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Oh I feel so bad right now

Bert tried to show Albert who's the boss and he jumped on him,it all happened so fast, and now Bert has broken his 2 bottom teeth. I heard they grow back, will he still be able to eat? One of them has gone completely and he other is snapped down to gum level. I feel like such a bad piggy owner 8...8...

I think I might have to re home bert now :(
 
Oh my word how is Bert doing? what did he catch his mouth on. Poor wee fella, I'm sure someone with knowledge of these things will come along soon with help for you.
 
his fine, snuggled in my arm as i type, i have no idea as Albert has no cuts on him or anything!


i am not so fine :( on the verge of tears :(
 
Aww bless I can imagine you are but you couldn't have predicted that would happen, have they been together long? sorry I probably have read about your guys but I'm having a senior moment.
 
Modwyn said:
Aww bless I can imagine you are but you couldn't have predicted that would happen, have they been together long? sorry I probably have read about your guys but I'm having a senior moment.
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Its fine :)

Only a week. I just really dont want to have to rehome Bert, i would feel like I failed :(
 
I'm sure those with loads of knowledge with boars will pop in with advice soon, I've only every had neutered boars with their ladies so not a lot of help. Has the wee fellow attempted to eat anything?
 
Well sorry I have had Winston and Albert a year had Bert a week! No he is hiding now, going to do some mash pellet's for him
 
His teeth will grow back.
I part boars after a major incident and I do not attempt to put them together again. There is a significant risk that further fights will become increasingly more violent.
 
alcesterpigs said:
His teeth will grow back.
I part boars after a major incident and I do not attempt to put them together again. There is a significant risk that further fights will become increasingly more violent.
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There is nothing to suggest that Albert did this as Albert has no marks on him at all. He only Jumped on him like it was trying to mount him. He could of caught them on the cage bars.
 
Poor Bert. If they didn't fight then it doesn't suggest that their "relationship" is bad, just Bert was being silly and "too keen". As for eating...just make sure you cut up his fruit and veg into small pieces so he can take them in and chew them rather than have to bite pieces off a big piece of fruit and veg. His teeth will grow back to proper length in a week.

Others on here will be able to advise you better.
 
I'm glad to hear he is eating hun, has he had contact with the other boys since his toothie injury ?
 
Yeah he is back in there now with them, Albert is sleeping at one end of the hut and Winston keeps going up to Bert to look at him and chat I think lol but Bert the Twerp (new name for him) keeps trying to be the big man and yawning and things. I think I have a young boar piggy who wants to be boss but he cant...This is so rubbish :( I feel useless

Oh and Winston is now trying to eat all the mashed pellets!
 
Bless them I'd keep a very keen eye on proceedings, how old is wee Bert the Twerp is he?
What size cage/hutch are they in?

It's typical whatever one has the other ones want.
 
Bert I think is about 12 weeks. So he is small compared to the others, and my cage is huge lol

5 long and 2 wide on one part and the extension is another 4 long it takes up my room!
 
Sorry if I've misunderstood - were you trying to bond 3 boars together, or just 2?

His teeth will grow back, you can grate his veg up for him to make it easier in the meantime.

Sophie
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sophiew said:
Sorry if I've misunderstood - were you trying to bond 3 boars together, or just 2?

His teeth will grow back, you can grate his veg up for him to make it easier in the meantime.

Sophie
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Sorry its prop me being rubbish at explaining :p

I have had Albert and Winston for a year now just the 2 of them, and last weekend I re-homed Bert. Who is the one who had the accident with the teeth :s
They have had hours upon hours of floor time together and everything seemed fine, until Bert tried to hump Albert today, he jumped Albert jumped out of his way and I think he did it on the cage, as there are no markings on either of them to suggest a fight.
 
3 boars is hard to get right, I've only managed it once and I've had hundreds of piggies through here at the rescue.

If your two are happy as a pair, a third one could make them all fall out and result in 3 single boars who won't go back together - at worst. Even sharing floor time, let alone a cage.

I know others have managed it and I hope it works out for you, but just so you know it's not unusual for it not to.

Hope he's ok

Sophie
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Sorry, I didn't want to worry you further.

3 boars need lots of space to live together, and even then it's no guarantee they'll get on. Have they been chattering / rumbling at each other at all before the tooth incident?

If Bert is younger than them, if he's only 12 weeks old, things are likely to get worse when he hits the teenager phase. The best thing to do would be to find another baby boar to live with Bert, and leave the other 2 as a pair?

Sophie
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sophiew said:
Sorry, I didn't want to worry you further.

3 boars need lots of space to live together, and even then it's no guarantee they'll get on. Have they been chattering / rumbling at each other at all before the tooth incident?

If Bert is younger than them, if he's only 12 weeks old, things are likely to get worse when he hits the teenager phase. The best thing to do would be to find another baby boar to live with Bert, and leave the other 2 as a pair?

Sophie
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The cage they are in takes up half of my room as it is, its a big cage, so getting another cage to fit another 2 it might be difficult. They were chattering a little bit not much though.
From what I read a young boar with older boars was the best way to go :( I thought I was helping Bert guess I'm not
 
well much to my heartbreaking I have managed to get another cage for Bert to go in, I now have a bed and a desk for myself in my room hehe the piggys have every where else!

Unsure what to do now, as I cannot keep him on his own like this. I'm heart broken :(
 
It seems as though it was an accident rather than an incident so they should still get on well together.
You updated whilst I was typing!
You have a fast moving situation.
 
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alcesterpigs said:
His teeth will grow back.
I part boars after a major incident and I do not attempt to put them together again. There is a significant risk that further fights will become increasingly more violent.
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I'm just curious as to what you would classify as a major incident, ie balls of fury(which you have to separate but no wounds inflicted)... would you allow this or is this when things are taking a turn for the worst so to speak?
 
Well they are talking to each other though the bars of the cage, and the toothless wonder that is Bert is eating hay and pellet paste bless his little socks! I really dont want to have to rehome him. Yet I cannot afford a new one to go with him, I have neither the money or the space :(
 
How about he lives side by side with winston and Albert so he can chat but can't get into any mischief not an ideal situation but doable, as he is now.
 
Modwyn said:
How about he lives side by side with winston and Albert so he can chat but can't get into any mischief not an ideal situation but doable, as he is now.
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He might be able to do that, it means I have no space though :p but i dont mind
 
Is Winston and Alberts cage a C&C ?

If so could you partition a bit of that off? you said it was 5x2 then an extension of 4 not sure by what would that be doable? just a thought.
 
Well Bert appears to be happy on his own, he is wondering around stuffing his face. I think he can hear and smell the others though and keeps standing on his back legs to try and look in their cage.
 
I class an "incident" as major if either or both fighters draws blood from their opponent. There also the posture of the pig to consider. A serious threat will see the aggressive pig open it's mouth really wide to display the teeth. Frequently, they will rear up on their hind legs. At those signs I separate the pigs and never put them back together again.
 
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