outright fights begin though we probably will have to seperate permanantly. I just hope it doesnt come to this.