My piggies had a fight, now their in separate cages

Question
I got my two piggies about a year and a half ago, one of them was always a bit dominant and a few months ago they had a fight. One of them bit the other and he even had to have stitches (I've never cried so much in my life!). I've been keeping them in two separate cages next to each other ever since. So I'm asking, do you think they'll ever be able to be together? They just don't seem to like each other. And I try to be with them as much as I can, but I have school so won't they get lonely if they're separated? Oh, and their both male.

Thank you!

Answer
This is a typical issue between boars and happens all the time. They may live together happily until they reach sexual maturity, then they become territorial and fight, sometimes even to the death. It's certainly nothing you did, it's just nature doing what nature does.

Most male animals exhibit the same behavior. Horses are probably the most prominent of our domestic animals. Two stallions will fight until one or the other dies or runs away. They are herding animals (as are guinea pigs). One male will collect his herd for breeding rights. The colts are allowed to stay until they begin to show signs of wanting to take over. At that point they are run out of the herd, away from the family and never allowed back. The fillies (baby girls) are allowed to stay.

Unneutered male dogs suffer the same issues. Again, it's nature that is driving them. Most animals on this earth are participants in the same game. They can't help it.

This is same instinct that drives cavy boars. Even without females around their internal instincts make them behave that way. So the answer to your question, "will they every be able to be together?" is no. Although there are exceptions and some boars, especially if one is very submissive, will live together peacefully, most do not. They are driven by hormones and those hormones do not allow peaceful cohabitation.

To save you the expenses and heartache of watching one or both seriously injured the best thing to do is put them in separate cages. Will they be lonely? No. You can have them near each other and they will still have contact without conflict.