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tonight, we visted the pet store. when you have five dogs, and two guinea pigs..and two beta fish..you occasionally visit there. Heck...they have us down to a first name basis now...lol

I look into the guinea pig cage, and see a big pretty er or handsome piggy.

x)x)x)x)x OMG ..i was in love instantly. I proceed to try to him /her up, but my arms were to short to reach were he/she ran too. So my husband reaches in...captures my affection...and I do the check to see if we have a pretty or a handsome. WE HAVE A HANDSOME. OH GOD....instantly I wanted him.
But...I am realistic. we have our hands full at the moment...but I'm also fantising how lovely of an additon this BIG BOY would be.

So...that leaves me with this. IF...you put three boars together...does the hyarchy change. Also...please note i am in texas, and the part I'm in does not have ANYTHING that is reasistic to drive to...as in way of guinea pig rescue. (I WISH..but then..mayb e its a good thing , cause I'd have 999 piggys).

The only thing that concerns me is..if he dosent bond with them....i have to have him alone my husband said >..THREE is the limit.
so....I didnt bring him home tonight (very hard to leave him)...beacuse i want to ask for advice and opinions. I know the pet store likely would let me bring him back....if they dont bond. But with him being older (and much bigger) am I really just DREAMING that i can possibly put him with two smaller juviniles.
I'm not sure how old he is...but i think he is grown. He was pretty big, and his lower end well developed. so . id say at least 8-9 months.
But I dont want to bring him home...only to not bond, there be fighting, get attached to him ..and have to make a choice of keep him , and he be solo...or take him back to the store.
I thought about asking them if they'd consider putting him in with them....in the pet store back room...and observe and see if they at least tollerate one another. But at the same time. I dont want to completely undue all the progress with our two baby boars...by tramatizing them with a trip up to the store.

UGH. I guess my problem is. I love him. I want him. But I"m scared something will go wrong..and I wont get to keep him. Or if i keep him , he'll be miserable because he'll be by himself. I may can talk the hubs into four...but even then..no guratee number four will get along with number three. UGH.

HELP! thoughts ...advice.
oh. I will post a picture of this handsome devil on my introduction page. Or if someone will copy and post it here for me..that would be soooooo apppreciated.
sorry for rambling...its just...well I'm in love with a piggy i may not be able to have.
and the funny part..he prefered my husband over me...lol.
we had him PURRING with scratching under his chin. didnt like the head petted so much. and I seen he had been chewing on his plastic igloo and had a sore rubbed on his lip. poor guy. he needs to be HOME WITH ME..not in a pet store.
 
Awwww I had the same thing with Nala last year, I didn't buy her someone else did and then I ended up rescuing her from them mallethead

The only thing is that it really isn't advised to keep more that 2 boars together, they can get very aggressive with one another ... even in rare occasions fighting to the death :( Especially if they haven't been bonded from an early age together!

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news!

Could your husband stretch to 4 and then maybe have him castrated and then get a little girlfreind for him? Its so hard once you become attached to an animal like that x
 
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Awwww I had the same thing with Nala last year, I didn't buy her someone else did and then I ended up rescuing her from them mallethead

The only thing is that it really isn't advised to keep more that 2 boars together, they can get very aggressive with one another ... even in rare occasions fighting to the death :( Especially if they haven't been bonded from an early age together!

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news!

Could your husband stretch to 4 and then maybe have him castrated and then get a little girlfreind for him? Its so hard once you become attached to an animal like that x
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Thank you for being honest with me. Much as I hate it...i dont think its fair to him. I do really want him....but I have to think of my babies here already. If I could do boar dating...id go up to four....but the way things are where I live here in the us....just think it's best to let well enough alone. Ill just be dissapointed for a bit n get over it :(
 
((((hugs)))) I know EXACTLY how you feel. Those pet stores play on our heart strings don't they!? When it's time to stock up on pellets, and if I'm in a mood....I will make my OH go down to the shop as I know I will just get upset seeing the sweet little faces that I can't pignap!
 
You've done the right thing and asked first :)
You had me giggling at the fact they know you by first name rolleyes:))
I do hope he finds a lovely forever home x)
 
There are lots of people who keep three (or more!) boars together, but intros are always iffy. And then even if the intros go well, sometimes they can't stay together - case in point, Batman and the brothers have been separated for a week and a half now because he and Squeak got into a scuffle after a day and a half of living together peacefully. Yet the three of them get on wonderfully during floor time!

I might try them again sometime in April or May. Waiting that long as I am having day surgery in a couple of weeks and it will be another two weeks recovery, so I'd like to wait until I'm able to keep a proper eye on them before I try them together again. I also want to change up the cage in a big way when I do it (adding a second level and moving all the hay etc. up there, for example).
 
I would love to hear of these lots you speak of... because although it is possible, it is also a massive risk. You can risk having three seperate boys, a rediculous amount of space is also needed, 3 of everything, hideys with two exits, And even then it often doesnt work.. We sadly have many stories or trios (usually sold by pet shops) having to be split when they get to the hormones.). However your correct, occasionally it can be done. :)
 
Okay, maybe not LOTS. But definitely more than one or two! There are a number (I'm not sure exactly how many, but it's more than two) of folks over on GuineaLynx who have herds of boars. With no females, of course.
 
In any case, I wouldn't recommend trying three unless you are prepared for a few things:

If they get along, you need a big cage - the one I built for three is a 3x5 C&C as it gives more than the recommended space for three listed on cavycages.com.

If they don't get along, you need space for them to be split up - I went with the 3x5 specifically because I knew it might not work out, and then at least I could have one pig in a proper-sized space (2x3) and the other two in a slightly larger-than-recommended space (3x3).

If they don't get along, you will probably need to do First Aid on the under-pig (and possibly the victor), and one or both (or even all three) will probably require a vet visit and medications.

This is what happened with mine. Batman is in the 2x3 section and I've put in a divider so they are all in the same cage and can snuggle if they feel like it but nobody can actually hurt each other (the brothers don't actually fight, though they do make a great show of things from time to time). Batman went to the vet because he had been bitten in the foot and his ear was all torn up. He's been on antibiotics for a week and a half (and I found another bite on him a few days later that his fur had hidden, but it was already healing nicely and since he was on antibiotics I didn't see the point in taking him back to the vet) and finishes on Wednesday morning. Squeak went this past Thursday so I could make sure he was healthy and healing properly from having his hair pulled out during the fight. Bubble hasn't been yet, but I plan to take him in the next two weeks so I am sure I have three healthy pigs before I have my surgery.

So you do need to make sure you have the money to cover the potential vet bills, as well as the space and materials for a properly sized cage.
 
Well it's given me alot to think about and I appreciate everyoones responses and thought s and suggestions. I weighed the pros n cons. Talked to my very good friend who is a vet tech...and decided that as much as handsome pulled the strings on myheart....the cons outweigh the pros
 
My family it's out of state and everyone here has their own zoo...lol. Plus theyd still have the **** of matching him with a cage mate. I will just visit him at shop unroll he's gone. Asked the manager if I could donate veggies and such until his humans fetch him. Waiting on a call back...lol
 
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