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Hi There, I hope I'm putting this in the right section (Wasnt sure if it was classed as care!)
Earlier this year, one of my Boars (1 of 2 brothers) passed away unexpectedly. He was quite young only just under 2 years old. I have heard so many things about introducing new guinea pigs! I decided to leave my remaining Boar alone as he seemed quite happy alone (He was always the dominant one anyway!). I now have the oppertunity of a very youg boar, about 6 weeks old. Although my original boar is happy, I would quite like to provide a home for the young one and I have heard and read that inrtoducing a young to an older one is usually okay as the older will act more protective I just didnt know how old was old! My boar is now about 26 months old. I'm not sure what to do and was hoping someone who has done this could provide some advice.
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Sara
 
My boar Wally Whiskers lost his cagemate in June ( r.i.p Mr M 8... ) and he was very lonely :( so we took him on a boar date, he's between 4 and 5 years of age and he had a date with a couple of little ones and took to Rocket pretty much straight away ( Rocket was 5 weeks at the time ). I don't think any age is too old for them, Rocket has given Wallace a new lease of life and he's far more tolerant of Rocket than he ever was with my lovely Mr M ( poor boy ). I would definitely recommend you give it a go.
 
I had the exact same situation, one passed away aged 18 moaths and was left with the dominant one. I took him boar dating 4 months later (back in June) and paired him with a 6 week old boar and they gave a lovely bond now and dont like to be apart so speaking from my experience I would encourage you to give it a go :))
 
If you can arrange an introduction before you bring the youngster home and commit, that might be even better - then you know whether that particular boy is going to work out or not (that is what boar dating is essentially, although there is more to it).

The vast majority of adult boars can be rebonded with a bit of patience - sometimes it takes more than one try to find the right compatible personality, but it is always worth it, and worth the extra effort! You will be amazed about the change when the right companion comes along; it's like your piggy has got a new lease of life again!
 
Thanks for all the info Weibke and Glynis. I was planning on introducing them on neutral ground obviously, how many times should I do this? Or do you think if I have them out a couple of hours see how they get on and if all is well pop them in the cage together? x
 
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