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Hello everybody,
I am in the process of finding a new piggy to be friends with my 3 females. I am going to look at a rescued neutered boar tomorrow. He has just had his sterilisation op. I am more familiar with rabbits and I know that with a neutered bunny the hormones can continue to circulate for a couple of months. Is it the same with guineas? Would a neutered boar still be able to make one of my sows pregnant for a certain amount of time? I am concerned, as they are all three years old and wouldn't want them to come to any harm, as I have been led to believe that female piggies over the age of 1 year can't give birth without problems. I really don't want lots of extra little piggies to find homes for.

I am also worried about how to introduce a new pig to my lovely girls. Will they be agressive towards him? What is the best way?

I'm sorry if I sound ignorant but I need some help here. Thank you in advance, to anyone who replies.
 
Hi, I put my boars with the sows after 2 weeks. I've had over 50 done and not once had a pregnancy. Another rescue I know does this as well and doesn't have any problems with it.

Regarding introductions I would definitely let your sows choose their boar. Some can be aggressive! Many aren't, but there lots who will be. Introducing a boar will also alter the dynamics of your group of sows and their may be some issues between them for a while- nothing major (and maybe none at all) but it happens :) Even if the group gets on at the rescue make sure you have the option of taking the boar back if you can't split the group up, sometimes things erupt a little when you get back home but they generally sort things out.

Females can give birth to pups for the first time without problems over the age of one.
 
I introduced Digby to my 3 girls after about 2-3 weeks and I did it graudually by letting them all in the run together so they were on equal territory, they were a little moody with him to begin with and when they went into the hutch they werent overly keen. I cleaned it and disenfected it so there was hardly any smell from the girls and just popped him in and watched then took him out over night and after a few days they were fine together and they love him too bits :smitten: I have even introduced 2 more girls and they are all fine together.
 
Karen and Dazie,
thank you to you both. I'm just off to have a look at this boar, who is called Denzil, I think.
I have a spare indoor cage where he can live for a couple of weeks and the outdoor run is moveable....funilly enough I just disinfected their hutch. I'm looking forwards to seeing how the girls react to him. I will probably take Splodge with me as she is the least friendly of the 3.

I wonder how I got the idea that piggies older than one couldn't easily give birth. Thanks for putting me right with that Karen.
 
Recommended age for the first litter is before the age of 12 months but many sows litter safely for the first time that are older than 12 months and make better mums.
 
Hi & welcome Willowbunny :)

Good luck tomorrow, hope they girls will like him. O0 Denzil is a lovely name. I haven't had sows but Piggybaker on here introduced a neutered boar with her 11 sows & said that they all get along better since he has been in with them.

I thought the same as you regards them having a litter over the age of 12months. I thought it was to do with the pelvic bone fusing or something.
 
Sian, the pelvic bones do not fuse :) though everything is less flexible :)
 
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