Excessive Weeing/Scenting - Two Boars

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I've never owned boars before, I've always had duo/trios of girls and while they have had a tendency to rub their bums on the floor and maybe wee once in a blue moon I have found my two new boys are just weeing and scenting all over me!

I have had them on my knee on a blanket every night since I got them a few weeks ago and each night they are continually rumble strutting, weeing everywhere, smelling each other, weeing where the other has wee'd and releasing gasses that absolutely stink. I can actually see their scent gland from above because they stick it so far out and hear the gas escape, its truely disgusting. They are also very touchy and slightly aggressive in their manerisms if they think I'm in the way.

I'm worried this isn't going to get any better and spending time with them on my knee is going to always be very unplesant for all concerned. They do seem very stressed out while they are doing it.

Does anyone know if this is common behaviour and if it will get better as they get older? I have food out to try and entice them to concentrate on that rather than each other but it doesn't seem to work.

Does anyone have any advice? It is definatly making getting them out very difficult because once they start doing it they are fiesty and fight quite hard against being picked up.
 
Honestly, with boys i find its FAR better to do cuddle time seperately. When my boys are on my lap together they nip eachother! However *touch wood* i have never had a single fighting/bullying insident with them at any other time. Maybe have a towel for each piggy, and always do it one at a time. Sorry... they are just more moody than girls i guess! However i believe they can become equally as loving towards you, and its this jeaousy of the other may be whats causing the dominance behaviour.
 
Ok thanks I will try that. I was worried that this mean't I could only get them out in a run together and not have any time with them watching the telly on my knee because of their excessive dominant behaviour.

Will getting them neutured help at all?
 
Lil_Piggles said:
Ok thanks I will try that. I was worried that this mean't I could only get them out in a run together and not have any time with them watching the telly on my knee because of their excessive dominant behaviour.

Will getting them neutured help at all?
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Unfortunatly no, neautering does NOT change boar behaviour at all. Unlike with other animals. :)

however, if you begin to cuddle them seperatly I'm sure you will find they calm down quickly. From there point of view, every time they share your lap thy have to decide who is dominant in the space (because you change clothes, its like a new place every time!) They wont have to do dominance displays when they are on there own :))
 
OK, thanks for all the advice I have tried seperate cuddles and these seem to go well at least for 15 minutes before they appear to start getting techy and trying to wee in all the corners of the sofa :(|)
 
15 minutes is all my boys can manage aswell. :) I'm glad its going better. I hope you feel your starting to bond with them a little bit better now. :))
 
One of my boars Darwin is a total mummy's boy. If i have even the slightest scent of one of my other boys he nips me so i dont want to imagine what he would do to one of my other boys if they were there too. I have always done seperate cuddles with my boys. It gives you a change to bond with them more and enjoy their company. Sadly Dustin gets shorter because he likes to pee.:)) Darwin will curl up and go to sleep on me. I think they would enjoy having you to themselfs too.

I agree with the smell, it does stink. :)) My boys all get roughly 40 odd minutes of floor time each night which is just the run of the livingroom (seperatley as they all dont get on) and they spend the first 10-15 minutes rubbing there bums along the ground! Ive had mine for coming on a year and they still do it.
 
wow I'm so jealous you get to even cuddle your boys! I'd take all the wee and bum scent they could give if I could get even one cuddle or moment of Mummy laptime from my boys :))

I'd be grateful they aren't clawing to get away from you - but that doesn't help your predicament, that's just me being jealous! hehe :p :))

xx
 
Looks like this is quite a common situation ... I'm not used to it as I remember all my piggies when I was younger sitting on my lap for hours, falling asleep, kickin' a chooken leg out ...

Sigh ... I had Truffle out today for about 10 mins. The first 5 mins he ate some lettuice quite franticly and the next 5 he turned and managed to force his way up my sleeze peeing and wriggling all the way. He managed to soak my PJs and dressing gown throughly before I could run back to the hutch and wrestle him back in! I had to go straight in the bath rolleyes:))

I never realised they would be so obessed with peeing everywhere! - It is taking a bit to get used to. I thought maybe floor time in the bathroom would be OK but then they might just pee in all the corners and then I'll have a big cleaning job.

What about playtime in the bath with a towel down ... maybe that would be better? Such a shame ... I like piggy snuggles 8...
 
I give my boys lap time one at a time...If I try to do them together I get a lap full of rummbling piggies who constantly try to get the upper hand...one humps the other one and that is not a pleasant thing to happen in my lap¬ lol
but on their own, I get relaxed piggies, one of whom has just begun to lick...at first It was teeth with a hint of lick and now its more lick with a hint of teeth¬ he loves to nibble my finger nails! XX :(|)
 
yes our boys get separate lap time, - we have 5, but because i have one, and my daughter another, it is easier to cuddle all of them in the eves! talking of weeing a lot, since i have got them all the glass bottles, they are drinking loads more- and peeing so much! but i guess this is better for them! and as for the boar smell, only pepper does this, it smells a bit like bad eggs, is that the same smell everyone else is getting?
 
lol, my boar is very stinky too. I'm glad you mentioned the gas bit, I thought he was popping gas out but haven't read anywhere about is so thought I was hearing things! stinky boys:))
 
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