As you say it is hard, It could well just be boar glue - dried semen.
It’s called glue as it sticks fast and if pulled off can injure the skin underneath. Boar glue can be either cut out of the hair if possible. If not then best left alone.
It will be as a hard clump on the hair.
Boar glue is nothing to worry about, simply hazard of having boys!
Otherwise if you are worried; then please see the vet
Regarding the bonding - I know you have a bonded pair of boars. Therefore Our advice to you is that you do not attempt to bond this baby with your original pair.
Boars can only be kept in pairs and adding a third boar to a bonded pair is usually a recipe for disaster - either immediately or down the line when the teens hit. Most boar trios don’t make it to adulthood together and they end with fights and broken bonds. They find it hard to form a hierarchy when there is more than two boars.
If you do still wish to attempt to bond the three of them:
- ensure you carry out the bonding properly in neutral territory. Do not ever add a new piggy directly into the cage of an existing piggy. That will cause an immediate fight.
- ensure your cage measures 300x100cm (118x39 inches) or around a 9x3 c&c cage. A cage of that size ensures one square metre of territory per piggy. any cage smaller than that simply isn’t big enough to attempt a boar trio and will result in space related problems and ultimately fall outs. A large space won’t make it work but it will mean they have enough space to get away from each other.
- ensure you have a separation and separate living plan. At best, two of the boars will remain together and you will have one single (it may be one if the original pigs ends up having to live with the baby). At worst all three can fight (the bond between your original two pigs also being broken by an attempt to add in a third), all three fighting and all needing to be kept single ie three separate cages permanently.
- ensure you do not use any hides which have only one door. All hides (including even for pairs) must always have two ways out so that one piggy cannot block the door and trap the other inside (that is how fights can get started when one feels cornered)
You have some options and that is:
- to leave baby living alone (which isn’t ideal). He will need to be in a separate cage permanently and that cage needs to be beside the other two for interaction between the bars only. The three can never mix.
- Or to get a fourth piggy and bond the new baby with a new fourth piggy. And keep them as a pair
- or sadly return the baby if you cannot have the space for two separate cages permanently
A pair of boars need a cage of 180x60cm (70x24 inches).
A single piggy needs a cage a minimum of 120x60cm (48x24 inches)
1 Introduction
2 Pre-bonding
- Quarantine and sexing
- The need for a plan B
- The rule-breaker: Youngsters under 4 months (sub-teenage)
3 Setting up an introduction
- Getting to know each other
- ‘Buddy baths’ – why not
- Setting up a neutral bonding area
- How to start the bonding
4 Acceptance phase: Do we like each other?
- Friendly getting to know...
The temptation is always there when you have two adorable and happily settled guinea pigs to stick in another one into a generous cage or to merge your two pairs of guinea pigs. This however can rather easily end in disaster if you do not respect your guinea pigs and their social needs and quirks. Bonding is not quite as easy as introducing your piggies for a happy ever after for you!
Even your pairs may not always be as stable or happy as they grow older. Not all singles will immediately fall in love when seeing another piggy. Some can be actually rather challenging to bond.
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