Hi I'm kinda new here and was hoping some advise on my boars as I have looked at some other posts but thought it was best posting something about my own boys 
In early June, our single adopted male of 9 passed away and we ended up taking in 3 young boars (roughly 12 weeks at that point) I was very ill informed about multiple boars at the time, but have been doing my research since getting them. Since then, the boars have been split into a 1 and a 2 as it was getting a little heated early July and myself and my partner thought it was best to keep the two that were really close together and put our little Ember next door so he can still interact.
Everything has been going swimmingly until this week, I am aware that they are now roughly 4 months which is the start of teenage-hood so they're getting a little dominant. Beforehand the two boars living together (Moose and Saggi (short for Sagittarius)) would rumble and have a few mounts here and there and quite happily relax and cuddle together. But this week theres been a slight change.
Saggi has been chinning much more up to Moose, teeth chattering from all three of them (yes Ember now wants to get involved too
) and quite a bit of chasing, and one time a lunge, to which Moose is running away and making some noises which sound more like he's complaining and not being submissive (I could be wrong though). Poor Moose when its all over takes himself into a corner hidey and flops, looks exhausted by the whole interaction, then they stop doing it for a good couple of hours. It doesn't look like theres been any nipping as we check on the boys daily by getting them out for cuddles, checks, grooming and some floor time. But it seems to always be constant, myself and my partner work alternative patterns somedays so they are watched quite frequently.
Part of me was thinking should I split them until they're older when all the hormones have died down and try to re-bond them in neutral territory? But at the same time I don't want to pull them away from each other if they are going to resolve this by themselves. Another thing is should the cage be bigger than it is, would this actually help more?
Is this normal? Am I stressing over nothing?
Just to note, Ember is in a 2 x 3 c&c and Saggi and Moose are in a 3 x 4 c&c. I've given multiple hides with two exits, multiple hay boxes and water resources.
Hopefully someone can help me out cause I feel like I'm overly stressing about them as I really don't want them to get hurt
In early June, our single adopted male of 9 passed away and we ended up taking in 3 young boars (roughly 12 weeks at that point) I was very ill informed about multiple boars at the time, but have been doing my research since getting them. Since then, the boars have been split into a 1 and a 2 as it was getting a little heated early July and myself and my partner thought it was best to keep the two that were really close together and put our little Ember next door so he can still interact.
Everything has been going swimmingly until this week, I am aware that they are now roughly 4 months which is the start of teenage-hood so they're getting a little dominant. Beforehand the two boars living together (Moose and Saggi (short for Sagittarius)) would rumble and have a few mounts here and there and quite happily relax and cuddle together. But this week theres been a slight change.
Saggi has been chinning much more up to Moose, teeth chattering from all three of them (yes Ember now wants to get involved too
) and quite a bit of chasing, and one time a lunge, to which Moose is running away and making some noises which sound more like he's complaining and not being submissive (I could be wrong though). Poor Moose when its all over takes himself into a corner hidey and flops, looks exhausted by the whole interaction, then they stop doing it for a good couple of hours. It doesn't look like theres been any nipping as we check on the boys daily by getting them out for cuddles, checks, grooming and some floor time. But it seems to always be constant, myself and my partner work alternative patterns somedays so they are watched quite frequently.Part of me was thinking should I split them until they're older when all the hormones have died down and try to re-bond them in neutral territory? But at the same time I don't want to pull them away from each other if they are going to resolve this by themselves. Another thing is should the cage be bigger than it is, would this actually help more?
Is this normal? Am I stressing over nothing?
Just to note, Ember is in a 2 x 3 c&c and Saggi and Moose are in a 3 x 4 c&c. I've given multiple hides with two exits, multiple hay boxes and water resources.
Hopefully someone can help me out cause I feel like I'm overly stressing about them as I really don't want them to get hurt
