Failed Bonding advice please.

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Well I have to admit defeat. For the first time I have a piggy in for bonding and she is just teeth chattering and attacking everyone I put in with her, regardless of age, size or breed. She has lived with a hubby wifey pairing before and was bullied by them. I am unsure of what advice to give as to what to do with her. I think she is just plain guinea hating. Any help?
 
maybe another rescue could have her who has a neutered boar as this MAYrolleyes work, but some guineas as i have one here myself just hates other guineas but will live happy housed next to them with a mesh divider,so i think this maybe your only option on re-homing her neutered boar or mesh divider,also how old is she?
its poss she has cysts has this can make guineas very hormonal or poss pain related x
 
I agree with Claire.

Occasionally, you get the odd piggy that just doesn't get on with anypig, but will be happy to live alongside others.

Would it be an option to rehome her to live next to a single boar?
 
Sorry, it wasn't very clear, she isn't my piggy. She is some one elses who has come here to be bonded with another sow for company and none of the sows I have tried are a match. I would know if she was mine what to do here but I am unsure what to advise them. She is very aggressive, pulls hair, lunges, teeth chatters, nose butts. It is not good. I think she may need a neutered male but I don't have any here. Do you think I should tell them to try looking for a neutered male, she didn't bond well with the last one she was in with by all acounts. I have a feeling she may just have to live alone or they get another pair so they can live near each other.

What do you think?
 
I think it is worth trying her with a neutered boar if the owners could find one, I have heard stories of sows not accepting other sows, but they will quite happily live with boars and the fact she wasn't attacking the last boar is a good thing.
 
It may just be a case that she hasn't met the right pig for her yet. If she was mine, I would look for a neutered boar next because I'd want her to have every chance to find a friend. Good luck. x
 
could they not change there set up so she can live next to the other guineas she was housed with via a divider?

or if they dont have any other guineas now the best bet would be to tell them to change there set up so she can live with another one via a divider or be tried with a neutered boarxxx

i have a sow here who hates other guineas and my neuetred boar so she lives next to cody in a divider and she is very happy living like this..

bit of good news though Gem who herself was anti sow went to live with x2 sow yesterday and they touch wood are all getting along great,maybe look at trying this sow with x2 other sows may work but again may wont x
 
JoanneG111 said:
What about a baby sow?
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I fear what she would do to one if i put them in together, my babies here are only 3 weeks old and far too tiny for her to attack, I don't want to risk it. The hair pulling is awful to watch and she did it with a 4 month old so I don't think she would care about age but the risk is too great to the babies.

Thanks for your advice everyone. Will pass it on and see what they say.

Suzanne xx
 
A male boar would fight with a 4month old generally, but they don't fight with 6 week old babies maybe that would be same for this sow?
 
I would be VERY cautious and see how your problem sow is reacting through mesh or bars first before I let her near a little baby, if at all!
 
We had a sow in Maddie, you might remember her she was in quite a while. She wouldn't go with any sows regardless of their age and was far too aggressive to try with a baby. She bonded staight away with a neutered boar and they are very happy together.

Personally I wouldn't try her with a baby, but I would advise her owners to try her with a neutered boar and see how things go from there.
 
I would refrain from trying a baby! a baby will have no defence against a grown sow, I know of another sow who refuses to share space with any piggy but quite enjoys being near them and winding everypig up! rolleyes
 
I'd not put a baby with her either. I have had stroppy sows & they did bully the babies terribly :(

My Weeble hates all my girls but she's happy with Tait (neutered boar). I personally would recommend the owners take her to choose her own boar & if she doesn't bond to one she could live happily next door to another pig. This is how my Maddie lived after her boar passed on, she wouldn't bond to another pig, sow or boar.
 
I agree about not trying the baby sows, it's not the same as with boars that way. We've got one previously pig hating sow here, Cuddles, but discovered her problem is that she is blind and deaf! She's ok in a big group (10) with a neutered boar and the run of the shed . Have you tried them being introduced outside on new grass in a really large run? Have you tried bathing or travelling them in the car together? All sometimes work!

Sophie
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I agree with trying neutered boar. I have a few too many sow-haters who will be - for want of a better word - violent towards other sows. No matter how badly they attack other girls, they take to a neutered man of their own. Only thing that suits them. Some girls just don't do other girls, they want a man of their own and nothing else will do.

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