StardustEcho
Junior Guinea Pig
I have a neutered boar around 3-4. He's pretty fear-aggressive and my dominant sow in my trio of girls lunged at him when I tried bonding them a few weeks back. I've been debating what to do ever since. Side by side seemed okay for the minute but I'm now concerned about him.
We've been at the vet today, his abscess as a result of his neuter in October is back so he's on a longer course of antibiotics, he was impacted and he's lost almost 200g in the past two weeks. He eats fine, but I'm looking for ways to get him to eat more, and one of the best ways I can see would be to give him competition in the form of a friend. The hope is also that he'd move around more with a friend and it would just overall help him.
So, I'm highly tempted to bond him with just one of my three girls. My most submissive girl stands a good chance I think. They had zero issues with the group bonding and she's by far the calmest pig I've ever owned. But before I try this, I just want to check if this is an okay thing to do. It breaks my heart to separate her from her sisters, they get on quite well, but I think she'd do well with him. Thoughts? Thanks.
We've been at the vet today, his abscess as a result of his neuter in October is back so he's on a longer course of antibiotics, he was impacted and he's lost almost 200g in the past two weeks. He eats fine, but I'm looking for ways to get him to eat more, and one of the best ways I can see would be to give him competition in the form of a friend. The hope is also that he'd move around more with a friend and it would just overall help him.
So, I'm highly tempted to bond him with just one of my three girls. My most submissive girl stands a good chance I think. They had zero issues with the group bonding and she's by far the calmest pig I've ever owned. But before I try this, I just want to check if this is an okay thing to do. It breaks my heart to separate her from her sisters, they get on quite well, but I think she'd do well with him. Thoughts? Thanks.