Soecara
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Inder is my boy who has become a solo guinea pig with the recent passing of his cage mate Theodore. Since Theos passing Inder has not been coping well, he has always been a timid and jumpy guinea pig even at the best of times, but Theo was a very confident guinea pig who Inder used to follow the lead of.
I had a look around locally and no boars are available, so I have considered my options carefully. Given Inders temperament, and how poorly he is coping I have decided to try him with one of my existing boar pairs. I know how poorly boar trios usually work out, but I know the temperament of all three boys and all three are mature boars. The two boys I am trying Inder with are Prince and Briar.
Prince is just shy of 6 years old, he is a calm but dominant boar, he is not aggressive unless provoked and is happy to not assert his dominance as long as he isn't challenged. Briar is about 3 years old, and is a very submissive boar, he is also very content with being submissive. Inder is about 4 years old and was the submissive boar in his previous pairing as well and was never motivated to challenge Theo even when he was in his teenage phase.
So today I prepped everything and have gone ahead with the introductions. They have all been together for about an hour and a half, and I must say so far this is by far the calmest and most uneventful introductions I have ever had. I put them all in the neutral area together, Briar approached Inder and nudged him under the chin and licked his mouth a few times, then all three went to the hay pile and all started eating together. Prince and Inder sniffed each other while eating, did a chin up (which Inder let Prince win) and left it at that. No rumble strutting, no teeth chattering, no mounting. Already Inder is acting more like his usual self rather than the depressed and scared guinea pig he has been over the last 4 days. Inder has been a little bit jumpy if one of the other boys unexpectedly nudge his side while sniffing for the best hay strands but the other boys don't seem to mind. Fingers crossed everything keeps going so calmly but I will update a bit later to share how the intros progress
In the photos Prince is on the left, Inder is centre, and Briar is on the right.
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I had a look around locally and no boars are available, so I have considered my options carefully. Given Inders temperament, and how poorly he is coping I have decided to try him with one of my existing boar pairs. I know how poorly boar trios usually work out, but I know the temperament of all three boys and all three are mature boars. The two boys I am trying Inder with are Prince and Briar.
Prince is just shy of 6 years old, he is a calm but dominant boar, he is not aggressive unless provoked and is happy to not assert his dominance as long as he isn't challenged. Briar is about 3 years old, and is a very submissive boar, he is also very content with being submissive. Inder is about 4 years old and was the submissive boar in his previous pairing as well and was never motivated to challenge Theo even when he was in his teenage phase.
So today I prepped everything and have gone ahead with the introductions. They have all been together for about an hour and a half, and I must say so far this is by far the calmest and most uneventful introductions I have ever had. I put them all in the neutral area together, Briar approached Inder and nudged him under the chin and licked his mouth a few times, then all three went to the hay pile and all started eating together. Prince and Inder sniffed each other while eating, did a chin up (which Inder let Prince win) and left it at that. No rumble strutting, no teeth chattering, no mounting. Already Inder is acting more like his usual self rather than the depressed and scared guinea pig he has been over the last 4 days. Inder has been a little bit jumpy if one of the other boys unexpectedly nudge his side while sniffing for the best hay strands but the other boys don't seem to mind. Fingers crossed everything keeps going so calmly but I will update a bit later to share how the intros progress
In the photos Prince is on the left, Inder is centre, and Briar is on the right.
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