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I have 2 boars. One chases after another. No blood drawn, but the milder mannered one is always getting run off. I even got two identical hidies and if the mildmannered one is in, instead of going into the other one, this boar will run the first one off.
Is that normal?
 
I'm not sure, sometimes it pays just to leave them, until there ok with eachother, but i'm not sure we tryed it but one killed 3 guinea pigs in a row, i got very upset about that but that was age's ago! Get someone else's opinion first though.
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Yes, it can be with very dominant boars. Make sure that hides, bowls, water bottles are spaced as far from each other as possible.
 
Hi Lucinder,

I would monitor the boars? How old are they? I had a similiar situation, with a baby boar I paired with my older boar. The baby boar was basically bullying the older pig... but unfortuntely he found it necessary to constantly remind my older boar that he was boss by biting him, so I would check the underdog for bites!

Blood will not pour from them, Sometimes bites can be hard to find and may not look the way you would think they would look! In the end I did separate, as they had a full blown which was horrible! Thankfully I was there and got them separated!

Check this site out :)..

http://www.susieandpigs.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/bullying.htm
 
JoanneG111 said:
Hi Lucinder,

I would monitor the boars? How old are they? I had a similiar situation, with a baby boar I paired with my older boar. The baby boar was basically bullying the older pig... but unfortuntely he found it necessary to constantly remind my older boar that he was boss by biting him, so I would check the underdog for bites!

Blood will not pour from them, Sometimes bites can be hard to find and may not look the way you would think they would look! In the end I did separate, as they had a full blown which was horrible! Thankfully I was there and got them separated!

Check this site out :)..

http://www.susieandpigs.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/bullying.htm
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Hi, this is weird i have never known a older male boar to be pick on!
 
Joanne thank you for the link. These pigs are new to me, and I don't know how old they are, I adopted them. I'd guess the dominant one is a little over a year and the younger one maybe 10 months from what the lady said who owned them before I did.
I looked closely, there are no bite, and there have been no fights that culminate in squeaking, just a lot of chasing around.
But I will monitor them closely for any changes.
 
The baby boar... became very dominant when he entered the teenage months unfortunately my older boar never put him in his place or reacted.

He was really scared of him, You could see and feel the tension between the 2! What I thought was cute, was actually the baby constantly reminded him who was boss!

Marvin would turn round and bite him with no warning! No teeth chattering, lunging it was rather surreal to see, and my older bore didn't even squeak I took him out and checked him... Thats when I found the wounds.

I witnessed, Fred leap out Marvin road just too avoid him, rather than have confrontation!

There is a thread dedicated too them if you want to read it!

http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=40445&highlight=Devastated

The laugh was I oringinally thought my boar was extremely dominant, he was terrified! He now has 2 ladies too keep warm :)!
 
JoanneG111 said:
The baby boar... became very dominant when he entered the teenage months unfortunately my older boar never put him in his place or reacted.

He was really scared of him, You could see and feel the tension between the 2! What I thought was cute, was actually the baby constantly reminded him who was boss!

Marvin would turn round and bite him with no warning! No teeth chattering, lunging it was rather surreal to see, and my older bore didn't even squeak I took him out and checked him... Thats when I found the wounds.

I witnessed, Fred leap out Marvin road just too avoid him, rather than have confrontation!

There is a thread dedicated too them if you want to read it!

http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=40445&highlight=Devastated

The laugh was I oringinally thought my boar was extremely dominant, he was terrified! He now has 2 ladies too keep warm :)!
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Thanks!
 
How long have you had them for? Have they been together beforehand?

New territory can even upset bonded pair of boars and they have to go through the whole dominance thing again in their new territory; sometimes, sadly, they can fall out over the move. If you only had them for a day or two, they might be able to settle down.
 
Lucille said:
Joanne thank you for the link. These pigs are new to me, and I don't know how old they are, I adopted them. I'd guess the dominant one is a little over a year and the younger one maybe 10 months from what the lady said who owned them before I did.
I looked closely, there are no bite, and there have been no fights that culminate in squeaking, just a lot of chasing around.
But I will monitor them closely for any changes.
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If there is no blood, bare with it... he maybe just letting the underdog know who is boss! Barmy4boars is an amazing site! Have a look round and as wiebke says 2 of everything.. so they both have access to food etc!

I'm no expert myself... These are my first pigs, Fred was a lone boar, and then he got Marvin.. which unfortunately did not work out... Now I have 2 girlies and Fred match made in heaven! I loved barmy4 boars site helped me alot!

How big is there cage? Do you weigh the pigs weekly? It can indicate if the underdog is becoming withdrawn or if there is an illness, as they are prey animals they do hide illness well.. My boar was only 876grams which is very light... and marvin was gaining weight rapidly! Now my boar and My girlies are all gaining weight Rapidly :)!

Pigs they are oh so complicated rolleyes!
 
I've had them I think around ten days. The lady who I got them from, got them for her kids this past summer, they've been together and she did not mention any fighting.
 
New territory can mean that they have to sort out the dominance thing again.

If there is no blood and the underdog boar is not showing signs of depression or losing weight (please weigh weekly for control), I'd wait to see whether they will settle down again.

Here is a link about boar behaviour:
http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=28949
 
New territory can mean that they have to sort out the dominance thing again.
How big is their cage?

If there is no blood and the underdog boar is not showing signs of depression or losing weight (please weigh weekly for control), I'd wait to see whether they will settle down again.

Here is a link about boar behaviour:
http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=28949
 
After reading all that behavior stuff I decided to separate them. I'd rather have lonely piggies than hurt piggies.
 
You know your pigs, but maybe its extreme action? Once separated they are very hard to bond again?
 
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