Good evening help needed

[Joeyjoey121]

Hi I have a 6 month old boar who was a rescue recently I thought he was getting a little lonely as he constantly wants to be friends with the rabbit but the rabbit wasn't keen.
I recently bought a 10 week old skinny pig boar everything was fine at the start I then placed them into the large two tier corner cage and in the night was woke up by the eldest one chasing the youngster around to the point tonight where one is upstairs and the other is downstairs because of this.
Wil the older one has never been like this with the rabbit I know they have to show dominance he was fine lying in his house watching the youngster earlier on today and now all this please help these below are my boys x

 

[Piggies&buns]

First rabbits and guinea pigs need to be kept away from each other, there is a risk of injury and there are some bugs which rabbits carry which can be dangerous to Guinea pigs.

Your older piggy would never been like with the rabbit because they aren’t the same species so would never be able to communicate and form a hierarchy.

Have you double checked the baby boar is a boar and hasn’t been missexed?

When you get a single guinea pig a new piggy friend it must be done the right way. Just buying a new piggy and putting together means you have no idea if they are character compatible and will like each other for the long term.

You are dealing with teenage guinea pigs here (4-14 months the of age) which is the trickiest time to carry out a bonding. It can work but they have to be of compatible characters as character compatibility is the key to a successful bond

Bonding has to be done on neutral territory. You can’t just put a new piggy into the existing piggies cage as it will be seen as a territory invasion and can cause fights. Did you use a neutral bonding pen for several hours first?

Even if initial introductions go successfully, it takes a couple of weeks before a hierarchy and relationship is established and during this time (and in fact during lifetime for boars) chasing, mounting and rumblestrutting is normal dominance behaviour. You do however need to watch out for fights. If blood is drawn during a fight then the bond is a failure and the piggies are not able to live together and must be kept separate.

For two boars, you require a cage measuring a recommended size of 180cm x 60cm. A cage which is too small can cause them to fall out. The cage ideally needs to be a single level cage, although upper levels are fine as a bonus but does not count towards the total cage size. Ensure you have multiples of every item - food bowls, water bows, hay piles, and plenty of open ended hidey houses - at least one house per piggy and they ideally need to be open ended so that no one piggy can get cornered.

It is always wise to have a plan b during bonding in case the bonding fails (full on fights occur) ie a spare cage so that they can live separately but next to each other so they can still get interaction through the bars to stave off loneliness.

A Comprehensive Guide to Guinea Pig Boars
Bonding and Interaction: Illustrated social behaviours and bonding dynamics
Dominance Behaviours In Guinea Pigs
Boars: Teenage, Bullying, Fighting, Fall-outs And What Next?