Shall I Remove The Baby?

[GeorgesHuman]

I have two bonded boars, one aged three, and the other three in February. They've lived together since pup-hood and I love their little boar-mance they have going on.

I recently rescued baby Charlie (now 12 wheeks old approx) and on the advice of members on here, moved Charlie in with the big boys.

Now, so far it's been fine. They're all getting on and Charlie has even put on 3oz while he's been in there, but I can't help reading on the Internet how it's extremely rare to have an harmonious trio of boars, and since Charlie will be a teenager soon, I'm dreading the fact that my two big boars could be the ones who fall out. They really are lovely together.

Now, I've been thinking, should I remove baby Charlie and just let him have floor time with the big lads and put his cage next to theirs so they can still talk, and eventually get him a wise old boar to spend his days with? I think that he would be devastated to leave the big boys though as he happily spends his days popcorning after them, stealing food from their mouths, and trying to make them play.

I am just dreading potentially seeing my old lads falling out.

 

[Wiebke]

Please leave Charlie with the bigger boys! Trios CAN work perfectly well, especially those with a clear age difference where dominance is not at stake and only one boy at any time is going through the big hormones. Please stop worrying unnecessarily over your little boy and simply enjoy his happiness. He is well accepted and liked by your two older boys.

With a only little bit of luck (and you do not need masses in your case!), your two adult boys have mellowed enough that they can cope perfectly well with one single teenager! Don't mess up what is working just fine by fretting too much over what might be! Unlike most trios, yours has a VERY GOOD chance of making it!

The most problematic trios are those where all three youngsters are hitting the big hormones/macho phase at the same time; there the fall-out rate is VERY high indeed. Think of it this way: You can contain one jumping pea out of three quite well, but try to cope with three bouncing and clashing ones at once!

 

[MerryPip]

Please leave him in with the older boys. The fact they are older gives it a great chance of working and the stress of having joint floor time but not living together could be even more detrimental as it would men they would have to reassert dominance each time.

If everyone's happy then leave well alone!

 

[GeorgesHuman]

Thanks so much for your replies. Charlie is staying where he is then Over the weekend, I keep catching Charlie snuggling up having a sleep with either one of the big boars. It's lovely to see. And Oscar really doesn't popcorn all that much anymore, til baby Charlie came along and now he doesn't stop, and Oscar is a big lad, he's the size of a kitten! he makes a huge thud on the hutch when he popcorns! My little family of piggies really warm my heart. Especially when they're being naughty which is almost all the time!

 

[MerryPip]

Thanks so much for your replies. Charlie is staying where he is then Over the weekend, I keep catching Charlie snuggling up having a sleep with either one of the big boars. It's lovely to see. And Oscar really doesn't popcorn all that much anymore, til baby Charlie came along and now he doesn't stop, and Oscar is a big lad, he's the size of a kitten! he makes a huge thud on the hutch when he popcorns! My little family of piggies really warm my heart. Especially when they're being naughty which is almost all the time!

Sounds like your lads are a very happy family and long may it continue