Hard lump under chin, soft poop as well?

Post » Sun Sep 11, 2016 11:52 am

I think it's when everything quiets down. Not to say there will not be "reminders" of who is boss but they are all able to eat and move around without threats.

Gracemackenz · Post » Sun Sep 11, 2016 6:36 pm

It's been 9 long hours, and I don't know if I should put them in the cage yet (I've cleaned everything). There's no fighting or chattering, but shammy is constantly squeaking, which she's never done before. I kind of feel like it's a submissive squeak, but I'm not positive. Other than that, I think things have started to quiet down, I'm just not sure if it's okay to put them in the cage yet?

bpatters · Post » Sun Sep 11, 2016 7:39 pm

I usually put them in after they're good and tired from chasing around. If they're not fighting and have been together nine hours, it's probably ok to go ahead and move them to the cage.

Gracemackenz · Post » Sun Sep 11, 2016 8:52 pm

I just put them in the cage since they were all pooped out, there's a little bit of mounting here and there but everything is turning out good.

Gracemackenz · Post » Mon Sep 12, 2016 7:34 am

Never mind. There's a lot of mounting coming from nickel. I know it's a dominance behavior, but do you think she could be in the "heat"?

bpatters · Post » Mon Sep 12, 2016 12:28 pm

No, I don't. Since you just put them together, it's much more likely to be dominance behavior.

If there's not all out war, just chill out and let them work it out.

Talishan · Post » Tue Sep 13, 2016 4:28 pm

Ditto bpatters. They'll continue to skirmish a bit here and there until it's all worked out.

As long as there's no teeth going for eyes, rolling balls of fur and teeth, or blood, let them settle it out themselves.

Gracemackenz · Post » Wed Sep 28, 2016 7:09 pm

So it's been a little less than a month (18 days?) since I introduced nickel and penny to shammy, and the mounting is still going on. Is it normal for it to take this long to work it out?

Post » Wed Sep 28, 2016 7:40 pm

So long as they are both able to eat and you have a large cage that is set up with escape locations, there may be mounting for some time (from what I understand). I have never had boars.

bpatters · Post » Wed Sep 28, 2016 8:10 pm

That kind of behavior can go on for years. As long as you don't have rolling, biting balls of fur, all is good.

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bpatters · Post » Fri Oct 21, 2016 7:49 pm

You figured it out.