Stan and Winston Fighting

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My boars started fighting last Friday.

I thought i was lucky when they moved in together and it was peace perfect peace. Well it was for almost a month. Then they started squabbling and i noticed a lot of teeth chattering from Winston and then biting.
So Winston is still living in the C&C cage and Stan is in the cage (which i very large).

I think the fighting i due to Stan's hormones kicking in. Winston might see him as a threat now. But Stan seems to be thriving living on his own. He is weeking every time he hears me come upstairs and i slowly letting me pet him. He was very, very skittish when we got him from a friend.

I would love them to live together. Is there anyone who has reintroduced fighting Boars with any success? If so, advice please!:)

Dee xx

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Hey Dee, I'm sorry I really didnt spot this thread tonight or yesterday as I was a wee preoccupied. Sorry!

Firstly how old are Stan and Winston? Boars go through their hormonal period between eight weeks and fourteen months so this is the time when fall outs happen, and its not the best time to try and introduce boars.

I'd suggest keeping them side by side in separate cages until they've reached just over a year old (or if they're already a year for a few months) if they seem to be happy chattering to one another and no signs on aggression are present introduce them on neutral territory.

Clean the cages with miltons and water, wash all toys, bowls, water bottles and fleece. Rearrange the cage so its in a different place, with their food area in a different area etc. Invest in two of everything and hideys with two exits, and two separate areas for their hay trays.

Once you do this, see how it goes.

I've personally never reintroduced two fighting boars but I have heard that it is hard to do and usually unsuccessful. Sometimes personalities clash and living together is simply not an option :( however (not to end on a negative note) they can live quite happily side by side having each other to shout at :))

Good luck!

Laura x
 
I'm afraid I don't have any experience of hormonal boys, so can't really help :(

I hope they can sort out their differences though and can remain good friends x
 
I am a bit the same as Little Piggies. I don't have much experience but are they brothers? How old are they? Try and separate them for a while and get them used to each other again.
Good Luck,
Guineagurl​
 
Hi sorry to hear your boys are fighting. When Mushkin and Gizmo were fighting i separated them in their c&c cage so still could talk,smell each other. I let the run around on the kitchen floor where they both never been before they were happy to be together there so i did this for a good few months swopping them in their sleeping areas now and again. Then by surprise i found Gizmo jumped over the grid wall into mushkins cage and they are still a happy pair.

You could try bathing the boys together so they smell the same but you have to make sure you clean their cage as much as you can so it doesn't smell of either boar. 2 of everything if you can. If their cage isn't big enough for a good run around let them play together somewhere else aswel for afew hours. Good luck i hope it works for you. Xx
 
When Wallace and Mr M were together they never really sorted out who was the dominant one and so we had eruptions off and on since we adopted them from my brother-in-law. I don't think they were that well-matched but they managed to muddle along most of the time. I only seperated them for an hour or two and they usually sorted themselves out after that ( this usually involved Wallace "glueing" poor Mr M - eugh!).
That said, Wallace really pined for Mr M when he passed away and we were so worried we had to arrange a boar date. Something that may be useful is some advice I was given: Before putting them together in the cage put a tiny smudge ( REALLY, REALLY tiny, ) of Vicks on both of their noses and bums. They both smell of each other then, don't know if this will help but when I brought Rocket back from the vets the other day Wallace completely ignored him and wouldn't let him snuggle up to him ( which Rocket was desperate for - I felt so sorry for him), it finally dawned on me that Wally probably didn't like the vet smell so I did the same thing again with the Vicks and hey presto! Instant acceptance. Don't know if this will work with two boars fighting as I didn't know about this when Wally and Mr M were scrapping but it may be worth a try.
If you do decide to bath them then bath them together - they'll seek comfort from each other and that might help them make friends again.
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