can anyone in kent help with a piggy train?

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i won't ramble on for ages but basically my 5 year old boar was put to sleep a few weeks ago. i was absolutely devastated and me and my girls are missing him very much. i've found a boar that i think would be a fantastic friend for them, he is older and is being rehomed as his owner can't cope with his longer coat. only problem is he is in faversham, kent and i'm in banbury. can anyone help me? my boyfriend is only willing to travel as far as slough i know it's a lot to ask and i'm trying to look at trains but i don't think i'd be able to afford them. if anyone could i'd be willing to help out with petrol. hopefully if it could be done this weekend that would be fantastic. thank you :)
 
where has everyone gone? there doesn't seem to be anyone hardly around lately. has everyone left?
 
thank you for the offer lil. i'm going to leave this now as i can't keep stringing the owner along.
 
lulu! said:
thank you for the offer lil. i'm going to leave this now as i can't keep stringing the owner along.
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i'm so sorry no-one has been able to help you:(. i have no idea where everyone has gone in the last few months or maybe longer. this used to be a really busy forum with loads of help always available. hopefully everyone will be back soon:)
 
thanks for the replies everyone :) i did text the owner asking about trains as a last resort, if they could hold him for me for a few days while i sorted something out. i thought maybe my boyfriend could drive me to slough and i'd get the train up and back again, but haven't heard back from them. so just got to accept that he obviously isn't the right piggie for me.
 
I'm so sorry. I am in Kent but I don't drive so I couldn't help I'm afraid. Good luck with finding a friend for your piggies.

Amy
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lulu! said:
i won't ramble on for ages but basically my 5 year old boar was put to sleep a few weeks ago. i was absolutely devastated and me and my girls are missing him very much. i've found a boar that i think would be a fantastic friend for them, he is older and is being rehomed as his owner can't cope with his longer coat. only problem is he is in faversham, kent and i'm in banbury. can anyone help me? my boyfriend is only willing to travel as far as slough i know it's a lot to ask and i'm trying to look at trains but i don't think i'd be able to afford them. if anyone could i'd be willing to help out with petrol. hopefully if it could be done this weekend that would be fantastic. thank you :)
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Hi,

I'm in East sussex and would be willing to travel to Faversham to pick up the piggie, but I dont do motorways so if you could convince your boyfriend to travel a bit further than slough say to Horsham I would drop the piggie to him there as I won't go near the motorways or really large towns:/
 
lily 74 said:
Hi,

I'm in East sussex and would be willing to travel to Faversham to pick up the piggie, but I dont do motorways so if you could convince your boyfriend to travel a bit further than slough say to Horsham I would drop the piggie to him there as I won't go near the motorways or really large towns:/
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IF...and only IF..it fits in with my availability...I would be prepared to join up with Lily at say Crawley or earlier on her route ....and take to Slough....

I'm a long distance motorway driver for piggy bank...I realise it's a lot to ask from other people in terms of some of these distance journeys and applaud Lily for stepping up....well done Hun

However it does seem that the owner is not that interested in finding a home despite LuLu's offer.....let's wait and see!

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P.S. It appears this is a private one-to-one rehoming. So dont; be disappointed that people haven;t stepped up to offer help.

The poeple that do piggie transport are already stretched to the limit and do it at their own expense in their own time for pigs "in extremis" for "approved Piggie Bank rescues"

To give you an idea.....I do 6-8 long piggie transports per year for pigs "in extremis". My minimum journey is 5 hours. My minimum diesel cost per trip is £50......and can go as high as £80

These trips are all done at my own expense and time for Piggie Bank

So I'm afraid that "private" rehomings of piggies not in extremis are not my top priority.....and an offer of contribtion to petrol costs would really help

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I know that a lot of people help out with rescue trains and I knew how it sounded when I made the thread. That's why I offered to pay for petrol because I knew that it wasn't a super important situation, and I did feel bad having to rely on other people just to get a pet. Thank you very much for your offer to help, I really appreciate people even just saying they are too far away the support is enough :) but as I said I haven't heard anything from the owner and I don't really want to keep badgering them. So I'm going to assume that they have found the piggie a new home and put it down to him not being the right piggie for me.
 
Hi Lulu

Thank you for the offer of petrol costs - it is appreciated.

I think it;s great you offered this piggie the possibility of a new home to bond with your existing girls, and I'm sorry it hasn't worked out for you this time - however could i just add a note of caution about this approach for the benefit of anyone else reading this thread and thinking of doing something similar by responding to an advert, possibly many miles away.

Firstly, bonding can be extremely difficult as not every pig likes every pig, which is why some rescues offer a boar and sow dating service. Whilst on the surface it would seem like any boar would be happy to find himself (minus his plums of course) in a herd of girlies, i can say from my own experience that some male/female female/female or male/male bondings don't work.
Last year I got a spayed female from a rescue but she bullied the boar so much he ended up losing a load of weight because she wouldn't let him eat. Luckily I had another single boar who she preferred (and was more of a match for her feistiness!) so it has worked out well.


Secondly, assuming he is not already neutered, there is also the risk/expense of post-op neutering complications especially if not done by an experienced vet. The forum is littered with these types of occurrences in Health and Illness Board.

Thirdly, you have no idea of the condition the piggie will arrive in. I did a piggie train recently that was rehoming "healthy" pigs from a private owner and unfortunately now have several pigs in quarantine here with me as they had lice/mites and couldn't go onwards to their final homes because of their condition.



I think your offer to rehome a boar so far away with no guarantee of the bond working is, whilst laudable, an extremely risky strategy - you would need to have a fall-back plan in place if things don;t work out.

Instead, if you are still looking for a boar for your herd then I recommend you approach one of the Piggie Bank approved rescues -detailed on the map below.....

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?m...ll=52.643063,-1.230469&spn=6.775737,19.753418

........which have the following advantages:
a) they often have neutered boars so there would be no risk of post-op complications
b) some offer to bring boars to your house to "try"
c) some offer "in house dating" that you can take your herd to so the rescue can find the most suitable boar for the herd
d) The boar will have been health-checked/treated before being rehomed
e) The Piggy bank Volunteers would be more likely to help with a piggy train as it is supporting the Approved rescues and helping create space for more piggies at risk to come into the rescue

I do hope you find the right piggies for your girlies......and that in doing so you help the Piggy Bank rescues and receive support from the Piggy bank network.

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