Hello I?m so happy there?s a resource like this. So thank you. My question is: I just decided to add another boar as a cage mate for my Winston (1yr old boar) a week ago. His name is Hamilton. Winston seems to be Dominant. The first day I hink there was a fight and Hamilton got bit in his haucnch. Deep, however it is healing nicely. There is a lot of snapping and nipping and showing of dominant behavior by Winston but Hamilton has not given in. He keeps getting into head raising battles and Hamilton is biting his ears and just wil not let him alone often. I have them both in a 5x2 C&C cage with two houses and they do coexist for the most part. But A couple days ago winston, who has been chasing rumblestrutting and mounting relentlessly, significantly slowed down. Hamilton will chatter quite a lot, however He doesn?t back down. Although there has been no full fledge fighting since the first day that I can tell, There has been persistent dominance behavior by both of them and neither are willing to give in. They are able to feed together without much trouble (Hamilton does like to steal Winston?s food as he is eating it. Will they learn to accept each other (after all it?s only been a week) or is it a possibility that they will just only tolerate each other or never get along? Sorry if this is confusing but I?m just a concerned
Best,
a worried cavy daddy.
Best,
a worried cavy daddy.