Hiyah.. I have 3 male piggies Fudge & Coco 21 weeks old, & Button 14 weeks old.... but they have fell out recently so looking for advice on what to do.. may be I will have to rehome one of them... Well Fudge and Coco have fell out .. they both came from Pets at home when they were 10 weeks old.. they were together in the cage... then I also got another male when he was just 4 weeks old.. Button... Coco & Button get on fine... Fudge gets on ok with Button except he keeps trying to bonk him.... however recently Coco keeps attacking Fudge so a week ago I separated them and tried today to get them back together again.. but Coco just attacked Fudge.. I just dont know what to do... May be I need to rehome Fudge...
Trouble in my Trio... of Boys
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Hello,
Trios of boars rarely work out and it is increasingly difficult when they are young and going through their hormonal stage (between six weeks and fourteen months)
Please separate Coco and Fudge asap as keeping them together can result in serious injury.
Do you have a separate cage for Fudge to live in for the time being?
Next I'd strongly suggest reading through this brilliant thread for all the information and knowledge you need on boar behaviour and what signs to look out for.
http://theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=28949
How big is your cage? Guinea Pigs require 4ft x 2ft of space, and boars need a little bit more (5ft by 2ft) as they need enough room to play, get away from one another and be able to grow happily. The more room you can supply the better.
Secondly I'd also suggest for your two remaining boars living together to buy two of everything, two bottles, two bowls, two hay trays etc. This way they have their 'own' feeding area, their own toys and they don't have to share or argue who gets what it also stops one boar hogging the food bowl and the other going without. Another thing also to get is two or more hideys with two or more exits this stops one boar from bullying another into a corner, the best hideys i use for my boys is the cardboard boxes you can get from supermarkets as you can cut out your own entrances.
Hay! Boars need to be kept occupied so try and make the cage as interesting as possible, which can be done very cheaply. Stuff hay into cardboard tubes, place them on the cage floor, hang the tubes on string above the cage, add huge piles of hay, stuff it into plant pots etc. Just try to keep them occupied.
Oh and weigh your boars living together once every two days or weekly, this way you can make sure one isn't being bullied.
With your third boar it is very unlikely after a fight he will get back on with your other two males, the only option is either to try again once they are all over 14 months, to keep him side by side with your other boars (in a separate cage), to rehome him, to keep him and try boar dating at a rescue, or to neuter him and keep him with girls.
Anymore questions don't hesitate to ask!
Laura, mum to three boars!
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Trios of boars rarely work out and it is increasingly difficult when they are young and going through their hormonal stage (between six weeks and fourteen months)
Please separate Coco and Fudge asap as keeping them together can result in serious injury.
Do you have a separate cage for Fudge to live in for the time being?
Next I'd strongly suggest reading through this brilliant thread for all the information and knowledge you need on boar behaviour and what signs to look out for.
http://theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=28949
How big is your cage? Guinea Pigs require 4ft x 2ft of space, and boars need a little bit more (5ft by 2ft) as they need enough room to play, get away from one another and be able to grow happily. The more room you can supply the better.
Secondly I'd also suggest for your two remaining boars living together to buy two of everything, two bottles, two bowls, two hay trays etc. This way they have their 'own' feeding area, their own toys and they don't have to share or argue who gets what it also stops one boar hogging the food bowl and the other going without. Another thing also to get is two or more hideys with two or more exits this stops one boar from bullying another into a corner, the best hideys i use for my boys is the cardboard boxes you can get from supermarkets as you can cut out your own entrances.
Hay! Boars need to be kept occupied so try and make the cage as interesting as possible, which can be done very cheaply. Stuff hay into cardboard tubes, place them on the cage floor, hang the tubes on string above the cage, add huge piles of hay, stuff it into plant pots etc. Just try to keep them occupied.
Oh and weigh your boars living together once every two days or weekly, this way you can make sure one isn't being bullied.
With your third boar it is very unlikely after a fight he will get back on with your other two males, the only option is either to try again once they are all over 14 months, to keep him side by side with your other boars (in a separate cage), to rehome him, to keep him and try boar dating at a rescue, or to neuter him and keep him with girls.
Anymore questions don't hesitate to ask!
Laura, mum to three boars!
xxxxxxx
Thanks Laura... they are separate..... currently Fudge is inside in my indoor cage.... The outdoor cage is two storey 4ft wide x 4ft tall x 2ft depth.. I did separate them.. I couldnt stand to see the upset... the other two Coco and Button are currently under a blanket on my settee..... It looks l might need to find a home for Fudge.. sadly.... thanks for your help... 
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Boar trios are a handful! I have 3 boys and sometimes it gets a little funky in their cage 
! Overall, they get along okay but sometimes I hear rumbling and teeth chattering but they never fight. At first they weren't too happy and I gave them a bath together and it helped a lot! Maybe you should try that it could help your piggies bond again 
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! Overall, they get along okay but sometimes I hear rumbling and teeth chattering but they never fight. At first they weren't too happy and I gave them a bath together and it helped a lot! Maybe you should try that it could help your piggies bond again .
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i also have three boys in together, a 4 year old and two at 9 weeks, that are not brothers, but were together from being weaned. i have them indoors in a c&c cage, 7 ft x 3 ft, just this past three days, the younger ones are getting a bit " fidgety" towards each other, i have separate food bowls, lots of hidey places, and i change things around every time i clean them out, i have found that if they start getting cross with each other, if i put them out in the run, they are so busy eating grass they leave each other alone, and when we get them in we have floor time with them, and put their seed pots on the floor so that they can eat near each other with us watching. so far so good, but i am not sure how long it will last,and we also weigh them weekly.
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