So not been on here for a while. We're in the cycle of replacing guinea pigs when one dies and currently have gp5.
Recently he lost his pal who was older. We got him a baby boar from the breeder ( v reputable) we had him from. They adored each other - for a few weeks.
Now gp6 is 4 months old and trying to become the dominant one. I've never seen boars fight like these two. They do teeth chattering, bum wiggling etc and on a couple of occasions have launched themselves at each other. GP6 now has a cut ear which luckily isn't too bad. Gp5 has a deepish scratch on his rump. They sirens their time at the opposite ends of the cage. We've taken out shelters so they can't fight over then even though there were always 2 in there. That has marginally helped.
The silly thing is that when we take one out of the cage for any reason, the other goes mad squeaking away really loudly, as though pining for him? When gp6 hurt his ear we split them up and they spent all their time trying to get back together.
Any suggestions what we can do? I don't really want to split then up as I don't think we'll then get them back together.