jess71
New Born Pup
Hi 
I'm new to the forum but writing in desperation in the hope someone can help us out as our past herd was a group of females and have never experienced this before!
Little back story, around one year ago we adopted a pair of bonded boars Dan and Darwin (brothers), who were at the time estimated to be 1 so should now be past their hormonal teenage months. We don't know much about their previous home, but were told they had lived in a tiny cage indoors, were well socialized and got along well. We gradually acclimatized them to live outside in a large aviary and at night we bring them indoors in a cage.
In the year we've had them, they have been close apart from the odd fight; Dan is the dominant pig and can get aggressive but Darwin is a big softie and lets him. However, around a week ago I noticed Darwin has begun to fight back instead of being submissive which Dan obviously isn't pleased about after being top of the hierarchy for so long
Very quickly the fighting got more serious and we ended up with bleeding noses, hair pulled out and cuts all over both pigs for the first time.
We split them up temporarily and have been in separate cages for the past week; Darwin doesn't seem phased with this set up, however Dan is noticeably withdrawn and depressed today. I attempted to reintroduce them in a neutral environment, but they immediately started fighting again. I'm a bit lost as my Mum does not want to have two different set ups and I also want to try and avoid housing them alone. Is there any possibility they can be housed together in the future, or has the bond been lost?
I'm new to the forum but writing in desperation in the hope someone can help us out as our past herd was a group of females and have never experienced this before!
Little back story, around one year ago we adopted a pair of bonded boars Dan and Darwin (brothers), who were at the time estimated to be 1 so should now be past their hormonal teenage months. We don't know much about their previous home, but were told they had lived in a tiny cage indoors, were well socialized and got along well. We gradually acclimatized them to live outside in a large aviary and at night we bring them indoors in a cage.
In the year we've had them, they have been close apart from the odd fight; Dan is the dominant pig and can get aggressive but Darwin is a big softie and lets him. However, around a week ago I noticed Darwin has begun to fight back instead of being submissive which Dan obviously isn't pleased about after being top of the hierarchy for so long
Very quickly the fighting got more serious and we ended up with bleeding noses, hair pulled out and cuts all over both pigs for the first time.We split them up temporarily and have been in separate cages for the past week; Darwin doesn't seem phased with this set up, however Dan is noticeably withdrawn and depressed today. I attempted to reintroduce them in a neutral environment, but they immediately started fighting again. I'm a bit lost as my Mum does not want to have two different set ups and I also want to try and avoid housing them alone. Is there any possibility they can be housed together in the future, or has the bond been lost?
