Daisy and paddington together :) do you think everything is ok ?

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i took daisy yesterday to meet paddington as soon as she was put on the floor with him she was smelling him an following him everywhere he didnt seem to show any interest at all but he didnt get angry etc.
while we was there eddy was brought in he went straight to daisy made the rumble noise and tryed to mount her daisy stood like a status the lady picked eddy up and daisy ran straight back to paddington and stood right next to him (like leaning on him).

we brought them home and put them in a run for a few hours he was very nervous and only mainly stood about but she kept running up to him smelling him and sniffing under is chin ocasionally he would like push her away useing his nose this was happening for hours. They did go to sleep next to each other(i think he was happy daisy went to sleep as he had a bit of peace :)) )

later on we put them in the cage together and for about 4 hours it was the same thing paddington would go in the green igloo ,daisy would just stand about by the opening of the igloo making chatting noises he would pop his head out they would sniff each other he would do a deep rumble noise and go back in the igloo , then he would come out and they would sniff each other paddington would do the rumble daisy would sort of put her back end up in the air and paddington would popcorn around then daisy would start popcorning around the cage. All this went on for hours but in the end i could tell paddington wanted to sleep and daisy wouldnt come away from the entry to his igloo she was watchin him then make a noise then popcorn then back to the entry to see him she did try to go in a few times and then run straight back out, so i split the cage and in the end daisy finally went in her own igloo and went to sleep :) . i took the seperater out the cage today but they have both been in there seperate igloos most the day and daisy as been out eating etc but paddinton is just makeing the rumbling noises but i dont think he as realy been out.

sorry how long this post is but do you think everything is ok ? as i dont know anything about getting them to like each other but i have done what they told me from paddingtons foster home :)

i will hopefully had some piks on later of them :)
 
Yah !

I've been waiting for the updates :)

Cant wait to see pictures of them

Everything sounds excellent, she obviously was needing piggie company and Paddington sounds a lovely boy! x>>

Paddington will take a bit longer to settle in - dont forget the cage and people are all new to him, and he's had a few upheavels in his life.

I dont like to use igloos when piggies are still making friends as there is only one opening and if one piggie feels threatened or one gets frustrated they can get annoyed with each other. Being annoyed with each other is still OK - don't get me wrong, as piggies living together are very demonstative in all emotions.
Just wait till the little lady comes in to season he will be very interested in her and there may be lots of chasing and excited behaviour. But things will settle down.

Going back to the igloos - if you are worried, I put a upside down wine box in with openings on both ends.
But honestly - it all sounds very positive.
 
i feel really sorry for her at the moment :( she keeps going to sit by him and he turns away and then when she goes to smell him he nudges her and she sqeaks and just sits there really still :( , and shes always chatting away to him and he doesnt make any noises the lady from the foster home said he doesnt make noises though , the only noise he has made since yesterday is the rumbleing noise.
 
They will be getting to know each other - it all sounds normal, once she comes into season you will see different behaviours and no doubt the bonding will strenghen too.
 
It all sounds pretty normal :) I adopted Wexford from Vicky (Walsall RSPCA) to go in with my two sows and things didn't go great from the start - there was lunging and nipping from the girls and teeth chattering from Wexford.

Ive since paired him up with a little sow and things went brilliantly - there was some chasing from Wexford - but within minutes my little sow (Tulisa) was following him everywhere and still does days on - she's very dependant upon him. It sounds alot like what you are describing.

The fact that Paddington isn't relentlessly mounting Daisy is a good sign also - too much mounting can be very intense for the recipient.

When i intially bonded them i used a cardboard box with two holes cut out (so there's an entrance and an exit) - but since putting them in their cage together they use pigloo's. I do agree with what Salt n Peppers mum has said about pigloo's though as the chased can get blocked in - however in Wexford and Tulisa's case, Wexford isn't (and has not been) too intense in his advances so i feel comfortable in using one in their cage.

As others have said - maybe once Paddington has settled and got used to his surroundings i'm sure he'll pay his girlfriend some much needed attention x) Personally i'd be happy the way things are now though - watching a very randy boar in action and listening to protesting sow is not a pleasant thing to experience @)

Rest assured if Vicky wasn't confident about their friendship she wouldn't have given the go ahead for them to go home together.....
 
thank you al for the advice its very much appreciated :)

Janine the lady paddington was living with told me how hes very picky with his veg well last night he wouldnt eat none off the plate and i offered him some by hand and he still refused, but this evening i got in the run with them(its a very large run :)) ) and i was hand feeding daisy her veg as she prefers this, she was climbing all over me, and after everything she ate she would run back to paddington and sort of put the side of her head against his side and then come and get back on me for more veg. While doing this i tryed leaning across slowly to paddington to offer him veg and he turned his back to m ebut i carried on with daisy and slowly paddington started to come across to me i offered him some carrot and he took it :(|) and ran back to the corner and after that he kept doing it , so i think his confidence is slowly starting to show i think ive just got to be very patient :))

and tonight he learnt daisy how to push the igloo to the centre of the cage and then spent 10 minutes running round it :))
 
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Sounds like you are doing a great job. Yes, Paddington does need time and you'll be able to cherish the moments when he trusts you and it'll be very rewarding to watch the small steps to being a big bold man.

And it sounds like Daisy's showing him the ropes too - well done Daisy x>>
 
ooopps i assumed paddington was being fostered by Vicky :red

Paddington sounds just delightful x)

All the rescue's on here do such a wonderful job with the pigs they care for - i'm astounded how they do it all!
 
Sodapops said:
ooopps i assumed paddington was being fostered by Vicky :red

Paddington sounds just delightful x)

All the rescue's on here do such a wonderful job with the pigs they care for - i'm astounded how they do it all!
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he was with Vicky but he went to Janines while Vicky was on holiday :)
 
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