[Gpdd] : [CARE] Boar Vs Boar, long

[warmbreath]

> Sorry I got it backwards, I realized later the advice is the same either 
> way, the key is side by side cages, a or one cage divided. separate bowls 
> and bottle , neutral  territory playdates, preceded by baths if possible 
> to cut down on male pheromones and marking scents, in other words a 
> sanitizes boar smells like a flower, not a territorial killing machine. 
> At one time I  had 30 guinea pigs and the only failure I had combining 
> boars was the first one because I didn't know the proper process, It hurt 
> so bad, the loss of my Shelley to Wild Wooly Willy, I have never 
> forgotten, But Willy became the Grand PooBah of all the Pigs at Penny 
> Giggle farm and live resumed without Shelley and me much wiser. All others 
> were paired, tripled, and paired again if a partner died.  The most 
> difficult was a situation where I wanted to bring a singleton into an 
> existing pair, the pair was a dominant male and a smaller submissive boar 
> and the two loved each other madly.  The dominant boar, Peter did not want 
> to share his love, Moe, with the new guy and he was an  extremely smart 
> piggy, a proper alpha.
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> The cage situation I used was one of those huge Rubbermaid tubs and I 
> divided it in 2 by making a shape out the metal square grids that snap 
> together, you get them at Costco and Target called "Neat Idea Cubes", they 
> have round plastic adaptors that snap onto the corners to make a wide 
> variety of shapes, for this project you need 3 panels and 4 adapters, plus 
> one water bottle on each side of the divide as well as one food container 
> and a pigloo on each side.
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> PLEASE  NOTE IT IS POSSIBLE THROUGH AUTO FORMATTING THAT THE FOLLOWING 
> FIGURES WILL NOT COME THROUGH AND ALL YOU WILL SEE IS A MESS, IF SO MAYBE 
> SOME ONE COULD PICK UP THE BALL AND DO A BETTER JOB THAN I,  assuming of 
> course my intent is even minimally identifiable. The cage I made was a 
> huge Rubbermaid tub with a 3 panel  .zig-zag dividing the cage in half
> The  .zig-zag shape was one neat idea square in the middle and 2 snapped 
> on the ends going away from each other i.e.,1 going
> each way to give it stability like this
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> "  _|  "   the two ends slid in along the sides of the Rubbermaid tub like 
> this, cutting it in half like this
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>    | _/ | *     I hope this makes some sense to you  the place where the
> *  |/    |         asterisk is where the water bottle  is attached to hold 
> the wire and the Rubbermaid tub together
>    |_ _|
> so the  pig can't get through and a bottle was slid into one of those 
> aluminum holders that has a cup at the bottom to hold the bottle bottom 
> hole punched out for the nozzle to go thru, a spring near the middle to go 
> around the bottle and finally a bendable rectangular piece or thin bar of 
> metal attached at the top in back that slide over a solid surface to hold 
> the whole contraption in a tub rather than the wire type of bottle holder 
> that has a semicircular heavy wire that clips on to the out side of the 
> cage and the spigot goes through the hole in the mesh for the pig to sip 
> on.  I hope I haven't confused you,  Well The solid bottle holder is 
> placed over the wire side of the figure I drew for you above AND the 
> outside wall of the Rubbermaid tub and it holds the wire panel close to 
> the side of the Rubbermaid tub so the pigs cant get to each other by 
> wiggling behind the wire panel and in front of the wall of the Rubbermaid 
> Tub.The effect of this was to divide the Rubbermaid tub into 2 small 
> living chambers with the pair of bonded pigs on one side and the single I 
> was trying to introduce on the other.
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> OK here comes the fun part of the story of my attempt to bond Peter and 
> his life mate Moe with a third stranger.  For months Peter would have 
> nothing of it , every attempt at a play date including Moe ending badly, 
> Peter just no, Moe is mine I wont share, until 1 last day and that day, 
> somewhat frustrated I picked up the central divider and instead of putting 
> back in the old pattern, Me and Thomas on one side interloper on the 
> other, Lowered it so Moe was with the interloper and Peter was alone. 
> Peter took a nanosecond to figure out the meaning of this, it meant the 
> stranger would get his beloved Moe if he didn't cooperate. He understood 
> fully and whipped hi head around at me and stared me in the eyes, and 
> surrendered. In his piercing glance the whole story was there, completely 
> understood in one glance, he would share Moe or loose him. He signaled, I 
> swear, that he would share, I reached down, took the divider out, and 
> Peter accepted the new situation completely, no herding Moe into his 
> corner, no food fight, piggy fight, no aggression of any kind. From that 
> moment on I had a happy three some that shared everything, and happily, I 
> believe. Peter reasoned, that's the only answer. Peter was a sentient pig, 
> gone on now to his reward at the bridge dancing through daises with his 
> little love Moe, and anyone else who wants to join in.
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> Good luck and thank you for letting me share my stories
> Sandy and Manny the Boar who loves Peaches, he passes the time by 
> practicing folding bikinis for her out of romaine, then he eats each one 
> as though he were grooming his lady love
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