Adult and Baby Boar

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I have just bought home a 4wk old baby boar to go with my 4.5 year old, Mo. They were fine at the rescue.

They were getting on fine, chasing each other and popcorning, but now the baby boar is mounting my Mo. I thought if anything it would be the other way round ?/ It seems constant, I am ready to intervene if need be as I am nervous him being so young, and maybe Mo will get fed up with it!

I think I will put a barrier up between them tonight as Mo is gettin a bit stressed and tired, there is no teeth chattering though and no aggression yet

Would this be the right thing to do? Mo has been on his own for a few years so maybe he is not used to company, just wondering if I am being a bit other the top and dramatic?
 
Please don't seperate them, they are just displaying normal boar dominance. It's a new surounding for them, they've got to work out who's boss or reafirm who's boss now they are back home. They will settle down.
It looks worse to us than it is.
 
Just let them get on; they will hopefully settle down again after a few days. Your old boy should be able to tell the youngster off when he's had enough. The youngster is currently on overload from taking in too many changes at once - new friend and new surroundings. It is not at all uncommon, especially with youngsters.

None of this behaviour is dangerous; please do not separate.
 
Thank you for the advice. I think I am just nervous, although I have had pigs for nearly 20 years, never had 2 boars together so its all a bit new and the baby is sooo small with sprinkles as droppings LOL!

Its going to be a long night watching the pigs and reading this forum!
 
Don't worry, I know exactly how you feel. I wanted CCTV so I could keep an eye on my boys while I was at work!
 
OOhh CCTV would be good, I stayed up till about 1am but had to sleep, they had settled by then. So thank you for the advice.

They also seem fine today, although Mo certainly does not show any love for his new friend:red he keeps moving away from him at the moment. Mo does love a snooze and now he has this annoying 4wk old hyper baby to contend with LOL

Not been 24hrs yet so fingers crossed that their bond will grow x)
 
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They will hopefully learn to respect each other's boundaries over the course of the next few days. Things will get livelier again when your baby is hitting the big hormones, though.

PS: Are you aware that many guinea pig rescues offer "piggy dating" for single, split or bereaved piggies of either gender? That way, the guinea pigs can choose their own best friend, which generally makes for a happy and stable bond.
 
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He did go boar dating first as I would have preferred an adult to a baby. He was away for 2 weeks and was tried with 6 I think it was, it was the ladies only failure in 2 years :red:red:red

We tried 2 babies yesterday and the 1st one was such an obvious no after about 10 seconds! Mo seemed ok with this baby and visa versa with cleaning and popcorning as a good sign.

Mo has been on his own for a few years, I did have an elderly girl in the same room more recently he could talk to but felt he needed a friend now she went. Found out that Mo has cataracts in both eyes which may mean that he is not seeing the little fellow coming up behind him so I was told it may take a while for him to get used to, but they are currently sitting next to each other chomping on cucumber so fingers crossed it continues.
 
You are in the same situation as me. I have just got a 4 week old boar, Chester and put him in with my nearly 5 year old grumpy boy Zebedee. Zeb has taken to him a lot better than I thought he would but I am worrying about Chesters hormones kicking in and trouble ahead. Not sure what age the hormones kick in, if anyone can tell me I'd be grateful, then can prepare myself.
 
If you want to sleep, this is what I do. Pick up the piggie who is getting annoyed and wait til the probleme piggie falls asleep. Place the piggie you are holding back in the cage. It usually works for me. Put piggie sized piggie safe stuffed animals in the cage for the little one to mount.
 
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