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Help with Boars please

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I have had my two rescue boars for about 2 weeks now. They were both very nervous and upset when they arrived but Jeeves, my black and tan piggie, has really come out of his shell and is a friendly chap at heart. x) I can check him over very easily and I think he is about 2 - 2.5 years old.

However, Google is totally petrified of me. He is older than Jeeves, maybe about 3. He goes into a wild panic when I try to offer him veggies and if I try to touch him he screams and runs round. I have been trying to slowly get him used to me and I was in no way going to push him to come round faster than he wanted to.

The problem is I noticed his bum looked like it was all stuck together with poo. :{ So I picked him up to take a look at him. He absolutely shrieked the neighbourhood down! :o I tried wrapping him in a towel and had a friend hold him whilst I trimmed it away, shampooed and dried him bum. It looks a little sore and he looked swollen underneath.

Now I have never had boars before, only female guinea pigs when I was a child. I had no idea about 'impaction' and wonder if this may be the poor lads problem? I have not the faintest clue about how I am going to treat him as he is so so so difficult to handle and is so frightened of me. Does anyone have any tips... step by step guide? He is eating normally and is pooing normally, although he NEVER takes food from me.

I have contacted the vet and chatted with them and he will go to see them if it does not clear up but they said that due to his nervous disposition I should try their suggestions before I traumatise him with going in the car and to the vets.

If only his previous owners had taken the time to handle him. I get the feeling he was harder work than the other one to handle so they just gave up on him and handled Jeeves instead. grrrr
 
If he is pooing normally then he probably doesn't have an impaction. Is he a bit longhaired? it could be that he's sitting in everything and getting it caught up in his hair and it's causing an irritation.

Impaction is when they can't poo by themselves and everything gets packed up in their bum, you have to empty it every day otherwise they get very ill as they can't eat the soft poo's
 
Well that is good news because I need a lot more time with him to trust me and let me handle him. That is if he ever lets me handle him - he seems so terrified.

He is definately pooing normally as he pooed whilst I was washing him.

He isn't long-haired... but he doesn't seem to to come out much due to his disposition. Perhaps he is just so scared he just sits in one place in the hutch? I am trying with the little guy but I think it is going to be a long process. I clean the hutch out every 2 days so its not like it gets dirty.
 
Probably is just irritated then, try a little bit of kamillosan around the inflamed bit and it should heal it up nicely :)

Kamillosan is great for things like that.
 
Where can I get Kamillosan?

A health food store? Thanks Lizzie. I will keep an eye on him best i can.
 
baby section in boots or any other store that sells baby stuff, it's cream for sore nipples whilst breast feeding, so it's specially designed to be ok when 'eaten' by babies :)
 
if they don't have kamillosan, bepanthen does the same job :)

I will say, if it doesn't get any better within a few days and he's still looking a bit down, take him to your vet just to check there's nothing else going on.
 
Oh yes of course. I never hesitate to go to the vets normally and had he been a friendly unstressy chappie he would already have been. I am the woman who knows every member of staff by name at my clinic! :)) No expense is spared for my animals.

Its just he is so frightened and I don't want to unneccesarily stress him if it is something I can solve at home. Have already been on the phone to the vets and they don't want me to move him - as long as he is happy, the sore is healing and he is eating well then try not to take him in they said. Will try those creams and keep a close eye on him.
 
Yeah, sometimes it is best to just keep them at home and treat them yourself, if you're concerned feel free to message me :) I'll do my best to help :))
 
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