three boys neutered and Matthew and luke saga!

eileen

eileen

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Matthew and luke have been together for one year,luke is 14 months,i heard a crashing sound coming from the guinea pig room.To find Matthew and Luke flying around locked up together in a furball fight ....now luke has a wound to his nose.Piggy politics ive seen it all.now both luke are seperated.Ive put grids down the centre of matthews 6 x 2 c &c cage.placed Dominique on oneside and Matthew on the other.in the hope i can bond them after six weeks wait of neutering op ! Luke is in the cat carrier over night .so i can sort some cage option for 6 weeks until he is safe to go with a female.Harry has gone back with his cage mate,though his mate is guarding the water bottle ! Boys will be boys !
 
Oh no! I am so sorry your boys have fallen out @eileen . It's awful when they have a rolling ball fight. I hope no one is badly injured. Red and Brillo gave each other some very nasty puncture wounds a few months ago, don't think I'll ever trust boars quite the same again! I hope you are okay too.
 
Yes I'm fine thanks I've seen it with a lot of my boar pairs in the 7years of keeping piggies.I seem to get dominant boars.I've seen a few fights,with boars it seems very decisive in about 10 minutes of bonding commencing,circling,clacking teeth and then wham.I love boars,I've had a trio and pairs that have been fine.just find neutered boar.....with sows the best bonds in my experience.Luke is going to have to go into a hutch for 6 weeks to then get a sow.
 
Boars! Why can’t they just behave themselves? Sorry you’ve had such a time of it Eileen x
 
I am sorry that you are having such a difficult time. The longer days in spring seem to wake up boar instincts that go back to their wild ancestor species which had a breeding season between Spring and Autumn.
 
To add to bloomin boars,i found poor Harry cowering in the corner of the hutch,i noticed Harry has deep puncture/bite wounds on his rump and back.ive cleaned the wound,now he is seperated from Thomas.now 4 boars alone.3 now waiting six weeks post neuter.I'm going to have to rescue 2 sows if there are any after lockdown.i will take Harry to the vets if i see any signs of infection or abscess .
 
eileen said:
To add to bloomin boars,i found poor Harry cowering in the corner of the hutch,i noticed Harry has deep puncture/bite wounds on his rump and back.ive cleaned the wound,now he is seperated from Thomas.now 4 boars alone.3 now waiting six weeks post neuter.I'm going to have to rescue 2 sows if there are any after lockdown.i will take Harry to the vets if i see any signs of infection or abscess .
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I am so sorry that it has all gone haywire for you.
 
I am sorry you are going through this. I've got another pair on close watch tonight, there's something in the air!
 
i think for me it is much easier for boars to live with sows.which will happen once all 3 boars are 6 weeks post neuter.Thomas has been neutered 2 years ago,so I'm going to adopt some sows when lockdown has eased.i do not want to take sows out of already long bonded herds.Harry does look traumatised from his fight. I could try Luke and Harry together once their wounds heal,but I'm sceptical,as both are on the dominant side.i hope your boars remain together.xx
 
Now Harry has lost his front teeth ! it must have been from his fight with Thomas.i will syringe feed now and keep monitoring his weight !
 
Poor Harry and poor you, they are a complex set of little furry individuals aren’t they. I’m sure Harry’s teeth will grown back fine very soon x
 
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