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I have 2 boars, 14 and 18 weeks old. I have just bought another set of boars, both about 5 weeks,this afternoon and everything has gone wrong.
George, one of my first boars, has started getting super aggresive with his cage mate Alfie, he is mounting him and bullying him none stop8...

The new boars are also getting "fruity" and abit aggresive, its been an absolute nightmare in my front room tonight.

Poor Alfie, Georges cage mate, just wants to be left alone and has become very with drawn. I have seperated George and Alfie now, and my new pair are together. I tried to put Alfie back in with George, but as soon as I did, he just got bullied again.

Should I try and return my new piggies tomorrow, should I try again to introduce??mallethead

I feel so upset with how tonight has gone, feel like all I have done is ruin what I already had.
PLEASE, if anyone has any advice on what I should do next, please get in touch as soon as you can, I awnt to put things right:0
 
I'm sorry that this has happened to you but if you had researched the complex boar relationships then this would never have happened. I'm afraid you've crossed the important line, boars on a whole are only happy in pairs (some not even that). I would suggest you either take them back, or buy another cage for your two newbies and keep them together away from your existing two. Someone more helpful will probably be along soon.
 
I have made the difficult choice today to return my new piggies.:(
It really wasn't what I wanted, but in the long run I have to do what is best for all of them.

Getting another set of boars was obviously not a good decision, but I was lead to beleive that housing the pairs seperately would be ok. I'm sure I'm not the first, or the last person to make a mistake,having GP's is a learning curb for everyone in the beginning.

All I wanted was to give 2 more guineas a loving home.
 
We made the very same mistake when we first got ours, we had a happily bonded father and son, then rehomed a third next to them, and it all went horribly wrong from there. It isn't always like this - many boars in pairs live happily next to others and even females without ever falling out!

Rather than returning the new pair, is there any way you can put them elsewhere rather than right next to them, this can often calm them down?
 
Yeah unfortunately pairs can be tricky, to have four can be problematic.

If you've taken them back now never mind, but you could've housed them seperately
 
good news!

Thanks to all the brilliant help and advice I have had from "boureki", I have decided to keep my new baby boars! Boureki has helped me know end, coming up with practical solutions to the problems I was having, and so far, so good, they are living in the same room, ( at opposite ends) in harmony!

:<>

Fingers crossed, it will all go well:(|)
 
Aww, it was no problem at all :) Boars can be very rewarding yet they all know how to test us don't they! It doesn't matter how much research you do, they still find ways of challenging the norm, so don't feel bad, full credit for not throwing in the towel and handing them back to the pet shop, as it's obvious that you will do all you can to ensure your furries have a happy and healthy home.

Good luck and hope all continues to go well :)
 
Sorry to hear all went temporarily wrong for you. Boars are strange things sometimes! rolleyes

Hopefully, housing them in pairs separately will solve the problem.

It is a shame if that was not what you intended when you bought the new pigs but piggies have a tendency to "upturn the apple cart" when you least expect it!
 
Sorry to hear it was not as good as you hoped.

I found even having them in seperate cages (2 cages with a pair in each cage) can be problematic as when one set wheek or somthing the other set is not 100% bonded they can kick off. I had this recently.
 
sorry to hear that you had a bad time.naughty boys!.I have done a lot of experimenting with boars and it is a tricky thing
 
Everything is going really well, all of my boars happy, so far, so good:(|)
 
I wouldn't feel bad it could have happened to anyone. My brother did the same with his budgies and had to give them back. It's an easy mistake that you will only learn from
 
I'm so pleased that both you and your boars are feeling happier about things.

Boars are so complex - they are too busy claiming territory to bother reading the book entitled "Piggy Etiquette and Modern Manners" ! They just make it all up as they go along. LOL :)):)):)) Thats boys for you but don't we just love 'them?

You couldn't have found a more supportive person in Julie (Boureki), she has so much experience with boars and has had many trials and tribulations with them and still loves them. It's brilliant that she was able to help you, she's a super person and a fab piggy parent. Well done Julie.


Good luck with the boys, keep us posted on their progress xx
 
aww glad you decided to keep them and sort them out :)
 
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