I’m looking for some advice and help.
I am not sure if this is housing or a behaviour issue so if it’s in the wrong place I’m sorry.
I have four boars Munch, Moe, Dom and Nugget they are between 6-8months, they live together in a C&C cage, all have separate housing, food, hay, water to reduce conflict and have daily floor time of around 5 to 10 hours each day.
However I’ve started having two main issues, which has led to me seeking some help.
Firstly Munch has started rumble-stomping when near Nugget at most this limited to once per day and may occur when they are moved from the cage to the floor area; it never progresses any further than the rumble-stomp. They have never shown any aggression towards, there were a few incidents when Munch would try to mount and hump Nugget this has all but stopped now.
My second issue is the one I’m a little more concerned about is regarding Moe recently he seems to have developed a rivalry with Munch, a large majority of the time the two seem ok with each other, occasionally Munch will sometimes go for Moe. This has produced some loud high pitched squeaks from Moe. I’ve also found a few ‘old’ scabs on Moe’s rear however despite the squeaks I’ve never seen/found fresh wounds or blood on Moe.
Moe has also changed his sleeping/sitting habits before he could be find inside of the igloos or in the wooden housing however now since these issues started he will only stay on top of one of the wooden houses he ventures down for food, water and hay but always returns to sitting on top of the wooden house.
I am intending to move them to a large cage soon but are these issues something I should be concerned about I’m reluctant to separate or split them up as they were bought as a four and have lived as a four for a while now and seem fairly stable and happy. Outside of the two issues mentioned above they all seem to interaction and socialise with each other.
If however it comes to splitting them what is the best way to doing it ideally if it can be helped I would prefer not to have to find a buddy for one of them, I believe there are two stable’ish groups within the four. If I split them to weather this actions which I think are being brought on by puberty/hormones is it possible to reintroduce them later to recreate a four but is that even likely to work.
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated
I am not sure if this is housing or a behaviour issue so if it’s in the wrong place I’m sorry.
I have four boars Munch, Moe, Dom and Nugget they are between 6-8months, they live together in a C&C cage, all have separate housing, food, hay, water to reduce conflict and have daily floor time of around 5 to 10 hours each day.
However I’ve started having two main issues, which has led to me seeking some help.
Firstly Munch has started rumble-stomping when near Nugget at most this limited to once per day and may occur when they are moved from the cage to the floor area; it never progresses any further than the rumble-stomp. They have never shown any aggression towards, there were a few incidents when Munch would try to mount and hump Nugget this has all but stopped now.
My second issue is the one I’m a little more concerned about is regarding Moe recently he seems to have developed a rivalry with Munch, a large majority of the time the two seem ok with each other, occasionally Munch will sometimes go for Moe. This has produced some loud high pitched squeaks from Moe. I’ve also found a few ‘old’ scabs on Moe’s rear however despite the squeaks I’ve never seen/found fresh wounds or blood on Moe.
Moe has also changed his sleeping/sitting habits before he could be find inside of the igloos or in the wooden housing however now since these issues started he will only stay on top of one of the wooden houses he ventures down for food, water and hay but always returns to sitting on top of the wooden house.
I am intending to move them to a large cage soon but are these issues something I should be concerned about I’m reluctant to separate or split them up as they were bought as a four and have lived as a four for a while now and seem fairly stable and happy. Outside of the two issues mentioned above they all seem to interaction and socialise with each other.
If however it comes to splitting them what is the best way to doing it ideally if it can be helped I would prefer not to have to find a buddy for one of them, I believe there are two stable’ish groups within the four. If I split them to weather this actions which I think are being brought on by puberty/hormones is it possible to reintroduce them later to recreate a four but is that even likely to work.
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated