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well as you know i have 2 males that are brothers, Well recently we have noticed smartie is picking on randy what ways can i discipline Smartie to stop this happening.

i have a few choices

1) split them up which will mean they will own their owns
2) find smartie another home (which i don't really want to do)

i just don't know what to do. Smartie hasn't cut randy in anyway but keeps nipping him and pushing him out of the way
 
I've had a pair of boars and a small amount of bickering does occur, after all it isn't natural for boars to live together. However by giving my boys more space, a food bowl, hidey and water bottle each that limited it and as they passed 'teenage' years they settled down
 
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I've had a pair of boars and a small amount of bickering does occur, after all it isn't natural for boars to live together. However by giving my boys more space, a food bowl, hidey and water bottle each that limited it and as they passed 'teenage' years they settled down
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I agree. My lot have been doing that lately which then resulted in 2 boys being split :(
 
I would keep a close eye on things for now. As Kayjay said, seperate bowls etc. Sometimes changing their cage around, putting things in different places and all fresh bedding helps. I read somewhere on here that a little vicks on their bums and noses can do the trick. My boars have a bit of a squabble now and then, just establishing and re establishing whos boss. The time to separate is if you think it is coming near a point when they are actually going to fight.
 
Thankyou so much i am going to keep a eye on them both to make sure a fight don't come along or they will have me to deal with, it just like having 2 extra children
 
I've found with girls it tends to be more 'subtle' bullying, like preventing the other girl from entering the pigloo or getting to the vegetables
 
kayjay said:
I've had a pair of boars and a small amount of bickering does occur, after all it isn't natural for boars to live together. However by giving my boys more space, a food bowl, hidey and water bottle each that limited it and as they passed 'teenage' years they settled down
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kayjay said:
I've found with girls it tends to be more 'subtle' bullying, like preventing the other girl from entering the pigloo or getting to the vegetables
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Agree with the above. It isn't natural for boars to live together and there will be bickering but if that is all it is you don't need to separate them. Sows will bully other sows but they don't normally try to hurt one another, not that they haven't been known to. Like lavenderjade has said keep a close eye on them and only separate them if you think one is going to injure the other. Have they been neutered? If not this is another option, even though it may not stop them bickering it takes the edge of the aggression/dominant behaviour. It could just be 'teenage' behaviour. Hope this all makes sense. :)
 
yes had to seperate my sows, toffee was making maisy miserable with all the bullying.
 
I've had more problems with my sows than my boars & i've found that my boars "show" their dislike but don't act upon it whereas my girls just go for it like heat seeking missiles or they make out they're gonna be friends then BAM they attack ::)
 
Thankyou so much everyone

Yes it is a option to get them both neuted as me and my hubby talked about that last night. So its a boy thing to have a bicker and run after each other. Well that has put my mind to rest alot thankyou for the comments
 
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