Very Worried

[Graceandowen]

Hi Guys
I have been noseying around the forum and have been reading the recent threads about boar bonding
As you may be aware I'm looking at getting a baby boar to befriend my sonic and all the talk of teenage years and fighting etc is really worrying now.
I never had any issues with my 2 who were housed together as babies but not brothers when I first got them home.
My Worry is now, is it really worth the risk to one or both of my piggies?
Would I be better off getting another cage and just popping baby next to sonics cage?
I really dont think I could cope with seeing bloodshed and agressive fighting and nor could my children.
I have read all about the natural dominance displays of 2 boars and was prepared for that. But the more I read the more is sounds like it gets a lot worse than this.
Is it worth the risk?

 

[Lizzie]

you shouldn't have any issues introducing him to a baby boar, the younger the better (obviously not under 6 weeks though)

 

[claremw92]

hey...
i only had fighting problems with my two becuase they both went in to the kevin and perry stage of life at the same time...
i would assume if you had a younger boy then they would be hormonal at different times... so might not cause the kind of clash that my two had...
to be honest i really dont think what marley and jaffa did was all that common anyway... and even now there inseperable...
so dont worrie to much...
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[Graceandowen]

Please dont take any offence claire hun, I would rather read about any issues and prevent them if possible.
And I only want whats best for sonic and the baby if and when I do get him.
It just got me thinking maybe it wasnt such a great idea afterall.
We have the means and the space to have a friend for sonic but I dont want to cause any distress for either of them.

 

[Lizzie]

every boar is different, it's just a case of choosing their friend carefully and keeping an eye on how they go over the months.

I've just had to split up two boars who have been together since they were 4 weeks old, they're not 15 months, as one was constantly humping the other and they were fighting. But I am going to be putting a 5 month old and a 1 year old together on sunday, because they're both very laid back boys! I've already done 'dummy' runs, had them together on my lap, and they're fine - no teeth chattering or anything, so I don't think I'm going to have any issues.

 

[claremw92]

Please dont take any offence claire hun, I would rather read about any issues and prevent them if possible.
And I only want whats best for sonic and the baby if and when I do get him.
It just got me thinking maybe it wasnt such a great idea afterall.
We have the means and the space to have a friend for sonic but I dont want to cause any distress for either of them.

no no all i was saying was that if you are planning on having them of two different ages then you shouldnt have a clash like one when they are both hormonal together...
so you might not need to actually prevent anything....
they could get along like a house on fire... you just dont know till you try
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[Graceandowen]

Oh sorry huni Its been a long day for me lol and I didnt want you to think I was being funny.

 

[claremw92]

Oh sorry huni Its been a long day for me lol and I didnt want you to think I was being funny.

i've had one of those days too...
i rarely get offended by anything... so dont worrie about that... i knew what you ment...

but getting back on to subject... have you contacted a rescue for bore dating...?... most of them do it...
i took my cleo to meet her husband at a rescue... and they were brill....
and that way you know someone experienced is looking over it....
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[flintstones]

I would say your right to be careful, I got a friend for my pig who was 18 months, 10 week old boar when he hit 16 weeks he started bullying my older pig. In the end they had a full scale fight which I intervened so thankfully not much damage was done.

The only advice I have to give is listen to your pig - when I got the baby I introduced them in the bath all was fine it wasn't until the cage my boar started chattering very loudly and the baby was shrieking so I separated and re-tried the next day. Hindsight I wouldn't have bothered trying again. I strongly recommend boar dating.

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