Elderly pig bonding

[baleofhay]

I have a 7 year old boar who lost his brother recently. He has some medical issues that are controlled, though i know the likelihood of him still being with me in a year are lower odds. He has kidney disease and arthritis.

Since his brother passed, he is more sedentary and I think lonely and so I have been thinking to get him a friend. He has always been a quieter, gentle boy. Keeping him stress free is a high priority for me.

A rescue Ive been in contact with only have young ones. Would you put a young pig in with an elder?

SHould i continue looking for an older companion?

I'm tossing up potentially stressing him out meeting a new one with potentially giving him a new lease on life. In the hopes it might lengthen his life by getting him more active and engaging his mind, I am worried it will stress him out if the young one dominates.

 

[cinnamonsmom]

I have a 7 year old boar who lost his brother recently. He has some medical issues that are controlled, though i know the likelihood of him still being with me in a year are lower odds. He has kidney disease and arthritis.

Since his brother passed, he is more sedentary and I think lonely and so I have been thinking to get him a friend. He has always been a quieter, gentle boy. Keeping him stress free is a high priority for me.

A rescue Ive been in contact with only have young ones. Would you put a young pig in with an elder?

SHould i continue looking for an older companion?

I'm tossing up potentially stressing him out meeting a new one with potentially giving him a new lease on life. In the hopes it might lengthen his life by getting him more active and engaging his mind, I am worried it will stress him out if the young one dominates.

I have sows, not boars, but I paired my senior Oreo with an adult pig MooMoo about 3 years old after she lost her sister. Oreo had stopped eating or getting excited about veggies and treats which was unusual for her. They both gained weight over the first few weeks, which for me was like the biggest indicator of happiness. They didn’t take long to get along, since they had both been without a cagemate for a while. Sometimes MooMoo can be more dominant over Oreo and will rumblestrut or climb on top of her but Oreo will put her in her place and she’ll scuttle off. They may not have the perfectly in sync relationship of a lifelong cagemte but they are both more active than when they were alone, and seem to be thriving. It might be good to prepare to have side by side cages or cages with a divider in case the meet and greet takes time.

 

[Piggies&buns]

I have a 7 year old boar who lost his brother recently. He has some medical issues that are controlled, though i know the likelihood of him still being with me in a year are lower odds. He has kidney disease and arthritis.

Since his brother passed, he is more sedentary and I think lonely and so I have been thinking to get him a friend. He has always been a quieter, gentle boy. Keeping him stress free is a high priority for me.

A rescue Ive been in contact with only have young ones. Would you put a young pig in with an elder?

SHould i continue looking for an older companion?

I'm tossing up potentially stressing him out meeting a new one with potentially giving him a new lease on life. In the hopes it might lengthen his life by getting him more active and engaging his mind, I am worried it will stress him out if the young one dominates.

I’m sorry for your loss.

Any bond comes down to character compatibility, age is less of a factor.
The reality is all you can do is try a bonding and see what happens. If the rescue can offer you dating then that would be good as it gives your piggy a chance to decide whether which piggy he likes.
It’s possible a younger one will want to be dominant but at your boy’s age all they really want is companionship and he may be happy to let a youngster take the lead

Good luck