Get a baby boar for lone male GP?

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Hi, I acquired 2 male guinea pigs from a friend as their dcs got bored. They were together from very young and always got on. Unfortunately, before Christmas one of the piggies died and the remaining one has been on his own since.

He is about 2 now I think, I'm not sure if he would be happier on his own or to try and get a baby boar to introduce him to and hope they get on?
He does seem happy enough, he's an indoor piggie so gets plenty of attention from us but I don't want him to be lonely.

Thanks.

I honestly thought this thread was about whether or not a small wild boar was a suitable pet for a General Practitioner. The answer to that is no.

I can imagine you had a wtf face reading that!

Pigs need other pigs , no matter what time you spend with him, there will be times he'll be on his own.

Your boar is still young, he could have 5 years ahead of him.

A baby piglet boar is the easiest, there are loads out there. Try a Rescue , we got a 6 week boy when we bonded a bereaved adult.
They will bond them for you, find the right match.
Or , if you want you could have your boar castrated and find him a sow / sows. Obviously there's risk, the expense and the time ( six weeks to be sterile)

There's always a dilemma with a lone piggie.
I have 2 sows who don;'t blend with our boar ( well one is ok, one goes for him) They were a couple when we got them so I'm not splitting the girls up.

Good Luck on what you decide. You could be giving a home to a tiny Rescue boar , watch him blossom (but watch out for the Terrible Teens , its inevitable when the piglet matures )

I too wondered why you were thinking of getting your doctor a pig.

I'm more for getting another piggie but didn't want to subject him to a youngster if he'd be happier by himself. I'd have hundreds if we had the space!

I am sorry I am wetting.myself here imagining you walking into your local surgery with a pig with a ribbon and label around its neck and seeing the slightly shy, awkward doctor looking taken aback as you present the pig to him 😂😂😂

(and I understood what you meant in your title )

A pig is never happier on it's own. Some owners will say they are but this is just to ease their own guilt of not giving the pig a proper life, with a friend!

Guinea pigs are herd creatures so the more the better. I too would visit a rescue and get him bonded with a younger pig or get him neutered and give him a wife or two!

It can be very hard to find the right match of personalities in boys but I guarantee you one is out there for him and he will be soo much happier with a buddy.

Go to a guinea pig rescue for a boar date. My local rescue is full of boars looking for forever homes at the moment.

At his young age he will want a companion. I disagree that a friend is the only way to find happiness. Our elderly sow is alone because she has outlived her friends. We tried to bond her with an elderly friend. It was great at the rescue but after a week foster friend had to return to rescue. Our old girl was very territorial and didn't want to share her living space and became quite a little bully. She only likes her own humans too. We had visitors yesterday, she was not impressed with strange laps.

One of ours died while still very young, leaving his bro (I’m guessing) alone. Our local rescue had no pigs and said we would just have to take what they had (no dates allowed) so I tried a pet store. First time I asked they said they only sold in pairs, next person must have believed me to be genuine as he was happy to sell me one pig. We untroduces them slowly as per online instructions and have had no issues with their relationship at all - very lucky I know!