leenamars
New Born Pup
Hello,
About 2 months ago we got two boars: Louie and Luffy. They were about 5 weeks old when we got them. From the start it was quite clear Luffy was the dominant one. Louie was a lot more reserved and quiet. A week and a half ago we got a third boar, Boo, since we felt three guinea pigs was the perfect number. Boo is about 5 weeks old now. During the first few days everything was fine between the boys. We noticed Louie had started to show more dominant behavior, but we figured that was normal since he probably wanted to show Boo he was above him.
However, Louie's behavior started to get more intense: constantly trying to mount Boo, shaking his butt, wanting to be around Boo all the time and just simply not leaving him alone. Luffy started to interfere and chasing Louie away from Boo. We thought this behavior would blow over in a few days. We tried separating Boo for a day since he seemed to be getting stressed. The tension between Louie and Luffy seemed to disappear with Boo not being around, but all the pigs were really quiet and not their usual popcorning, happy selves. We wanted to put Boo back with the boys and thought the dominant behavior settle down after the hierarchy had been set again.
But for the past few days there has been extreme tension between Louie and Luffy. It seems like Louie is challenging Luffy: they are clattering their teeth, puffing their fur, shaking their butts, chasing each other away. This morning I woke up to the pigs being very noisy. Suddenly, I heard some loud screeching and saw Louie and Luffy physically on top of each other fighting. I immediately broke them up. When I tried putting them back together after 10 minutes, the teeth clattering and butt shaking started again.
For now we have separated Louie. Luffy and Boo seem fine with this, but Louie seems very stressed. This might be because he is not in his usual home.
We don't want to keep them separately, because we don't have space for this. Louie is temporarily in a pet store cage which is obviously not ideal. We are just at loss of what we should do. It would also break our heart if we have to get rid of one of the pigs.
Do you have any suggestions? Is there any chance the three of them can live together peacefully? What is the best thing for us to do now?
Thank you in advance.
About 2 months ago we got two boars: Louie and Luffy. They were about 5 weeks old when we got them. From the start it was quite clear Luffy was the dominant one. Louie was a lot more reserved and quiet. A week and a half ago we got a third boar, Boo, since we felt three guinea pigs was the perfect number. Boo is about 5 weeks old now. During the first few days everything was fine between the boys. We noticed Louie had started to show more dominant behavior, but we figured that was normal since he probably wanted to show Boo he was above him.
However, Louie's behavior started to get more intense: constantly trying to mount Boo, shaking his butt, wanting to be around Boo all the time and just simply not leaving him alone. Luffy started to interfere and chasing Louie away from Boo. We thought this behavior would blow over in a few days. We tried separating Boo for a day since he seemed to be getting stressed. The tension between Louie and Luffy seemed to disappear with Boo not being around, but all the pigs were really quiet and not their usual popcorning, happy selves. We wanted to put Boo back with the boys and thought the dominant behavior settle down after the hierarchy had been set again.
But for the past few days there has been extreme tension between Louie and Luffy. It seems like Louie is challenging Luffy: they are clattering their teeth, puffing their fur, shaking their butts, chasing each other away. This morning I woke up to the pigs being very noisy. Suddenly, I heard some loud screeching and saw Louie and Luffy physically on top of each other fighting. I immediately broke them up. When I tried putting them back together after 10 minutes, the teeth clattering and butt shaking started again.
For now we have separated Louie. Luffy and Boo seem fine with this, but Louie seems very stressed. This might be because he is not in his usual home.
We don't want to keep them separately, because we don't have space for this. Louie is temporarily in a pet store cage which is obviously not ideal. We are just at loss of what we should do. It would also break our heart if we have to get rid of one of the pigs.
Do you have any suggestions? Is there any chance the three of them can live together peacefully? What is the best thing for us to do now?
Thank you in advance.