Falling Out

[Gus&Beane]

I have a pair of brothers, around 18 months old. They seem to have been trying to sort out their hierarchy for quite some time, and from what I've read, their hormones should have calmed down by now. However, they are still going, and Gus (the smaller of the two) now has a couple of small but nasty-looking wounds on his back.
I'm wondering whether I should bite the bullet and separate them, although I really don't want to as occasionally they seem to miss each other if I have only one out at a time.
Any advice would be much appreciated, I desperately want both piggies to be happy and healthy.

 

[Wiebke]

I have a pair of brothers, around 18 months old. They seem to have been trying to sort out their hierarchy for quite some time, and from what I've read, their hormones should have calmed down by now. However, they are still going, and Gus (the smaller of the two) now has a couple of small but nasty-looking wounds on his back.
I'm wondering whether I should bite the bullet and separate them, although I really don't want to as occasionally they seem to miss each other if I have only one out at a time.
Any advice would be much appreciated, I desperately want both piggies to be happy and healthy.

Please have those wounds vet checked and make sure that they are bites and not self-inflicted mange mites or fungal wounds.

How big is their cage? Can they get away from each other? Can you try an overnight trial separation to see how they are together afterwards on neutral ground? Adult boars can still have the odd hormonal spikes.
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