Very active young Neutered Boar

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Hi,

We have a 2.5 year old female piggie who very sadly lost her sister a month ago. We rescued a young neutered boar for company for her and most of the time they get on great, but he has times where he is incredibly frisky and jumps on her back all the time! Thankfully there is no biting or aggression, but she squeeks at him a lot and often pees on him to get him to move away (he doesn't seem to be deterred by this!).
We have only ever had females and have never experienced this before - will he gradually calm down or do we need to separate them? I don't want Daisy to be stressed out. Any advice on this would be great, thank you ☺️ x
 
Unless they are getting into furball fights, you don't want to separate the couple ☺️ I think it diminishes after about two weeks. The squeak is normal. Eventually he should get the message about getting wee'd on. The process has stages and you don't want to interrupt them as then they will have to start again from scratch. It's best to clean the cage a bit or half at a time so that there is plenty of scent, this has a reassuring effect and should help to smooth things over between them. Taking too much smell away at once can endanger their bond. It's best to keep them together. If one pig is chasing so much that the other pig cannot eat or drink, then the situation might need to be considered, but if Daisy gets to eat and sleep enough, keep them together ❤️
 
I’m sorry for your loss

How long have they been together?

Mounting is very normal behaviour and not a reason to separate. He isn’t hurting her.
This sounds to be a boar not thinking straight in the presence of a new lady! Particularly if he is young -
If he is very young, this is the first sow he has ever been with and they are in a new bonding then boars don’t tend to think with their brain!

If things were going bad you would see lots of hard teeth chattering, tense face offs, chasing etc. You would be very unlikely to see full fights (it can happen though) in a mixed sex pair.

I’ve added some guides below

A Closer Look At Pairs (Boars - Sows - Mixed)

Sows: Behaviour and Female Health Problems (including mounting and ovarian cysts)
 
Thank you both so much for your help and advice....it is greatly appreciated ☺️

They have been together for 3 weeks and thankfully no fights, just noise which is good. Lots of rumbling but most of the time Daisy carries on eating while it all happens! 😂

When we picked him up from the rescue centre he was on his own so the excitement of another piggie, (especially a female) is too much!

Thank you so much for the links - they will be very helpful ☺️

Here is Daisy and Otis now settling into their life together with no rumbling and mounting! 🐹🥰
 

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LillyB said:
Hi,

We have a 2.5 year old female piggie who very sadly lost her sister a month ago. We rescued a young neutered boar for company for her and most of the time they get on great, but he has times where he is incredibly frisky and jumps on her back all the time! Thankfully there is no biting or aggression, but she squeeks at him a lot and often pees on him to get him to move away (he doesn't seem to be deterred by this!).
We have only ever had females and have never experienced this before - will he gradually calm down or do we need to separate them? I don't want Daisy to be stressed out. Any advice on this would be great, thank you ☺️ x
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Hi

Welcome to life with mixed gender pairs.

What you are describing are stronger seasons and the behaviour is perfectly normal. Daisy is not stressed out; she is just as vocal. The excess of emotions, which is spurring him on is part of their bond. It will settle down a bit over time but he is simply doing what boars do about every two weeks or so around mating time. The first few weeks, especially with a younger, first time 'husboar' (neutered boar living with sows) can be rather over the top but your girl has accepted him and she is going to stick with him. All the initial excess of hormones and pheromones will serve to make the bond stronger and closer.

Some boars are a bit more enthusiastic than others and some sows have stronger seasons and are more vocal than others - he is responding to her pheromone output after all, as much as her vocal cues. Seasons last around a day. You can find the piggies often assuring their mutual bond on the next day because the shared excess of emotion actually serves to cement the bond between them. Life with mixed pairs has that dramatic extra dimension. Things should over time calm down a bit more, bar the odd strong season and ovarian cysts. The first seasons and weeks are generally the wildest. How old is your boy?

Always keep in mind that it is the sows who are the ones in control of the mating process since they have to stand still and lift their bums for the actual sexual mating process, which is a very small window and the actual mating only lasting seconds at the end of the season and followed by the task to tell an overexcited boar with testosterone singing in full voice through all his body that the fun is over again...

Sows: Behaviour and Female Health Problems (including mounting and ovarian cysts)


Please do not interfere but don't worry, either. Even after over 20 years with multiple mixed gender pairs or groups, I have yet to see a sow come to harm. But the drama, oh my yes...
 
Wiebke said:
Hi

Welcome to life with mixed gender pairs.

What you are describing are stronger seasons and the behaviour is perfectly normal. Daisy is not stressed out; she is just as vocal. The excess of emotions, which is spurring him on is part of their bond. It will settle down a bit over time but he is simply doing what boars do about every two weeks or so around mating time. The first few weeks, especially with a younger, first time 'husboar' (neutered boar living with sows) can be rather over the top but your girl has accepted him and she is going to stick with him. All the initial excess of hormones and pheromones will serve to make the bond stronger and closer.

Some boars are a bit more enthusiastic than others and some sows have stronger seasons and are more vocal than others - he is responding to her pheromone output after all, as much as her vocal cues. Seasons last around a day. You can find the piggies often assuring their mutual bond on the next day because the shared excess of emotion actually serves to cement the bond between them. Life with mixed pairs has that dramatic extra dimension. Things should over time calm down a bit more, bar the odd strong season and ovarian cysts. The first seasons and weeks are generally the wildest. How old is your boy?

Always keep in mind that it is the sows who are the ones in control of the mating process since they have to stand still and lift their bums for the actual sexual mating process, which is a very small window and the actual mating only lasting seconds at the end of the season and followed by the task to tell an overexcited boar with testosterone singing in full voice through all his body that the fun is over again...

Sows: Behaviour and Female Health Problems (including mounting and ovarian cysts)


Please do not interfere but don't worry, either. Even after over 20 years with multiple mixed gender pairs or groups, I have yet to see a sow come to harm. But the drama, oh my yes...
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Thank you so much for your advice and help. It is so good to know that all is normal and so helpful to have all this advice from people with so much knowledge and experience 👍🐹

I have been watching Daisy this morning and she is definitely egging Otis on and enjoying the chase.....and attention!

Thank you again x x x
 
LillyB said:
Thank you so much for your advice and help. It is so good to know that all is normal and so helpful to have all this advice from people with so much knowledge and experience 👍🐹

I have been watching Daisy this morning and she is definitely egging Otis on and enjoying the chase.....and attention!

Thank you again x x x
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Flirty girl! Mixed gender pairs are fun... There is an extra dimension to them.
 
What a gorgeous pair.
I love mixed gender pairs / herds.
Micah was a very rambunctious boar and was often on the receiving end of pee spray.
He was never deterred.
Enjoy the soap opera 😁
 
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