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hey just out of curiousity i was wondering how safe is having your boar neautered and can they go back with an uneautered male?
 
All operations carry some risk. The anaesthetic carries some risk and there is always the risk of infection or other complications. If you use a vet who has a lot of experience and a good track record with neutering guinea pigs then you will minimise these risks. RSPCA Walsall may be able to recommend who they use for neutering...

If your plan is to put them back with another male then it's not worth the risk. Neutering is widely thought to have no effect on behaviour (like it would on dogs or cats) only on their ability to make babies.... Any male that has been neutered needs to stay away from sows for at least 6 weeks post op before he is safe to go in with them. Some vets say less than that but accidental pregnancies have been known up to 5 weeks post neutering.
 
Abbie's Piggies said:
hey just out of curiousity i was wondering how safe is having your boar neautered and can they go back with an uneautered male?
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How safe it is to neuter guinea pigs depends very much on the operating vet. With a good vet, the risk of post-op complications is pretty small, with a not very experienced vet, it can be quite high.

Neutered boars can live together; neutering only removes the ability to make babies, but does not change their behaviour. That is the reason why neutering two boars to prevent a fall-out won't work and why we only recommend it if you are planning to have a boar living with sows in the longer term.

Here is information on how a neutering operations works (if you can stand fairly graphic pics): Guinea pig castration explained
 
MerryPip said:
All operations carry some risk. The anaesthetic carries some risk and there is always the risk of infection or other complications. If you use a vet who has a lot of experience and a good track record with neutering guinea pigs then you will minimise these risks. RSPCA Walsall may be able to recommend who they use for neutering...

If your plan is to put them back with another male then it's not worth the risk. Neutering is widely thought to have no effect on behaviour (like it would on dogs or cats) only on their ability to make babies.... Any male that has been neutered needs to stay away from sows for at least 6 weeks post op before he is safe to go in with them. Some vets say less than that but accidental pregnancies have been known up to 5 weeks post neutering.
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thank you that has been a magnificent help and if the bondin doesnt work with my two boars i have a backup plan :) thank you :)
 
My Tegan is the surprise gift courtesy of a supposedly safe over 5 weeks post-op boar (not one of mine), just as a point in case!
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However, if the bonding doesn't work, you could always date your second boy (once he is safely neutered) at the RSPCA Wallsall. They offer sow-sow and sow-neutered boar dating and are on our list of recommended rescues. In fact, I am going to take Tegan there for dating this weekend! ;)
 
Hi, we had male triplets - a surprise when we bought two young sisters and one was already pregnant. We kep the five, two girls together and the three boys. Two boys were getting aggressive towards the runt, Patch. I had them all neutered, now Patch lives with his mum and aunt and the two boys are happy together. I knew that neutering didn't guarantee calming them down but it seems to have done the trick. Patch did get an abscess a good few months after the snip but he had a small op and antibiotics and he was fine
 
thank you! for your story I'm going to start with a small bit of bonding today and see how me get on:)
 
We adopted a neutered guinea pig 2 years ago from RSPCA to keep my lazy girls active. We didn't realised though that he had complications with being neutered until it's too late (we only found out when we finally opted for him to have an operation to check what's really going on with him). He had a hernia because of neutering. We only had him for 4 months when he passed away. If you are considering neutering, please be aware of the complications that might happen as well.
 
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