Is it just me?

When Dexter became 3 weeks old and I seperated him from his mom and sister, he was really the only one that cared that he had been seperated. Holly and Midnight didn't even really seem to notice or care that he was gone. You might want to keep Rocky far away from the girls for a week or two to help him forget. That's what I did with Dexter and it worked well. Good luck!

When I took my boars from their mom, they never seemed to care much.
When I got the 4 foster babies though, they squealed and raised a rukus for 2 solid weeks (they were taken from their mom). The best thing you can do is just seperate them completely from her for a while until they "forget" her.

When I separated Simba at three weeks he did just fine. I'm not saying that he didn't have moments of being lonely but I gave him LOTS of extra love and attention because I felt so bad about him being by himself. He turned 3 weeks old on a Saturday. I put them down for floor time and I remember thinking, "Oh, maybe I'll wait until tomorrow to separate them", again because I was feeling so bad. About an hour into floor time I caught him trying to mount his mom. Well, that did it and I knew it had to be done right then and there. I got him fixed as soon as I could. He was born on May 13th and I got him fixed on September 15. I actually had two separate cages on opposite sides of the room. If you are going to have the cages butted up to each other be sure to overlap the girds because he WILL be able to squeeze through otherwise. Even if it seems like he can't fit, he probably can. I had that experience once also during floor time. Rocky will be fine. Just give hims lots of extra hugs and kisses and before you know it he will ready for surgery and then ready to join his girls again.

Also, you may not have to wait 4 months to have him neutered. It really just depends on his size and if his testicles are developed. Also, you only need to wait 2 weeks after he's neutered. I publish 3-4 in case people cheat. But if you wait at least two weeks, you will be fine. You can take that to the bank.

CavySpirit said:

Also, you may not have to wait 4 months to have him neutered. It really just depends on his size and if his testicles are developed. Also, you only need to wait 2 weeks after he's neutered. I publish 3-4 in case people cheat. But if you wait at least two weeks, you will be fine. You can take that to the bank.

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Oh man this makes me worry about ending up with boar babies from Butterscotch and Zorro. :weepy:

Question though kinda related. You said it depends on weight, how big does the baby need to be before he's neutered. I'm assuming that if we end up with 2 boys it'd be better to leave them both intact and just house them together but separately from the girls? I think I read somewhere that if you have 2 boys, even neutered, in the same cage with females that they'll fight over who gets which female.....is that right?

CavySpirit said:

Also, you may not have to wait 4 months to have him neutered. It really just depends on his size and if his testicles are developed. Also, you only need to wait 2 weeks after he's neutered. I publish 3-4 in case people cheat. But if you wait at least two weeks, you will be fine. You can take that to the bank.

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Well, that's good to know. Maybe it won't be so bad after all. Thanks to everyone for your support. This forum has been great!