EddyNoble
New Born Pup
Hi everyone,
I have a pair of boars who i went through the bonding process with back in july/August. One of them is now about 1 and a half years old and the other is about 7 months old.
They have become quite hard to manage, in terms of aggression towards both myself and each other.
Whenever I pick them up for lap time they either bite me (sometimes just a nibble, sometimes very hard) or scream and wriggle and attempt to jump from my lap which is scary. I try for a few mins to get them to relax but they never do and so I put them back. Whenever I put them back, they immediately go after the other boy. For example I just tried to have lap time with my younger one, and immediately when I put him down he went after my older. While they never break skin, they seem very aggressive and it is sad to see. They don't seem to love each other at all, though in the very beginning of being bonded they were calm with each other. Now it seems they just constantly fight or ignore. They do eat hay together peacefully which gives me hope, and they seem to play during floor time by running around and popcorning together.
Should I be worried? Is this all normal? Will they become nicer to me and each other, or are they just a bad pair?
My older one used to be very calm and nice with me before getting his pal, and it seems now he is constantly stressed and on guard, always rumble strutting and ready to fight. I'm scared I've created a stressful environment.
They have a large cage and they have open access to a very large chunk of my room with a total of 6 hideys and lots of toys. I spoil the heck out of them and don't know what I'm doing wrong.
I have a pair of boars who i went through the bonding process with back in july/August. One of them is now about 1 and a half years old and the other is about 7 months old.
They have become quite hard to manage, in terms of aggression towards both myself and each other.
Whenever I pick them up for lap time they either bite me (sometimes just a nibble, sometimes very hard) or scream and wriggle and attempt to jump from my lap which is scary. I try for a few mins to get them to relax but they never do and so I put them back. Whenever I put them back, they immediately go after the other boy. For example I just tried to have lap time with my younger one, and immediately when I put him down he went after my older. While they never break skin, they seem very aggressive and it is sad to see. They don't seem to love each other at all, though in the very beginning of being bonded they were calm with each other. Now it seems they just constantly fight or ignore. They do eat hay together peacefully which gives me hope, and they seem to play during floor time by running around and popcorning together.
Should I be worried? Is this all normal? Will they become nicer to me and each other, or are they just a bad pair?
My older one used to be very calm and nice with me before getting his pal, and it seems now he is constantly stressed and on guard, always rumble strutting and ready to fight. I'm scared I've created a stressful environment.
They have a large cage and they have open access to a very large chunk of my room with a total of 6 hideys and lots of toys. I spoil the heck out of them and don't know what I'm doing wrong.