MunchMummy
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi all,
We have sadly lost our oldest sow, Sheldon at almost 6 years old. As sad as we are our thoughts are now with he cagemate Bernie (Bernadette).
We have a lone neutered rescue boar, Piggo, who we had initial tried to bond with our oldest bereaved boy Howie but this failed. We then tried him with our trio of girls. Piggo was delighted but the oldest of the 3 girls was having none of it so sadly Piggo was left alone again.
Now that Bernie is alone we are attempting to bond him with her. She has just 5 and he is about 18 months we think.
They are currently in a neutral bonding pen. They have briefly eaten hay together but Piggo is VERY enthusiastic about the partnership and seems to be annoying Bernie with his passionate advances. She is mostly running away from them and is talking at him and telling him off... but occasionally she is chattering her teeth at him which leads him to take offence and chatter back. Then they go their separate ways until his hormones take over again and he seeks her out for another passionate humping advance!
Does this sound like a bonding that may still work? Do I let them figure it out or is this one doomed to failure? Any tips on how to progress (or not!)
Poor Piggo...I'm determined to find him a friend. He is so sweet and I've never known a pig popcorn so much!
We have sadly lost our oldest sow, Sheldon at almost 6 years old. As sad as we are our thoughts are now with he cagemate Bernie (Bernadette).
We have a lone neutered rescue boar, Piggo, who we had initial tried to bond with our oldest bereaved boy Howie but this failed. We then tried him with our trio of girls. Piggo was delighted but the oldest of the 3 girls was having none of it so sadly Piggo was left alone again.
Now that Bernie is alone we are attempting to bond him with her. She has just 5 and he is about 18 months we think.
They are currently in a neutral bonding pen. They have briefly eaten hay together but Piggo is VERY enthusiastic about the partnership and seems to be annoying Bernie with his passionate advances. She is mostly running away from them and is talking at him and telling him off... but occasionally she is chattering her teeth at him which leads him to take offence and chatter back. Then they go their separate ways until his hormones take over again and he seeks her out for another passionate humping advance!
Does this sound like a bonding that may still work? Do I let them figure it out or is this one doomed to failure? Any tips on how to progress (or not!)
Poor Piggo...I'm determined to find him a friend. He is so sweet and I've never known a pig popcorn so much!
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