Reintroducing

[ThePotterPiggie]

My boars had a pretty bad fight about three weeks ago - biting, chuttering, bleeding, the whole shebang. One of my boars (he’s almost exactly a year older than the other) was terrified of the other by the end of the fight, he went really quiet and shaky for days. This fight was unprecedented, and I’m pretty sure it was because the younger one had hit teenage. Thinking it might have just been a random argument, I tried to reintroduce them the next day. They fought just as violently again. They’ve been separated since with chicken wire between them. The first week they chuttered incessantly at each other through the bars, but by the second week they just seemed bored of each other. They never so much as spare a glance in the others direction. I haven’t try to rebond them since the last failed attempt, as I knew that they would be moving cages today and didn’t want to put even more stress on their already precarious relationship. My question is: should I try to rebond them? (They seem more nervous and quiet on their own but they’ve never tried to be together, talked to each other or sat beside each other with the wire between them) I really don’t want a repeat of the previous fight.
If so, when’s the right time to do it? (Considering that they have a new cage etc.)
Please help!

 

[Lady Kelly]

If there has been blood drawn it is highly unlikely that they will go back together at all. If they have had a bad fight I personally wouldn't even try

 

[Piggies&buns]

I’m afraid I agree. Their relationship has broken down and they now won’t be able to live together again. Keep them separate from now on.

 

[ThePotterPiggie]

I’m in a difficult financial position at the moment, and already care for 7 boars and 5 sows so would be unable to adopt any more pigs, to bond with my current ones. How can I stop them from becoming lonely etc on their own?

 

[VickiA]

I’m afraid that just having a new cage will not alter the fact that they have had a big fight. I would not risk any further reintroduction at all. If you can’t get them each a companion of their own (and I appreciate your circumstances and am by no means judging you) then the best is to keep them living side by side with a barrier between them permanently. That way they get company without any need to assert dominance or the stress of living together.

 

[Wiebke]

I’m in a difficult financial position at the moment, and already care for 7 boars and 5 sows so would be unable to adopt any more pigs, to bond with my current ones. How can I stop them from becoming lonely etc on their own?

Hi!

Living alongside with full sight, scent and audio interaction is a perfectly valid option of which we have quite a few members with fallen-out boar pairs on here.
I echo my previous posters' opinion re. your boy's chances of getting together again.

Please take the time to read these two links; they discuss the aspects raised in much more detail with the various pros and cons and the various dos and don'ts around boar companionship. You will hopefully find them helpful:
A Comprehensive Guide to Guinea Pig Boars
Boars: Teenage, Bullying, Fighting, Fall-outs And What Next?