Boar Dating Today....

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Excited and sad at the same time.

I lost Telford to tumors just over a week and a half ago. His young friend Brunel is really missing his companion so I know that the dating session is the correct thing to do, but it is tinged with sadness. Last time we were down at the rescue it was so that Telford could chose Brunel as his friend.

We do get fed occasionally.webp

This is Brunel!

So, young Brunel was dropped off at Windwhistle an hour and a half ago now. He's got 5 boars to choose from. I'm just really interested to find out who he chooses now....
 
Good luck dear Brunel, I hope you find the perfect friend to take home with you xx

I can imagine how exciting that is for you @Tewdric, not knowing ...
 
I don't mind who he chooses as long as it perks him up a bit. Understandably he's been really down since we lost Telford.

Really mixed emotions. But hopefully a new start for Brunel.

The five he's got to chose from are all really lovely. There's one I especially like - but I don't really mind who comes home as long as they both get on!
 
I was in a similar boat when Freddie (my neutered boar), lost his loved Snowball, his wife. I had got Freddie as company for Snowball, and a bond blossomed between them, but all too soon she was gone. As it happened I was still in touch with the lady I got Freddie from, and she had a choice of sows for Freddie, all of whom Freddie had lived with before, and two especially that she knew he would adore, so I asked her to choose for me.... and along came Oreo.

It is different I know, as it wasn't blind-dates at a rescue, but a reunion between old love-birds, chosen by Freddie's previous human, knowing it would be a happy match for both pigs. But from my point of view, like you I didn't do the choosing, and took the best one for Freddie :) It is quite exciting when you're not doing the choosing :) But I was also sad, as, like you, Freddie was for Snowball, and it was out of love and concern for her happiness that I got Freddie, Snowball died, and Oreo is now for Freddie, and it feels a little bit as if getting Oreo is like pushing Snowball from Freddie's memory. x

I really look forward to the photos when you have some, as I am now sitting here wondering what Brunel's new friend will look like, and be like in personality :)
 
Well that didn't go well. I left him down at Windwhistle - he met their four single boars, all slightly different ages, and he tried to fight with all of them! :doh:

He's now back home sleeping soundly.

A new plan of action is needed!
 
Oh heck - come on Brunel. But don't despair - it took Tea Cake 12 dates to find a boar that he got on with but it was brilliant when he did settle on one! And they have been happy ever since. So there is hope. The drama of boar dating....
 
The very kind lady who did the dating today had gone home by the time I got down to the rescue to collect Brunel. However she's promised to email me with other possible options later. So hopefully there'll be something we can do fairly shortly.

I don't really want to have to neuter as my vets really aren't piggie savvy, and there aren't any piggy savvy vet near me.
 
Darn it! He sounds like a feisty piggy :)) bless him.

How is he doing on his own? Well?
 
I did wonder if this would happen. Mr Telford always kept him in line (nicely - no fighting, but Telford was definitely boss pig) and I suppose now Brunel's on his own his hormones have caught up with him.

He's not happy on his own. Every time I put him out or get him in he's dashing round the hutch or run looking for Telford, or at least that's what he seems to do. He seems to be eating ok, piles of poo everywhere, although I haven't put him on the scales yet. I must also remember I'm only feeding one pig now when I put freshly picked grass in the hutch.

He's also taken to going to sleep on me. He's not a cuddly pig - but when I've brought him in for some company each evening he's settled down on a cushion on my knee and crashed out, sometimes for an hour. Very unusual.
 
Awww. that's a shame, I though he may be okay solo but it sounds like he needs the right friend, which as today has shown can be frustrating :( Fingers crossed they get some more in soon, he has found someone once, he can again I am sure
 
I think he does need someone. He's only a bit over a year old. I'd hate him to have to spend the rest of his life on his own with only humans for company.
 
Aw no that's a shame.
I wonder if it's a bit soon for him, if you feel he is looking for Telford perhaps he is rejecting other boars because he's just wanting Telford? I know that seems rather heart-breaking right now but perhaps another week or two on his own to accept that Telford isn't coming back might do the trick? Hopefully that's not the case and he'll find a good match soon, but it has made me wonder. x x
 
Oh Brunel you silly boar. Why couldn't you behave nicely? Hope he manages to find a ne companion.
 
ah I've just seen I'm too late to wish lots of luck!

You are not alone I have a naughty pig like this!
 
Aww good luck , I am sure he will find a great friend:)
 
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