My 2 Boars First Encounter

[CarlyCoolBeans]

So my boars just saw each other and they are pretty loud with each other. i don't know just monitoring their behaviors. I put their cages together. When i turn the lights off they get louder and come out. Should i leave the light on or separate the cages?

 

[CarlyCoolBeans]

So my boars just saw each other and they are pretty loud with each other. i don't know just monitoring their behaviors. I put their cages together. When i turn the lights off they get louder and come out. Should i leave the light on or separate the cages?

It seems like they are talking and communicating but they end up running from one side from their cage to the other.

 

[Wiebke]

So my boars just saw each other and they are pretty loud with each other. i don't know just monitoring their behaviors. I put their cages together. When i turn the lights off they get louder and come out. Should i leave the light on or separate the cages?

Give them time to settle in. They are doing normal boar stuff and they are excited at having company and they feel safer in the dark when there are no humans/predators around at first. That is normal prey animal behaviour.
Please do not separate the cages.

Please read this illustrated guide here; it contains a lot of information on interactive behaviours and will help you to understand what is going on. You also may find the sound bite link helpful. It is one of the few that actually contains the correct interpretations. Boars always rumble when they meet; and babies are very vocal in their first months of life.
The problem with all these guides is that guinea pigs have a different hearing range, so we cannot hear (and differentiate) all the sounds they are making. Any sounds also comes with a situational context and body language. We need all three to get to the right interpretation. There are often two sounds that are very similar for us, but which can have very different meanings.
However, guinea pigs are great communicators, so you'll catch on fairly soon!
Illustrated Bonding / Dominance Behaviours And Dynamics
Guinea Pig Sounds

 

[CarlyCoolBeans]

Give them time to settle in. They are doing normal boar stuff and they are excited at having company and they feel safer in the dark when there are no humans/predators around at first. That is normal prey animal behaviour.
Please do not separate the cages.

Please read this illustrated guide here; it contains a lot of information on interactive behaviours and will help you to understand what is going on. You also may find the sound bite link helpful. It is one of the few that actually contains the correct interpretations. Boars always rumble when they meet; and babies are very vocal in their first months of life.
The problem with all these guides is that guinea pigs have a different hearing range, so we cannot hear (and differentiate) all the sounds they are making. Any sounds also comes with a situational context and body language. We need all three to get to the right interpretation. There are often two sounds that are very similar for us, but which can have very different meanings.
However, guinea pigs are great communicators, so you'll catch on fairly soon!
Illustrated Bonding / Dominance Behaviours And Dynamics
Guinea Pig Sounds

This is my first night with both of them meeting and they are little loud. I don't want to break bond but i also don't want my neighbors to complain that they hear rumbling and things all night long. Should i still keep the cages together. By the way thanks for the links

 

[Wiebke]

This is my first night with both of them meeting and they are little loud. I don't want to break bond but i also don't want my neighbors to complain that they hear rumbling and things all night long. Should i still keep the cages together. By the way thanks for the links

If necessary, put a blanket or some cardboard between the cages at night, so they can still hear and smell each other. Things should calm down more eventually once the first excitement is over although youngsters can have a pocpcorning and playing session in the middle of the night from time to time.

 

[CarlyCoolBeans]

Okay so i put a thin layer of cardboard between the ages in the night. The settle down but still talk and run about but less. Thank you Right now I'm sitting next to the cage and they are eating and talking to each other. Great!

 

[CarlyCoolBeans]

If necessary, put a blanket or some cardboard between the cages at night, so they can still hear and smell each other. Things should calm down more eventually once the first excitement is over although youngsters can have a pocpcorning and playing session in the middle of the night from time to time.

Okay so i put a thin layer of cardboard between the ages in the night. The settle down but still talk and run about but less. Thank you Right now I'm sitting next to the cage and they are eating and talking to each other. Great!