[Gpdd] [health]fighting boars and wounds

[Penny Charlesworth]

Hi Rachel,

Make sure that the wound is really clean - you can use a saline solution for 
this - and apply lots of good old Vaseline or Savlon. If you have it, 
Dermasol is good.  Just watch to see that the wound does not become 
infected.

I would be amazed if you could introduce 4 boars together. I always have 
mine in pairs and would only try a trio if they were litter brothers that 
had never been separated. As well as Joan's suggestion, have a look at 
www.barmy4boars.co.uk for lots of info on introducing boars. I have two 
boars that won't get on in the same cage despite careful introductions but 
they live side by side with a divider and chat and sit "together". They 
enjoy the company but there is no chance of a fight.

I would keep the original pair together and try and introduce the other two 
as a separate pair. If it doesn't work you'll need another cage!

Best of luck,

Penny and the Piggyfriends.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rachel H" <rmhenise at yahoo.com>
To: <gpdd at gpdd.org>
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 3:35 PM
Subject: [Gpdd] [health]fighting boars and wounds



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> Hi!
>
>  I recently aquired two male piggies which don't like each other.  I have 
> two girls and two other boys.  I've tried to see if the two new boys get 
> along with my other boys but they dont.  Right now i have them in the same 
> 4x2 C&C cage with a separator inside.  One morning i woke up to find one 
> guinea pig on the side he's not supposed to be on and the other guinea pig 
> outside of the cage stuck in the corner.  When cleaning his cage i saw a 
> huge chunk of hair and i looked at him and although he had previous sores 
> from fighting i saw a new nastier sore.  Is there something i can apply on 
> his soars to make it heal faster?
>
>  I reconfigured the cage so that they can no longer climb over the sides 
> and reach each other.  I just figured since guinea pigs are social 
> creatures that they would prefer not to be alone even if they are with a 
> pig they dont like....but i could be wrong! The meaner piggie is pretty 
> crazy haha But do you think its better to have two guinea pigs that dont 
> like each other in two totally separate cages so they don't have to look 
> at each other?  I dont want the dominant pig to scare the other one by his 
> presence.
>
>  Thanks so much for your help!
>  Rachel
>  Wish, Solar, Samson, Soloman, Brownie, and nameless =(
>
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