Regarding introduction/ bullying?

[Klangdon]

My youngest I caged separately after purchasing for 2 weeks. ( Tiny little guy would of wiggled out of cage anyhow). I introduced them all into neutral part of my home. They pretty much sniffed, some minor humps and were more curious of their new surroundings.

Then...After having them caged for 2 days together one of the pigs who is the second youngest will simply not leave the baby alone! He doesn't bite, but chase humps him around and will not let him out of the corner to eat. He just simply wants to hump him to death =( Is there anything I can do except monitor them and ensure that the baby is eating enough? Will the pig get over it? He's the 3rd smallest of the 4. Their cage is 4 feet by 3 feet and 2 stories tall, so they have plenty of room! Just frustrated =(

 

[catslovelycats]

Sorry can't help. Ive had similar situation myself and have given up with trying to bond them. If nothing else, the stress it ws causing my rescue pig was too much for both me and her!

It means I will get another rescue pig to keep my rescue company! And if that doesn't work . . .

My pigs are sows. Don't know if it's any different for boars. I'm sure once the day kicks in you'll get some helpful advice from the experts here!

All the best!

 

[amylouise]

i had the same problem with sows ..after weeks of failed intros, being in cages opposite each other and swapping over toys they still bullied the new one so i had to seprate them my boys are all brothers chilling out with dad so they get along ok--ish.unless theres food or girls near! i have gt a mate who tried to introduce old to new boars and they just wouldnt take..to much humpin and food stealing..she also had to seprate them and get a new baby to keep the old baby company!
sorry for the long reply and not giving a strightforward answer!
ive just realised this looks massive!
:p

 

[Wiebke]

If it is that bad, I would separate. Extreme bullying can be as bad and stressful as outright fights.

Bigger groups of boars are inherently unstable unless you have oodles of space (at least on square metre per boar are recommended in German forums, for example, and even that cannot guarantee you success). It might be better keeping boars in pairs. Obviously, your underboar feels threatened in his position in the hierarchy by the newcomer. Adding a single piggy to an established group of two is the trickiest bonding of all in my opinion.

 

[KingBoris&HisFollowers]

I'm am utterly obsessed with boars and have 21, recently i have been doing large groups and taking note of all behaviour and reasons why the behaviour happens( hoping to specialise in this someday lol)

Basically your cage is way to small, from what i understand you have an adult and 4 babies or 4 babies?

Bonding with so many who will go through the territorial stage all at once is extremely risky and the larger the boar group the harder it is.
Pairing them would be much easier i provide each of my pairs 2 x 5 C&C cages

recently i bonded 4 pigs and they live in a 3 x 5 C & C cage which is a good amount of space, for initial bonding i had them in a 4 x 5 just for extra room.
I now have a trio, and two quads

You also need at least one hidey per pig, one bowl per pig. I have also found that they tend to bond and last longer term if they have huge piles of hay put in the cage rather than a hay rack,
My boys were all cuddling and eating together ( food is the key to bonding them lol)
Anyway if you need anymore help let me know x

P.S for the first few weeks hideys should be more like tunnels with more than one exit s they cannot be corneed into them as thats a big reason fights break out