Help With Aggressive Boars.

[MacDoty]

Hey guys! Seems like my two boars have had enough with each other, or are getting to the point of drawing blood. I've read a bunch of forums on this site talking about different stages of aggression but I am still unsure if separation is needed. They are not biting each other to draw blood, but they simply will not stop. Its been over a half an hour of it with little to no rests in between. It does not look like they are going to stop chasing each other around the cage, mounting, rumble strutting and when one does stop to take a drink the other one just keeps at it till it starts up again. When they do stop, they lay down for a moment and talk to each other only to start up again. Unfortunately they are just hitting the one year mark (adolescence stage) so I am sure their hormones are high.

Does anyone know how long it is considered normal for this to go on? Usually when they do this it would happen only a few times, and they would continue on with eating and napping, now it seems like they will not stop.

Should I separate them?

 

[Lilly]

I do not think your boys should be separated as they are not actually fighting. It can be even more difficult to re-introduce then once they have been separated. To me it sounds like prolonged dominance behaviour which one of my 2.5 year old boys likes to do now & then despite his cagemate squealing in submission & there is really no set time limit to such displays. It seems more stressful to us than to them. Make sure you have 2 of everything & enough cage space. You could always try a bonding bath to calm things down. Putting in a small baby safe stuffed toy could help the more dominant one take out his aggression on that. I find taking each boy out separately for a little cuddle time will calm things down for a while.

 

[MacDoty]

Thanks Lilly. I think part of the problem is they both seem to be equally dominant and neither is submitting.
I guess we'll just see how they do. They mostly get along. Two of everything and a toy seems like a good idea

 

[Abi_nurse]

What size (dimensions) is your cage? Do you have more then one hiding place eating place and water bottle. His might be worth sorting out so the don't bicker over resources.

x

 

[MacDoty]

We do have two hiding places for them. The cage size is roughly 3 1/2 ft by 2 1/2 feet. We dont have two water bottles or feeding stations for them but we have not seen them fight over them very much. We might get two of each, It did seem like one was trying to prevent the other one from eating or drinking when they were bickering last night, its the first time I have seen that from them. Now they seem back to their usual selves, eating together and getting along.