Bonding advice please...

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Hiya,

I attempted to bond 2 boars earlier. There was the normal sort of behaviour happening- head lifting, rumbling, humping etc..

What I would like to know is how long would you let this go on before either thinking of seperating or putting into a cage together?

Basically I only put them together for about half an hour in a neutral area and I didn't really know how long to leave them so their back in seperate cages for now.

I hope that makes sense, ask me questions if you need more info....

Thanks
 
Some people put them together for 1/2 hour or a bit longer each day and gradually build up the time from there, keeping them in seperate cages in the meantime, so you could do this. It may take a couple of weeks of gradually introducing them :)
 
The first time we put Sam and Roo in together, we separated after about 45 minutes when Sam seemed to be getting tired and Roo was still rushing about!
We tried again later the same day and they stayed together for over an hour until we had to go out. After that they were in together every time anybody was around to keep an eye on them, but we separated them overnight and if we went out. This went on for a few days until we were confident enough to leave them in together full-time.
We were getting exactly the same as you....rumblestrutting, a bit of mounting and a LOT of nose-to-nose face-offs....but after a few days it was noticeably reducing.

Good luck! O0
 
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