Long hours only 2 days a week but it made the piggies fight!

Gizmosis

Gizmosis

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Came hone tbey got in bad fight theyve been together a few weeks and got on fine until i started working 2 days per week. It seem to cause them anxiety and they fought i noticed dark scratches ...will they ever get along again. What should i do
 

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They were seperated of course but i need to know is this considered not repairable and a bad fight and they wont get along with other guineas or just each other ?
 
Are they boys or girls?
How old are they?
How big is their cage?

A lot depends on the answers to the questions above, but the reality is that once piggies have had a serious fight (where blood is drawn) they are ulikley to go back together again. Sorry.
But this doesn't mean they won't get on with another pig - it just means they don't like each other, so it is still possible to find them both a friend.
The most reliable way to do this would be to find a rescue that offers a 'dating service' so your pigges can choose their own friend and will only be sent home once the rescue are sure that they will be ok.
Plus you also have back up and support from the rescue if there are any problems in the future.
 
Hi! In order to judge the situation and give you the best possible advice, can you please tell us the gender and age of your piggies and the cage size, so we can tell you what to expect and how you can minimise potential flashpoints.

As you have skinnies, please be aware that swipes with a back leg are normal interactive behaviour. I see it regularly with sows and boars of mine. However, thes swipes are carefully judges for hairy piggies with that extra protection. Skinnies don't have that extra protection, so they are going to sport scratches when in fact things are not as serious as you think.

Piggies won't go back together if there has been an intentional deep bite to the rump or face during a full-on fight.
 
Wiebke said:
Hi! In order to judge the situation and give you the best possible advice, can you please tell us the gender and age of your piggies and the cage size, so we can tell you what to expect and how you can minimise potential flashpoints.

As you have skinnies, please be aware that swipes with a back leg are normal interactive behaviour. I see it regularly with sows and boars of mine. However, thes swipes are carefully judges for hairy piggies with that extra protection. Skinnies don't have that extra protection, so they are going to sport scratches when in fact things are not as serious as you think.

Piggies won't go back together if there has been an intentional deep bite to the rump or face during a full-on fight.
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Boys. 2 boys around 3 months. They get along when i am home. When i work all day they dont. I was thinking a divider while gone. They were baby so we have them in one Midwest but I went out and purchased a second today I was going to attach the two together leave the divider up while I am gone and put the divider down while I am home either that or we have another set that have only been together for a month one is a year old one is the same engine as the babies 3 months old also boys I'm wondering I can judge by the personalities that one of the boys in there would get on better with the one that got beat up.... the one who didnt... the one who caused the beating up his actual biological brother is housed with the one-year-old boar ....they just leave eachother alone dont really play. When i originally got his brother he wasnt available for adoption the one who caused injuries... so him and his brother do know each other and seem to want to see each other I'm wondering if this is what's causing the tension I don't know if they can sense that the other one is right across and they want to be with each other.... what do we think
 
The brother that fought casper the white one
 

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Casper who got most of the marks from fight
 

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Gizmo the 1 year old who seems disinterested in barnaby hucks brother.. huck hurt casper but might get on w his brother better.... yheir personalities seem more in tune sp dp gizmo and casper i just got themin diff order so brothers werent housed together. Maybe i should instead switch pair. I dont think Casper and hugs personalities will ever go together because this is the second bloodshed..m the first we thought was mites outbreak
 

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It’s a bit confusing reading through that but I don’t think the other pig will be the reason, it’s likely to be hormones. Separating pigs every day will only make things worse sadly. It will just put stress on them and cause them to redo the dominance over and over again causing more issues sadly.
 
I agree, separating them and letting them back together would cause a lot of stress and arguments over territory. As for the scratches - do you file the nails of your skinny pigs? To avoid any scratches on their delicate skin, in addition to cutting their nails as usual I (gently!) go over with one of these cardboard type of nail files and make them really blunt so that no sharp edges are left. I do this to my skinnies as well as the furry one that is living with them. That way their skin is free of any scratches and they can't hurt themselves or their companions.
It is a difficult situation. I too worry about my pigs when I am at school or work.
It is very possible that they might not get along with each other anymore, but that definitely does not mean that they are not compatible with other pigs.
 
You are right @Cavy Kung-Fu. It was very confusing! I now have a head ache trying to figure out who is who and who hurt who. Who wants to live with each other, who hates the other ..... Wha?:yikes::yikes:
 
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You are right @Cavy Kung-Fu. It was very confusing! I now have a head ache trying to figure out who is who and who hurt who. Who wants to live with each other, who hates the other ..... Wha?:yikes::yikes:
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Gizmo and Barnaby live together.

Casper and hucklebee lived together and still do with a divider. Hucklebee attacked casper when i wasnt home as casper had most of the bites amd scratches. I thought i could maybe introduce hucklebee and Barnaby bc they are brothers and use the pigs i have to create 2 different pairs but withen a min of meeting on mutual ground hucklebee tried to viciously attack ... my oven mit took most of his aggression. He seems very territorial all of the sudden. I thought they had mites bc of the scratches from previous week but the vet said possible mites and i treated for those. The next long work day againmorw scratches but this time wayyyyy worse and bite wounds thats why i seperated them w the divider and thought introducing huck to another piggy might work... but no! Hes being mean. I guess he will stay alone. I thought of maybe introducing casper to the bonded pair gizmo and Barnaby but i hear it can go wrong.... it would allow less cages and they all seem pretty submissive compared to the vicious huck lol ... he is the smallest one too but leaves a nasty bite. I dont really trust him any more even with me i feel he may flip a switch with me too.... i hope not
 

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Gizmosis said:
Gizmo and Barnaby live together.

Casper and hucklebee lived together and still do with a divider. Hucklebee attacked casper when i wasnt home as casper had most of the bites amd scratches. I thought i could maybe introduce hucklebee and Barnaby bc they are brothers and use the pigs i have to create 2 different pairs but withen a min of meeting on mutual ground hucklebee tried to viciously attack ... my oven mit took most of his aggression. He seems very territorial all of the sudden. I thought they had mites bc of the scratches from previous week but the vet said possible mites and i treated for those. The next long work day againmorw scratches but this time wayyyyy worse and bite wounds thats why i seperated them w the divider and thought introducing huck to another piggy might work... but no! Hes being mean. I guess he will stay alone. I thought of maybe introducing casper to the bonded pair gizmo and Barnaby but i hear it can go wrong.... it would allow less cages and they all seem pretty submissive compared to the vicious huck lol ... he is the smallest one too but leaves a nasty bite. I dont really trust him any more even with me i feel he may flip a switch with me too.... i hope not
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Thanks for the explanation. I'm not so confused now!:hmm::crazy:
 
Ooh ouch they don’t look nice. I guess it’s harder with skinnies as nips catch skin rather than fur.

If you’re looking to get them friends it may be worth considering neutering to find him a wife if he’s not getting on with boys. If not you could keep them side by side so they can still interact :)
 
Cavy Kung-Fu said:
Ooh ouch they don’t look nice. I guess it’s harder with skinnies as nips catch skin rather than fur.

If you’re looking to get them friends it may be worth considering neutering to find him a wife if he’s not getting on with boys. If not you could keep them side by side so they can still interact :)
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You dont think he would also beat his wife? His last cage mate was super submissive never tried to go against him being the boss so i dont get why he did this! Could my 3 boars get on ok and then i get him a wife? I don't mind doing that IF it will work cause less cages that way with 3 in one and him and wife in another lol. Will 3 work... I know people advised against it that's why I went and got a fourth boar and now look
 
With pigs it’s all down to personality, I have a neutered boy and he generally knows his place around the ladies :))

Honestly I’m not sure I’d ever try 3 boys, but I have no experience personally. All I know is you’d need a MASSIVE amount of space to try and get it to work. Pigs can be so hard sometimes!
 
I know i had no clue. The people on here and in my piggy groups were the ones who told me dont introduce my third baby boar to the other baby boar and adult combo i have in a pair... so i went out a got yet another baby boar cause everyone said they wont get along in 3s. Well ..... the 3 have submissive personaloties does that count. The new little baby is so submissive that one the other one attacked he just let him and the other one attacked him so much in every area of his body it made me cry when I got home I love the new bore and I am keeping him because I knew that this could happen but I'm devastated cuz now I have to have another cage unless of course I managed to get the three to get along in the huge c and c this would solve my dilemma and I may have to try it because then if they all three get along I can build him a small C&C cage to go on the side of theirs so he can interact with them... BUT part of me thinks leave him alone cause even with the divider he still being an ass
 
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