I am very relieved that Nye 'Noble' has bonded with one of my several tricky sow pairs now that he has come out of deep mourning and is open for another relationship.
His first choice (heartily answered) would have been Nosgan lookalike sweet natured Betsan/Boots, but as she is the first piggy that has been accepted by my dumped ex-single Beryn 'Candytuft' after 1 1/2 years of trying, splitting up the pair is not an option. Nye and Beryn did get into dominance tussles very quickly and Beryn was tensing up badly again, so that was a no go.
I then tried Nye with my very skittish stuck in rescue pair from Milhaven Guinea Pig Rescue, dominant mother Hyfryd 'Lovely' and timid/fear-aggressive daughter Hirael 'Long Brow'; they had been neighbours of Nosgan and Nye for a number of months and got on well with the boys even though any 'husboar' dating attempts with the sows in the last 2 years have failed.
Much to my relief, the two ladies have remembered and accepted Nye. I have left them in their bonding pen in the kitchen overnight to allow Nye and Hirael to work out the roughest bit of dominance between them before transferring them to their cage this morning with minimal fuss. It is the boys' cage but with the girls' soft furnishings.
Hyfryd and Hireal bracket Nye in age; they are all between 2-3 years old and will hopefully grow old together now.
PS: All my Tribe boars are neutered; if necessary as soon as possible after their arrival, like Nye. This to prevent babies from any accidental meetings but also to allow me as many options for finding new company as possible if they lose their companions.
His first choice (heartily answered) would have been Nosgan lookalike sweet natured Betsan/Boots, but as she is the first piggy that has been accepted by my dumped ex-single Beryn 'Candytuft' after 1 1/2 years of trying, splitting up the pair is not an option. Nye and Beryn did get into dominance tussles very quickly and Beryn was tensing up badly again, so that was a no go.
I then tried Nye with my very skittish stuck in rescue pair from Milhaven Guinea Pig Rescue, dominant mother Hyfryd 'Lovely' and timid/fear-aggressive daughter Hirael 'Long Brow'; they had been neighbours of Nosgan and Nye for a number of months and got on well with the boys even though any 'husboar' dating attempts with the sows in the last 2 years have failed.
Much to my relief, the two ladies have remembered and accepted Nye. I have left them in their bonding pen in the kitchen overnight to allow Nye and Hirael to work out the roughest bit of dominance between them before transferring them to their cage this morning with minimal fuss. It is the boys' cage but with the girls' soft furnishings.
Hyfryd and Hireal bracket Nye in age; they are all between 2-3 years old and will hopefully grow old together now.
PS: All my Tribe boars are neutered; if necessary as soon as possible after their arrival, like Nye. This to prevent babies from any accidental meetings but also to allow me as many options for finding new company as possible if they lose their companions.
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