LordCrimble
New Born Pup
Hi all!
First time posting so hopefully this is the right place. I stumbled upon the separation guide and found it quite useful!
I have 3 boars that were a few weeks old when I purchased them (bad advice from the shop otherwise would have gotten 2) and they are now 6 months old. I have had to separate one of them tonight leaving the other two together. Basically my largest is bullying the middle one and then the smallest who is pretty chill just stays out of the way. Seems like the larger two can't agree who is the alpha. It has gotten to the point that the middle one has received some scratches to the face and a torn ear (he's ok now)
Tonight (with some advice from an experienced friend) we removed the middle one as the bond between the largest and smallest seems to be great and I think they'll get on fine together. I just need some advice on what to do with the middle one. I have read the separation guide and I don't want to give him away, I don't think there's any hope of them ever getting on and I don't want to risk it/stress them out. We currently have them in a garage with a 4ft two-storey hutch, I was about to get them an attachable run as well to double their space but I don't see the point now (they spend lots of time outdoors in a separate run and indoors when the weather isn't great)
I was thinking of getting a new 6ft double hutch (one without the ramp so they can live on top of each other) and then getting the separated boar neutered and finding him a sow. What do you guys think? The other option is letting them live side by side but space is a bit limited so I don't know if I could do this. I also like the idea of them both being in a pair.
Thanks in advance
First time posting so hopefully this is the right place. I stumbled upon the separation guide and found it quite useful!
I have 3 boars that were a few weeks old when I purchased them (bad advice from the shop otherwise would have gotten 2) and they are now 6 months old. I have had to separate one of them tonight leaving the other two together. Basically my largest is bullying the middle one and then the smallest who is pretty chill just stays out of the way. Seems like the larger two can't agree who is the alpha. It has gotten to the point that the middle one has received some scratches to the face and a torn ear (he's ok now)
Tonight (with some advice from an experienced friend) we removed the middle one as the bond between the largest and smallest seems to be great and I think they'll get on fine together. I just need some advice on what to do with the middle one. I have read the separation guide and I don't want to give him away, I don't think there's any hope of them ever getting on and I don't want to risk it/stress them out. We currently have them in a garage with a 4ft two-storey hutch, I was about to get them an attachable run as well to double their space but I don't see the point now (they spend lots of time outdoors in a separate run and indoors when the weather isn't great)
I was thinking of getting a new 6ft double hutch (one without the ramp so they can live on top of each other) and then getting the separated boar neutered and finding him a sow. What do you guys think? The other option is letting them live side by side but space is a bit limited so I don't know if I could do this. I also like the idea of them both being in a pair.
Thanks in advance