AlexandraDesi
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It seems like it wouldn't work in my mind. Wouldn't the boars be trying to have sex with the sows constantly? Can they coexist happily or would it cause problems?
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Spayed sows with uneutered boars
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You can have one unneutered boar with one or more spayed sows. The sows will only let the boar mate with her when she is in season. It works the same way as a neutered boar with a sow or group of sows
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Spayed sows can live with a full boar without problems; I know of quite a few very happy pairings!
They do not come into season, so there is no regular mating although a boar may occasionally get frisky, depending on his own age and whether he is dominant or not.
Spayed sows will however still dominance mount, as my spayed Hafren is showing with her now equally spayed Iola. They are still exhibiting all the normal interactive social behaviours.
Acceptance mounting during a cross gender bonding can also still happen (the same as when you bond a neutered boar with a full sow); but that again is interactive behaviour common to all guinea pigs and not sexual mating.