[Gpdd] [MISC] new piggie and socialization question

[Vashtigray at aol.com]

Greetings to all fellow piggie slaves!  I'm excited to announce that I have 
my second cavy!  I hadn't planned on getting a second one quite so soon; it was 
quite the pleasant surprise.  You see, when I originally adopted Pacey, my 
boyfriend, his mother, and his thirteen-year-old sister were with me.  When she 
saw how cute Pacey was, of course, his sister had to have a cavy too!  So 
after much pleading, her mother relented and allowed her to adopt out an adorable 
little piggie.  

Unfortunately, as the months went on, it became clear that they simply didn't 
have time to care for him and so they asked me two evenings ago if I would be 
willing to take him in because they knew how much I loved (read, obsessed 
over!) caring for Pacey.  So of course, I consented because I didn't want him to 
either become neglected or to be given away to a home that wouldn't care for 
him as much as he deserved.  So we packed up his belongings, and off he went 
home with me!

I renamed him Dawson (my love for cavies is, apparently, nearly rivaled by 
fixations with defunct teen soaps) and he seems to be adjusting well.  He's 
still rather timid and spends a good deal of time in his hideaway, but he's eating 
well and spending more and more time venturing out.  Pacey, however, does not 
seem to be taking the new arrival well - I made the error of allowing them to 
have floor time simultaneously and he got a bit aggressive so I've kept them 
separated ever since (which I thought was odd, because they used to live in 
the same cage when they were initially adopted out, but I don't know how well 
they can be resocialized after nearly three months apart, especially since 
they're both boars).  I keep their cages near each other so that they can at least 
see one another and communicate (although Dawson isn't terribly vocal - Pacey, 
on the other hand, is a little chatterbox).  I can't keep them too near each 
other, though, or else Pacey gets extremely angry and tries to get at him, 
runs around like a madman, and chews on his own cage.

Does anyone have any suggestions about how to effectively socialize these two 
piggies over time?  Will they always need to be kept physically separated, or 
is there a way to successfully bring them together?