Bonding a bereaved sow

MrPiggles

MrPiggles

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Hi everyone

We are looking for a companion for our recently bereaved sow of two years. She was the dominant one of the two and we have been offered a bonded pair of 18 month old sows from a local rescue. I am anxious about a failing trio though does anyone have any experienced with this type of bonding? Thanks for any help x
 
Hi- firstly, I'm very sorry for your loss ❤

Does your rescue offer a dating service? If so, this would take the worry out of having to do it yourself. Its really all about personality so nothing is certain but you can only try and worse case is they have to live apart- do you have room for that? It may go really well though but I'd ask about dating first and take it from there. Not sure if there is a possibility of holding the dating session at your home. I'm sure others will advise on that as I've only done 1 home bonding which worked and residential bonding (where they try lots of piggies & yours choose who they like). Keep us posted & hope all goes well x
 
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The success of a relationship comes entirely down to mutual liking and character compatibility. The best way is to have the rescue centre help with bonding by doing dating. Normally you take your piggy to the centre and they attempt to bond - if it fails then your piggy can try again with other piggies, either straight away if there are some available, or at a later date.
Trying to bond yourself at home is fine (we can help with how) but you need to be sure you can return the pair to the centre if the bonding fails
 
Thank you they don't no, although this is only one of four I have tried so far. My anxiety is over the distance they are and that they are already bonded and may reject my Gal. We don't have space for extra cages so we would be stuck. Do you think dating would be a safer option? Thanks x
 
Josie&Galilei said:
Thank you they don't no, although this is only one of four I have tried so far. My anxiety is over the distance they are and that they are already bonded and may reject my Gal. We don't have space for extra cages so we would be stuck. Do you think dating would be a safer option? Thanks x
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dating is safer as you only bring home the new piggies if the introductions are a success.
If you just bring home piggies and do a bonding yourself, then there is going to be a risk that they won’t bond.
 
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