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hi all,
My trio have been together since they were three weeks old and I'm having a few problems. A few mths ago the youngest one Zeb was being bullied and was tiny so i had to take him out and feed him separately and reintroduced them slowly. Things were fine for a few mths but now Zeb has a real attitude. Hes turned into a bully and my two other boars are reacting to him very differently dougal stands up to him and in recent days they hav had a few nose offs. If it was just dougal and zeb in the cage i would be tempted to let them try and sort things out themselves unless they had an actual fight or blood was drawn but they scare the other boar dylan. Zebs attitude is defiantly affecting Dylan. Iv been watching very closely for a few days and its getting worse. Hes not attacking him or anything like that but dylans intimidated by him. Whenever dylan is at the hay rack or eating if zeb walks past he stops and runs away. Hes putting on weight but is defiantly scared of Zeb and he gets frightened when Zeb and dougal are being stroppy with each other. Iv tried putting in lots of igloos and food bowls but its not making any difference dylan doesnt want to be anywhere near zeb and you can tell zeb terrifies dylan. So what do i do? Iv thought about taking dylan out as dougal stands up to zeb but then am i going to have a fight on my hands between dougal and zeb? I also thought about taking zeb out and leaving dougal and dylan in who get on well together. Ideally i would like them to stay together but i dont think dylan is ever going to be happy with zeb. Any ideas?
My trio have been together since they were three weeks old and I'm having a few problems. A few mths ago the youngest one Zeb was being bullied and was tiny so i had to take him out and feed him separately and reintroduced them slowly. Things were fine for a few mths but now Zeb has a real attitude. Hes turned into a bully and my two other boars are reacting to him very differently dougal stands up to him and in recent days they hav had a few nose offs. If it was just dougal and zeb in the cage i would be tempted to let them try and sort things out themselves unless they had an actual fight or blood was drawn but they scare the other boar dylan. Zebs attitude is defiantly affecting Dylan. Iv been watching very closely for a few days and its getting worse. Hes not attacking him or anything like that but dylans intimidated by him. Whenever dylan is at the hay rack or eating if zeb walks past he stops and runs away. Hes putting on weight but is defiantly scared of Zeb and he gets frightened when Zeb and dougal are being stroppy with each other. Iv tried putting in lots of igloos and food bowls but its not making any difference dylan doesnt want to be anywhere near zeb and you can tell zeb terrifies dylan. So what do i do? Iv thought about taking dylan out as dougal stands up to zeb but then am i going to have a fight on my hands between dougal and zeb? I also thought about taking zeb out and leaving dougal and dylan in who get on well together. Ideally i would like them to stay together but i dont think dylan is ever going to be happy with zeb. Any ideas?