Guinea pig litter reunite after nearly four months of separation due to successful neuter of only male in litter 💕♥️

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Couldn't have asked for a better bonding session. All females are in love and Winston is very much in love with all of them and will often go from girl to girl. He seems so Happy and content. Although he'll have to learn that food doesn't last long with the females around! He can't simply leave his lettuce like usual for a few hours as it's gone in seconds with these guys! He's actually not that dominant although he does a rumble strutting purr everytime he gets close to a female or gets approached by a sow. He's not territorial atall, and loves to share with the females. Is there ever a time in nature where the male is not the boss? He's very gentle and hasn't shown any overly dominant behaviours that I would expect. A few of the females at the start showed dominance towards him but he didn't respond, kind of backed down. When I say I couldn't have asked for a better bonding session, I meant it was perfect for him. But interestingly all the females started turning on each other, pretending to bite each other and showing dominance even the ones I didn't expect. It was a bit chaotic and thought I may have to use to the towels on them (this has never happened) I am presuming it was due to a change of hierarchy so they were all trying to claim their position in the herd. Very strange indeed even the females that never squabble-squabbled! And then after this squabble another set of sows would start squabbling or squabble with a different sow! But after a while it settled and the whole herd seems more relaxed with no aggression and seems to be functioning better than usual ofc with the usual food snatching though. Poor Winston didn't know what to do when the females were snatching hay off him. I'm actually really happy because Bee - the pig that looks like a Bee has been feeling a bit left out in the herd for a while and Winston has really taken to his sister -snuggling up to her in the photo. A happy ending 💕
 

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What a lovely outcome. All sounds like normal behaviours. Boars are not always the boss in mixed herds and even when they are they don't often show aggression. Over the next few days and weeks more squabbles may break out until everyone has adjusted to the new hierarchy.
 
Pound Shilling & Pig said:
What a lovely outcome. All sounds like normal behaviours. Boars are not always the boss in mixed herds and even when they are they don't often show aggression. Over the next few days and weeks more squabbles may break out until everyone has adjusted to the new hierarchy.
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Thank you and will keep an eye out :)
 
It took my Merry months to work out how to run away from the girls when he got a tasty treat to stop them snatching it.......Winston will have a lovely life with his ladies 🙂
 
Zanzan said:
It took my Merry months to work out how to run away from the girls when he got a tasty treat to stop them snatching it.......Winston will have a lovely life with his ladies 🙂
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Awwh bless him! Hopefully Winston will get there learning the hard way by being hungry! 😂
 
Yay. Great news and amazing photos!
 
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Couldn't have asked for a better bonding session. All females are in love and Winston is very much in love with all of them and will often go from girl to girl. He seems so Happy and content. Although he'll have to learn that food doesn't last long with the females around! He can't simply leave his lettuce like usual for a few hours as it's gone in seconds with these guys! He's actually not that dominant although he does a rumble strutting purr everytime he gets close to a female or gets approached by a sow. He's not territorial atall, and loves to share with the females. Is there ever a time in nature where the male is not the boss? He's very gentle and hasn't shown any overly dominant behaviours that I would expect. A few of the females at the start showed dominance towards him but he didn't respond, kind of backed down. When I say I couldn't have asked for a better bonding session, I meant it was perfect for him. But interestingly all the females started turning on each other, pretending to bite each other and showing dominance even the ones I didn't expect. It was a bit chaotic and thought I may have to use to the towels on them (this has never happened) I am presuming it was due to a change of hierarchy so they were all trying to claim their position in the herd. Very strange indeed even the females that never squabble-squabbled! And then after this squabble another set of sows would start squabbling or squabble with a different sow! But after a while it settled and the whole herd seems more relaxed with no aggression and seems to be functioning better than usual ofc with the usual food snatching though. Poor Winston didn't know what to do when the females were snatching hay off him. I'm actually really happy because Bee - the pig that looks like a Bee has been feeling a bit left out in the herd for a while and Winston has really taken to his sister -snuggling up to her in the photo. A happy ending 💕
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Glad that you have your family back together. The behaviour is normal for re-establishing the new hierarchy. While the sows have their own hierarchy between themselces, any boar has to find his own place in the overall group hierarchy; the group hierarchy will always be established from the top down; nipping is par for the course.
The strongest dominance will come from the sow placed above and will happen against the one ranked below. This phase usually lasts around 2 weeks on average until the group is fully established. It is hopefully going to be shorter in your case because the bond has never been fully broken.
Bonding and Interaction: Illustrated social behaviours and bonding dynamics
Sows: Behaviour and female health problems (including ovarian cysts)

I divide my new husboars into 'rumble-singers' and 'mountaineers', depending on how they react in the presence of sows. The mountaineers tend to be on average more dominant and assertive and the rumblers more submissive on a very sliding scale with exceptions; they are just telling the girls what a strapping lad he is and how much he loves to be their man... A submissive boy will not try to mount (dominate) higher-ranked sows unless they are in season. Thankfully because Winston has kept in contact, he is not experiencing quite the overwhelming hormone rush that new husboars can experience the first time they come into contact with sow pheromones. This is where keeping a single boar along this future ladies usually makes a big difference.

At some point I find that a husboar has just a very limited vocabulatory - he either rumbles or wheeks for food! :D

He'll learn quickly in terms of gobbling his share down by running off with a morsel to avoid being mugged.
 
Wiebke said:
Glad that you have your family back together. The behaviour is normal for re-establishing the new hierarchy. While the sows have their own hierarchy between themselces, any boar has to find his own place in the overall group hierarchy; the group hierarchy will always be established from the top down; nipping is par for the course.
The strongest dominance will come from the sow placed above and will happen against the one ranked below. This phase usually lasts around 2 weeks on average until the group is fully established. It is hopefully going to be shorter in your case because the bond has never been fully broken.
Bonding and Interaction: Illustrated social behaviours and bonding dynamics
Sows: Behaviour and female health problems (including ovarian cysts)

I divide my new husboars into 'rumble-singers' and 'mountaineers', depending on how they react in the presence of sows. The mountaineers tend to be on average more dominant and assertive and the rumblers more submissive on a very sliding scale with exceptions; they are just telling the girls what a strapping lad he is and how much he loves to be their man... A submissive boy will not try to mount (dominate) higher-ranked sows unless they are in season. Thankfully because Winston has kept in contact, he is not experiencing quite the overwhelming hormone rush that new husboars can experience the first time they come into contact with sow pheromones. This is where keeping a single boar along this future ladies usually makes a big difference.

At some point I find that a husboar has just a very limited vocabulatory - he either rumbles or wheeks for food! :D

He'll learn quickly in terms of gobbling his share down by running off with a morsel to avoid being mugged.
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Thank you for all your help and advice! It is very interesting and informative. We think Bear was in season as she kept wiggling her bum as they do, and she kept pushing her bum up into the air but all Winston did was sniff her bum and popcorn, lol. I'm really glad he has adjusted so well I thought it would have impacted him more being seperated for nearly 3/4 of his life but he just seems really happy and contented and never chooses to sit alone like alot of my sows do. My boyfriend has a question, he says he would have thought there would be an issue between Winston and the top sow not the top sow and the second ranked sow? I'm presuming this is because the male isn't fully part of the hierarchy? Many thanks :) Also, the owner of the lone female guinea pig who I was planning on purchasing hasn't gotten back to me for nearly two weeks so I'm presuming it's not going ahead anymore, hence why I didn't bond them all together as advised previously! :)
 
Tara95 said:
Thank you for all your help and advice! It is very interesting and informative. We think Bear was in season as she kept wiggling her bum as they do, and she kept pushing her bum up into the air but all Winston did was sniff her bum and popcorn, lol. I'm really glad he has adjusted so well I thought it would have impacted him more being seperated for nearly 3/4 of his life but he just seems really happy and contented and never chooses to sit alone like alot of my sows do. My boyfriend has a question, he says he would have thought there would be an issue between Winston and the top sow not the top sow and the second ranked sow? I'm presuming this is because the male isn't fully part of the hierarchy? Many thanks :) Also, the owner of the lone female guinea pig who I was planning on purchasing hasn't gotten back to me for nearly two weeks so I'm presuming it's not going ahead anymore, hence why I didn't bond them all together as advised previously! :)
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Bear was just flirting, naughty girl! :D
 
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