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I've just seen photos of the girls i can pick from for Lincoln and i am stumped! There all sooooo gorgeous! I'm sure i'm making the right descion by getting him a friend but wanted some advice first.
1st thing is a weird question but I'm worried as Lincoln goes mad at all the girls will he not leave her alone? will he be trying to mount her 24/7 ? i'm scared it will upset her but also that she will get fed up and hurt him.
Also do you think the rabbit 140 cage will be big enough for them both?

Do you find your guinea happier with a companion of the other sex? I dont want to mess up what i have but i have a huge oppitunity to make him happier.

advice please guys!
 
My neutered boar chased and mounted which stopped & started. It will depend on how the sow deals with it, a swift kick to the chops or a spray of urine to the face usually stops unwanted advances :)):))

Is Lincoln meeting his potential partner? I ask this as not all sows will accept a boar & prefer the company of other sows :)

My pairs/trios of piggies wether they were same sex or opposite sex were no happier/sadder than my singletons :)

I've never had a spayed female with an intact male, i'm guessing this is the pairing you're having after reading your other post, but I would think he'd not leave her alone.
I have a highly sexed piggy; Toddie & i'd not put him with a spayed female as he'd drive her to a nervous breakdown.
 
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I've paired all my males with other males, and they all get along just fine. I also have one neutered male who lives with three girls. Why will you not pair Lincoln with another male? I'm sorry if i've missed something, but i'm a bit confused about this.
 
no you haven't missed anything Debbie i just thought i was doing the right thing :( My Oh is being a bit of a pain about it really and is refusing now to get a boar as his worried they wont get on and we will have 2 single piggies (we wont be getting anymore after whoever we put with Lincoln so its important this goes right). I just thought this was the best thing to do.
Niki thanks for your reply, Lincoln wasn't going to meet this sow as she hasn't been neutered yet and everyone just said i should choose and he would like any sow. I didn't consider she might not like boars.
What are the likely possibilities of Lincoln liking another boar. My OH said i can only pair him with a boar if its with either Baylee or Mansell but i refuse to split them up as there brothers and have fun together. Is there anywhere that do trial periods so you can put them together but if they don't get on they will take the piggy back? Also is the 140 big enough for two boars?
Any advice again would be great. I'm glad i asked now :) i had no idea i was making a mistake. thanks guys
 
If lincoln does not get on with the sow, you will end up with 2 single piggies anyway!
I do not think its fair on the new sow to simply take her back if they do not get on with each other. Obviously Lincoln has not been neutered so yes he will get over excited and chase the sow around trying to mount her, but this may wear off after a while.

Please think about all your options as I dont think its right to take the sow back if they do not get on.
 
I am sure he will probably try and mount her to start off with but if she tells him off he should settle down.I am sure they will be just fine
 
But as Lincoln is not neutered and the sow is getting spayed would that cause a problem with mounting?
 
My neutered boar tries to mount my unneutered sows a lot, but they are in charge. You can't really predict whether or not they will like each other.

I think you would be better putting you male with a baby male. I always pair up lone males like this, and none have fallen out yet. Obviously there is always a risk, but females fall out too! It's actually very sweet as the older male becomes Daddy and can actually be very protective of the baby. One of the older males takes bits of veg into the bed for the baby before he eats his own bit.

If your putting boys together just make sure they have plenty of space and aren't near female piggies. It also helps if they have separate beds so they can have space if they want it.

Good Luck whatever you decide!
 
yeah,cheree,looking through the responses,there are some very valid points. have a think lovely xxxxxxxx>>x>>x>>
 
I don't know whether i've just been incredibly lucky, but pairing boars has been so easy. I've had problems with my girls, who can be so nasty to one another, but my boys just get on so well. When one of my boars has lost their cage mate i've just put another with them and after a bit of chasing and humping all has settled down and they have lived happily together from there on, whereas poor Hannah (who lost her cagemate Demon just over a week ago) has really struggled to fit in with any of the other girls. Every group I tried her with bullied her so badly I had to take her out within an hour or so. Luckily she has now been accepted by a group of three girls and a neutered boy. I did have a group of three boys too, which consisted of two younger ones and an older one. This worked incredibly well too. I can only speak from experience but thats how i've found it.
 
Most boars will love a sow, my fear is because he's not neutered the urge to mount will always be there as it is with neutered boars, but it does wane with neutered boys & they get the message to back off when the sow rejects his advances.
I have had a sow who hated ALL boars & would fight them & have a sow who hates other sows, including babies but she loved her man, she now lives alone as her partner passed away earlier this year.
The general rule is that they should have company but mine are happy being singletons, Hamish frequently popcorns, he's bonded to his hutch. Toddie loves to be near anyone but has to be separated by mesh because he humps anything to an inch of it's life, Huxley is happy pottering about doing his own thing. Maddie too is happy pottering about tho' she "may" benefit from having a boar for company but she would have to meet him first because she's such a fickle piggy.
I've never had much luck bonding sows or boars but did have fantastic results when a paired a year old boar (who was feisty with other adult boars) with a 3wk old boar - they loved one another to bits from the start & are still together. :)
 
Thanks for all your advice. I want to do whats best for Lincoln, he comes first. If pairing him with a other boar is the best option i will do it but i cannot afford to have anymore piggies on there own so unfortunatly they would need to get on or i would have to re consider keeping the other piggy. I cant keep filling my house. I'm going to ask rescues if they do any sort of "trial period" where i can see how they get on first (at my house in there cage not just take Lincoln to a rescue).
What youve all said is right and that was my fear that Lincoln wouldnt leave her alone.
thanks
 
Rescues I've used in the past have always stated that the pig can be returned at a later date if problems arise
 
I think it really depends on the sow but there is every chance Lincoln will keep humping her, it depends how well she will tolerate it! As everyone else has said, I think a baby boar is his best chance of having a friend, they'll hump for a bit but hopefully sort out who's boss and it will stop. I wouldn't split the baby boars that you've got that are happy together, as they are very likely to stay friends as they are. A new baby boar gets my vote!

Good luck whatever you decide

Sophie
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I have to agree with Sophie, I've always been lucky with my boar pairings and Lincoln will definately want to hump her a lot. My neutered boar still tries to hump and spends a lot of time sniffing bums and being sprayed or kicked in the face if he is too persistant
 
I agree with you all and a baby boar seens the best solution. So thats what ive decided to do :) Ive put a post in the rescue section and I'm also looking on rescue sites. I hope i can make Lincoln even more happy than he is now! :)
 
i think you have made the right decision, i got a baby boar for my lonely boar and he was so pleased to have company that they have never fought and mungo hasn't even tried to mount pippin, he rumblestruts a bit and makes peculiar sewing-machine noises but pippin is very laid back and he's happy for mungo to be the boss. they have separate beds and 2 of everything, i have recently added a second storey to their c&c cage and sometimes they fall out and one's in the top and one's in the bottom but sometimes they are the best of buddies and they snuggle up together.:)):))

i got my baby from pre-loved and had him on a trial basis so that if it went wrong i could take him back, but it only took half and hour and they were sharing a bed!:))
 
i hope they get to like each other and it all works out for you:)) i love boars to pieces they are so adorable and affectionate, pippin doesn't like being picked up (vertigo i think!?/) but he will have his ears tickled forever. Mungo is happy for a cuddle and comes when i call him.

I am sure sows can be just as loving but the ones i have known have always been a bit skittish, and my gerbils are female...hmmm say no more!:)):)) they seem to be in a perpetual state of PMT, so very unpredictable...i haven't worked out what the gerbil equivalent to chocolate is yet because that always works for me:(|):(|)
 
I do not see where the problem is with the mounting...?

Every time I get a new girl, the resident boar went crazy and ran after her 24/7 for a few days. (it was quite cute actually, because first he ran around like mad chasing her, then he slumped in a corner and slept loads because he exhausted himself, then when he woke up he would continue chasing her) But this all calms down after a while, and besides, the girl usually is quite capable to look after herself - by nipping back, spraying urine, just basically telling him where to go.

Like piggiesforever said, most rescues would take the sow back anyway in the unlikely event that after a week they still dont get on - so I would just chance it.

In my experience it is less likely for a sow and a boar to fall out than two boars, yes it can happen but not very often.

Him mounting a girl and her spraying him to tell him to b*gger off is all natural behaviour, and you really should not worry about whether or not she likes it - none of my girls liked it, but hey presto, after three days the circus stopped anyway and they live happily together now.
 
Abnoba said:
I do not see where the problem is with the mounting...?

Every time I get a new girl, the resident boar went crazy and ran after her 24/7 for a few days. (it was quite cute actually, because first he ran around like mad chasing her, then he slumped in a corner and slept loads because he exhausted himself, then when he woke up he would continue chasing her) But this all calms down after a while, and besides, the girl usually is quite capable to look after herself - by nipping back, spraying urine, just basically telling him where to go.

Like piggiesforever said, most rescues would take the sow back anyway in the unlikely event that after a week they still dont get on - so I would just chance it.

In my experience it is less likely for a sow and a boar to fall out than two boars, yes it can happen but not very often.

Him mounting a girl and her spraying him to tell him to b*gger off is all natural behaviour, and you really should not worry about whether or not she likes it - none of my girls liked it, but hey presto, after three days the circus stopped anyway and they live happily together now.
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Your boy is neutered Ulrike & just as you say the sow will make it clear that his advances aren't wanted but Lincoln isn't neutered, the sow would've been a spayed sow.
I've not had this partnering & my worry would be he would mount her incessantly & she'd get fed up being constantly harrassed :)
 
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