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Pippa & Sandy's Mum

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I need some advice....we have found out today after watching our GP's in their run & my women's intution kicking in that 'Auntie' Sandy is actually 'Daddy' Sandy!

This mistake was made as when we bought them we asked for 2 girls & they were housed together. After Pippa had 4 babies (1 boy & 3 girls) we just presumed she had been pregnant when we bought her.

Therefore we need to know if Father & Son can live together unneutured? This is until they can be netured then we will spilt them & give them 2 wifes each as we have 4 girls.

If they can live together, for those of you that have seen my previous posts, this has resolved my boy problems thankfully.

Thankyou x
 
do you know how old the "daddy" might be? usually if you house two boars you try and put a younger one with an older one. But if they have been living together then they might be already bonded.
 
No they haven't been living together yet.

Not sure how old Daddy is as bought him from a farm @ the same time as Pippa. I'm not sure if I would have trusted what they said now anyway as we wanted 2 girls was told they were 2 girls but now we have a Mummy, Daddy, son & 3 daughters!!

I think Daddy is alot older than son as he is huge.
 
Then try them out on the floor away from the cages and see how things go. This is best because they don't have any territory problems. IF they get along ok I don't think it would be a problem. Others can advise you on more. I hope I helps some what.
 
Baby can go with dad at 3wks. Put them in a neutral space with hay & food & watch, as long as dad doesn't attack the baby they should be fine. Chasing, brring, rumblestrutting & mounting are all normal behaviour. Most adult boars are fine with youngsters :)
 
Ah Niki thankgod * mentioned that chasing is normal *** prior to posting the thread we put Patch in with Daddy Sandy for an hour to see how they got on & Sandy kept chasing Patch which I found distressing *** Patch only weighs 152g @ 5wks old so is tiny compared to Sandy.

We are going to try again this evening as I got too distressed seeing Patch squeeling & trying to hide from Sandy so took Patch out. I know this was probably wrong but I'm quite attached to Patch so didnt want to see him being 'beat up'.

Could you please explain what brring & rumblestrutting is though as I'm new to the Guinea Pig scene?
 
Daddy is asserting his dominance.

It looks rough, but you have to sit it out, unless there are bloody fights. If you separate them, they have to start from square one again, and you get the whole malarkey all over!

There is a sticky thread at the top of the "behaviour" section about boars, so you can see what the danger signs are and what is acceptable (though admittedly tough on the bystander!)

Make sure that you introduce them on neutral ground (can be bathtub with an old towel on the floor and nowhere to corner the youngster or go possessive about). You might put in some food, but it is better to sprinkle it than serve it in one dish - daddy might refuse to let the boy join.

When you put them together in the hutch, please make sure that there is 2 of EVERYTHING, bowls, water, huts (preferably with two exits, so baby can't be backed into one) etc.

Good luck!
 
Ah thanku. We will get another water bottle, bowl & hut tonight. Thanku x I think we'll put them in tonight & then keep busy in garden so that I can keep an eye on them but not get stressed by it all lol thanku all again x
 
Well we have put them in the run together earlier & they got on ok so they are now living together so fingers crossed for the future x
 
when I introduced baby Frank to Finlay, I did it in the garden. It meant that there was so much food around, they hardly noticed each other's presence. Then when we took them in, there was little they could argue about as they'd been sharing grass for 30 mins! They've not been apart since.
 
I've posted on your other thread, but it sounds like it's going well... yep, chasing, mounting rumbly noises and swaying hips are all quite normal, especially at this stage and will likely happen at odd intervals as time goes on, it never really stops!
 
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