After months of waiting for my two home-born Cornish baby boys to grow up enough for the snip and then the necessary 6 weeks' post op wait, the time has finally come for the boys to find their own piggy family so it's been a busy few days for me!
They have spent the last 5 months living alongside sow groups, and this has made a huge difference. Both boys have been easily accepted and any mounting/rumble-strutting has been minimal even though both boys are just short of their life time testosterone high phase.
Brangwyn 'White Raven' has given his paw in marriage to Dylan's widows Beti (black and tan previous Betty) and Begw (black and white Peggy/'Little Pearl') who have made it clear that they both like him and wanted him to be their friend weeks ago. Bran was very happy to oblige and was extremely well behaved, considering how feisty he can be!
Bron: Sadly failed several hours in
Bronrhyddyn 'Robin' has been dating Edward's three widows for the last couple of weeks through the bars and has very much found favour with them. It was another smooth and uneventful bonding.
@Claire W has chosen Emlyn as his future name. Like with Merlin, there will be an adoption donation for Maria's Animal Shelter in Cornwall. I am looking forward to seeing Emlyn and his new ladies again for their usual summer holidays.
I must admit that it is a big relief to finally seeing my babies happily settled with their own wives.
Having the two boys growing up next to a couple of sows only groups and prioritising their socialisation with sows through the bars over their bond with their dad (Bran never really got on with his dad or his brother, to be honest) has paid off handsomely in that neither boy has overreacted during the bonding and that they have both just slotted in with their new ladies in comparison to my many bondings with adopted newly neutered teenage boars.
The calming chemical compound that boars living in a room with sows produce is really effective if the boys are exposed to sow pheromones in the room right from the start before they reach teenage. What is problematic is introducing sows into a boars-only environment, bonding boars that have never been in contact with sows (especially teenagers and young adults where you can get the classic humping overreaction) or keeping bonded boars in direct line of sight with sows.
Unfortunately, once you start out with boys, then introducing sows into a bonded boars environment is always going to be problematic and can lead to fall-outs.
PS: Dad Barcud has already joined his Cornish family on the day of the boys' neutering operation back in March.
They have spent the last 5 months living alongside sow groups, and this has made a huge difference. Both boys have been easily accepted and any mounting/rumble-strutting has been minimal even though both boys are just short of their life time testosterone high phase.
Brangwyn 'White Raven' has given his paw in marriage to Dylan's widows Beti (black and tan previous Betty) and Begw (black and white Peggy/'Little Pearl') who have made it clear that they both like him and wanted him to be their friend weeks ago. Bran was very happy to oblige and was extremely well behaved, considering how feisty he can be!
Bron: Sadly failed several hours in
Bronrhyddyn 'Robin' has been dating Edward's three widows for the last couple of weeks through the bars and has very much found favour with them. It was another smooth and uneventful bonding.
@Claire W has chosen Emlyn as his future name. Like with Merlin, there will be an adoption donation for Maria's Animal Shelter in Cornwall. I am looking forward to seeing Emlyn and his new ladies again for their usual summer holidays.
I must admit that it is a big relief to finally seeing my babies happily settled with their own wives.
Having the two boys growing up next to a couple of sows only groups and prioritising their socialisation with sows through the bars over their bond with their dad (Bran never really got on with his dad or his brother, to be honest) has paid off handsomely in that neither boy has overreacted during the bonding and that they have both just slotted in with their new ladies in comparison to my many bondings with adopted newly neutered teenage boars.
The calming chemical compound that boars living in a room with sows produce is really effective if the boys are exposed to sow pheromones in the room right from the start before they reach teenage. What is problematic is introducing sows into a boars-only environment, bonding boars that have never been in contact with sows (especially teenagers and young adults where you can get the classic humping overreaction) or keeping bonded boars in direct line of sight with sows.
Unfortunately, once you start out with boys, then introducing sows into a bonded boars environment is always going to be problematic and can lead to fall-outs.
PS: Dad Barcud has already joined his Cornish family on the day of the boys' neutering operation back in March.
but thank you for trying anyway. I guess you can’t choose their friends for them
