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hi i am a owner of 3 piggies 2 of them are twins but one is from Petland there always fighting the one i got from Petland is oldest he tries to bite the twins but the 1 minute older twin scare his twin and the one from Petland. The youngest one is just always scared and tries to stay out fights.I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO HELP.
 
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You can only keep two male piggies together.
You need to separate them and then bond your lone pig with a new friend.
 
sometimes there all scared when the one from petland isn't here the twins start getting scared and when the twins arent here the one from petland is scared
 
Have you had them very long? Piggies are naturally nervous creatures, and even when their companions aren't there they can still feel on edge.
 
Prince Shrek said:
hi i am a owner of 3 piggies 2 of them are twins but one is from Petland there always fighting the one i got from Petland is oldest he tries to bite the twins but the 1 minute older twin scare his twin and the one from Petland. The youngest one is just always scared and tries to stay out fights.I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO HELP.
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Hi and welcome!

Three boars have unfortunately a very high rate of failure once they hit the teenage months or when you introduce a third, even more so in sub-adult boars - there it can be as high as 90% of a fall-out rate before the boys reach a hormonally somewhat more settled adulthood. Trios in guinea pigs are difficult at the best of times; more fail than succeed.
You either end up with one dominant boy waging war on the other two, the two more dominant boys going to war between them or two ganging up on the weakest. That brothers don't fall out is sadly a persistent but long debunked breeder myth. :(

Please take the time to read our teenage guide here. Ideally you split the problem boy from the couple that is getting on and keep him as as next door piggy with round the clock interaction through the bars while you consider your long term options, which you can also find listed in the link:
Boars: Teenage, Bullying, Fighting, Fall-outs And What Next?
Adding More Guinea Pigs Or Merging Pairs – What Works And What Not?
 
Wiebke said:
Hi and welcome!

Three boars have unfortunately a very high rate of failure, about 90% once they hit the teenage months or when you introduce a third, even more so in sub-adult boars.
You either end up with one dominant boy waging war on the other two, the two more dominant boys going to war between them or two ganging up on the weakest. That brothers don't fall out is sadly a persistent but long debunked breeder myth. :(

Please take the time to read our teenage guide here. Ideally you split the problem boy from the couple that is getting on and keep him as as next door piggy with round the clock interaction through the bars while you consider your long term options, which you can also find listed in the link:
Boars: Teenage, Bullying, Fighting, Fall-outs And What Next?
Adding More Guinea Pigs Or Merging Pairs – What Works And What Not?
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thank you will come back to read more texts once i read this:luv:
 
Prince Shrek said:
I still dont understand why there fighting
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They are fighting because you cannot keep three boys together, they fight for dominance and three does not work.
You can only keep two male pigs together. You need to separate the one from Petland (assuming that is the one which is causing the trouble) into a separate cage and leave the brothers together. You then need to look to find the one from Petland a new friend so that he isn’t alone.
 
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