Teddy! And a quick question..

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Teddy and I! He wouldn't sit still for the rest :))

So I have 2 Teddy boys and my other two boys, Billy and Bobby. Billy and Bobby are still undergoing treatment for mites so the teddy boys haven't been introduced to them yet. They will eventually live together - what's the best way to introduce them to the hutch? Should I expect a bit of fighting?

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Teddy is adorable! About the introductions, I'm not sure if 4 boars would get on with eachother, but I'm no expert, so we'll see what the others say. I hope everything will be OK. xx
 
Getting 4 boys to live together is extremely unlikely - 3 is tough - 2 a lot easier. The mix of personalities/chemistry/dominance is a delicate balance and the more pigs you try to have together the more likely it is that it won't work. You may well find you have 4 single boys at the end of it. If the boys are young it may work initially but when they hit their teenage stage it will more than likely quickly deteriorate.

I would strongly advise that the 2 pairs, that are hopefully well bonded, stay as pairs.

This link gives a lot of good info on behaviour.
http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=28949

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Your boys are gorgeous!

But I have to agree with the others, I have yet to see a quartet on the forum that has not fallen out sooner rather than later!

Four young boars are very cute playing together, but as soon as the hormones kick in, dominance fights with bloody bite wounds, bullying or incessant humping will be inevitable. In the worst case, you can end up with four single boars who won't get on with each other. Is it really worth the risk?

Boars usually work best in pairs, very occasionally in a laid back trio, or then again in a huge group with a whole garden to roam in. Smaller groups seem to be particularly unstable. Boars that have been kept together as a group in a pen when rescued usually come with all the assorted war wounds of scars to the face and rump, infected bites, shredded ears and traumatised youngsters etc.

http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=28949
 
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Thanks everyone! Just the advice I needed :-) I will keep them separate but put the cages together - I recently did that and it was so cute to see Billy and Bobby wheeking to get a response! Miraculously, the two shy Teddy boys also came out and stood at the bars to see what was going on.

Thanks once again everyone, I wouldn't have wanted a guinea fight on my hands :-(

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