A loney boy,how to introduce a friend

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A few months ago we adopted two boys from a local rescue. They were both very nervous of us but were starting to settle.

Unfortuatly a couple of weeks ago one of them died. I'm not sure what the initial problem was, he seemed fine one day, then not the next. After a trip to the vets and my siringing mush into him around the clock he sadly died in the night.

We wanted to leave it a while, to make sure the other piggy was not comming down with something, however it's been 3 weeks now and he seems a lively as ever so we are starting to think about finding him a companion.

How do we go about introducing them? Do I need to source a second hutch etc to keep them apart at first.

I plan to contact the rescue we got Chestnut and Buckthorn from, who will hopefully be able to help but any advice is appreciated.
 
Thanks, there's a lot of information on there but it seems more about 2 boys living together once they are bonded.

I was interested to read about 2 of everthing, we have several hidy places but only one water bottle etc, it sounds like we may need a second, at least till they are settled together.

Also about the introducing them on a neutral space, do you think I should look out for a new hutch to intorduce them or is deep cleaning the current one enough? I would hope to get them back into our current hutch once they are settled together.

Any tips on the actuall introduing part would be great as I'm not reallys ure where to start or what to expect.
 
I think the key to success is probably the involvement of the rescue. Do they offer 'dating' services at all? Some rescues allow you to take your piggy to meet other piggies and then they can select a friend on neutral ground.

I have been boar dating twice and the rescues have introduced potential dates in a large indoor run with some food in the middle and then observed the behaviour. The rescues have interviewed me about the character of my boars before hand to help find a match but it doesn't mean the humans will get it right! Even having 7 boys for a while now I would still want some help when bonding.
What rescues are you near as people on here may be able to recommend rescues that do dating?
 
I think it helps to bath them both before introducing,as well as all the other tricks which you will have found on here!
 
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