Neutering is it necessary?

[Quavers]

ive just gotten 2 piggies today i wouldnt say I'm an expert on Pigs so i will probably be asking loads of questions if i get worried about something... hope yous dont mind ;D and my first question is is it better to have Guineas neutered? i have two males... had abit of a scare when i first got them as i thought i had one of each :o me just over reacting (98)) hehe but ive also lost two Guineas under aneasthetic (sp) in the the past due to teeth problems and a silly vet which has left me very unsure about getting my pigs neutered. so can someone tell me the Advantages of getting a Guinea neutered? and if its really necessary. Thank You

 

[baby-wilson]

Its not really necesarry unless your keeping a boar and sow together... it doesnt calm the males down or stop them fighting nor does it for the females...
I dont know too much about neautering but I'm hoping to get my boar done soon

 

[Abnoba]

if you are keeping two males together, it is not necessary as such.

It is mainly to keep your male from getting females pregnant if you have some. As baby-wilson said, it doesnt change their character.
They will still fight over girls, they will still try to hump girls, its only to keep them for getting sows pregnant.

As you only have boars, you wouldnt have to do it.

However, as boars get older they sometimes dont get along as well as they did, in some cases they have to be seperated.
The older a guinea pig gets, the more difficult it is to introduce them to new ones, especially with males.
As the putting together of males and females has proven to be easier in 90 percent of the cases, alot of people neuter their males,
so that in case of a fight, they can just seperate the males and put each of one with some girls, and as they are already neutered, they wont have to sit alone for three weeks.

Also think about the natural course of things - two male piggies, getting older, one dies.
It would get difficult (not impossible, but very difficult) to introduce a young boar to that old one.
Girls would be easier - but it might be that at this point, your old boar is too old to be castrated, as with age ANY operation gets more risky. So again, people have piggies neutered to be on the safe side, sort of like an investment in the piggies future happiness.
To make sure that whatever happens, the piggy has ALL options open, and doesnt need to be alone.

 

[michellemuffin]

never done it and doubt i ever would my boys live in their own shed and only ever see a girl I let them lol, and my boys all live together quite well in their big runs, have jsut introduced 5 year old dipstick and 4 year old jinx and they are happily getting along brilliantly but thats becasue I've had them since babys jinx was born here and i know them very well,
the only reason I would do that is for mixing a boar and sow which is only likley if I want them to have babies for me to keep to keep my numbers up and thats maybe once every 3 years marley had 2 of charlies babies in january and that was the first birth for over 3 years and a rescue sow had Henry as a nice surprise for me a few days before so 3 babies in 3 years all being kept and loved to bits

 

[Quavers]

thanks for your replys i was only concerned about neutering and everything just incase they risked getting cancer etc. as they get older like rabbits do. i dont think i iwll bother getting them done only because i am uneasy having my pigs under aneasthetic (sp) but i may change my mind when their older... i would be willing to separate them and keep them in separate cages if they do start fighting ive had to do this a few times with my 2 buns so i do have spare cages in an emergancy

 

[Glynis]

Hi there and welcome
We had two boars and they did live together till about 1ish and then they got into a few scuffles and i found bite marks on one, we separated them but had a divider in their cage so they could still talk to each, which they did all the time