Is it time to separate?

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I've come home to find one of my piggies has a cut ear, is it time to separate them? :'(
 
Well I wouldn`t unless you have witnessed brewing trouble prior to this. Keep an eye though and see how they are with eachother. I am assuming they are boars?
 
Yes 2 boars approx 8 weeks old? I think he has a scab on his back too, is it safe to keep them together? I didn't see them fight but I heard a right racket from the next room?
 
Was it teeth chattering? that is a horrid noise. I have separated one pair of boars in the past when it got to them actually rearing and lunging at eachother after a week or so of teeth chattering. They are now happily bonded with new friends :smitten:
 
No just banging but they have teeth chattered before but never seen them fight properly. I thought babies/brothers weren't meant to fight? What do you think I should do?
 
If it were me, I wouldnt seperate just yet, they may settle down, Bathe the injury in salt and water and keep it clean and watch to see if one is bullying the other, if this continues, I would seperate but have them living next door to eachother so they can still interact.
 
I suspect that one is bullying the other but I will keep them together a bit longer to see if they get any better? How can you tell if piggies get on well together? Mine are always in nose to nose stand off? If i separate they can still have playtime together cant they?
 
At only 8 weeks old I would be inclined to just keep an eye on them and make sure they have 2 of everything.
Had they been arguing before this or was this the first sign of trouble?
if it was the first sign of trouble it could just be a one off and things will calm down again
 
After Lennie and Timmy fell out, they couldnt even bear to have platyime with eachother, they immediately faced off and reared to fight! but they still live next door to eachother with their respective new cagemates.
Occasionally, my other boar pairs have a bit of a falling out but make up again :smitten: :smitten:

Yours are still very young, so they may get over it and settle down. Important with boars is to have enough space, hidey places, 2 food bowls, 2 drinks bottles even, to minimise bullying ;)
 
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