Pigalig
Junior Guinea Pig
I tried my 2 and 1 year old boars Tim and Dylan together for the first time in about 8 months today, as once Dylan got to 5 months old he was constantly attacking poor Tim. My plan was to try this in a couple of months after bathing them together and disinfecting all of their area for a neutral start, but I just thought I'd try them today with the whole garden to share whilst I cleaned out the hutch and run properly.
It was going ok for about an hour - well, I say ok. They couldn't go within half a meter of each other without teeth chattering or at least a rumble strut, however no-one was launching for each other. Tim's main strategy was retreat, and Dylan's reaction to that was to raise for attack, just incase Tim was to go for him I guess. I was still hopeful at this point, as it wasn't non-stop, there were grass munching time-outs and solitary adventures too, meaning I thought they may be able to sort themselves out.
But one time I turned around to see a combined ball of fluff, which admittedly did stop quickly, but once Tim ran away Dylan was right on his back and was not going to let off, so I decided it was time to cancel the test run. No injuries apart from Tim's nose which clearly got clipped from the last scrap, but has scabbed over already and didn't bother him.
I'm still intending on giving Dylan a couple more months to mature, then try again properly with bathing and neutral smelling ground etc. Am I being too hopeful though? I like to think when they're both old lads they'll have given up on all of this and will be grateful for someone to snuggle with, but I'm just wondering how many time people have tried unsuccessfully before success. Apologies for such a long post.
It was going ok for about an hour - well, I say ok. They couldn't go within half a meter of each other without teeth chattering or at least a rumble strut, however no-one was launching for each other. Tim's main strategy was retreat, and Dylan's reaction to that was to raise for attack, just incase Tim was to go for him I guess. I was still hopeful at this point, as it wasn't non-stop, there were grass munching time-outs and solitary adventures too, meaning I thought they may be able to sort themselves out.
But one time I turned around to see a combined ball of fluff, which admittedly did stop quickly, but once Tim ran away Dylan was right on his back and was not going to let off, so I decided it was time to cancel the test run. No injuries apart from Tim's nose which clearly got clipped from the last scrap, but has scabbed over already and didn't bother him.
I'm still intending on giving Dylan a couple more months to mature, then try again properly with bathing and neutral smelling ground etc. Am I being too hopeful though? I like to think when they're both old lads they'll have given up on all of this and will be grateful for someone to snuggle with, but I'm just wondering how many time people have tried unsuccessfully before success. Apologies for such a long post.
