Hello everyone. I wrote a post on here early last year asking for some advice regarding my two boys - alittle background info - we bought our boys Mo & Benny as babies from the pet shop and they where inseparable (this was back in February last year)
we moved home in June, and mid July I noticed one of my boys (Benny) had began to get a lot of wounds to his back and face - to the point where I had to take him to the vets. I witnessed them in a full on scrap which I had to separate & got to the point of diving my c&c cage - I live in an apartment and don't have a lot of space for their own separate cages, and all I've managed to do is split their cage directly in half, which I'll admit, does not leave them a lot of room. However they have their own house, toy, food bowl etc.
Since their separation I have been slowly reintroducing them threw 'lap time' - sometimes it's successful with no teeth chattering or signs of aggression, others its horrid, full on trying to fight while being on my lap.
However the strange part it, when they are in their cages, which is divided by a c&c grid which is totally see through and open, they touch noses, squeak at each other and lay side by side. But as soon as the divider is raised they go nuts!
I was adviced previously to clean out the cages and then bath the boys together and then reintroduce - I tried this on Monday (3 days ago) and they just wouldn't settle. Moses (who I think is the big boss man) would not let Benny near him, and in all honesty, Benny was showing no signs of anger - just curiosity. But Moses would run around, teeth chattering and spraying his sent EVERYWHERE. they managed for about an hour before another huge scrap broke out which meant Bennys fur was pulled out - obviously I put the divider back straight away. And have been a separated since.
It upsets me, as a previous owner of piggies growing up, ive never seen such horrid behaviour, and we even bought them a brand new huge cage to try and get them friends again...what a waste of money!
I see so many people with happy piggies, who have a friend and who don't have to separate them. My boys have always been very shy and not like piggies I've had before, and it's making my highly considering giving them away and starting fresh, as much as I love them, as they really haven't bonded with each other or me!
Help ):
- a very distressed and unhappy piggies owner
we moved home in June, and mid July I noticed one of my boys (Benny) had began to get a lot of wounds to his back and face - to the point where I had to take him to the vets. I witnessed them in a full on scrap which I had to separate & got to the point of diving my c&c cage - I live in an apartment and don't have a lot of space for their own separate cages, and all I've managed to do is split their cage directly in half, which I'll admit, does not leave them a lot of room. However they have their own house, toy, food bowl etc.
Since their separation I have been slowly reintroducing them threw 'lap time' - sometimes it's successful with no teeth chattering or signs of aggression, others its horrid, full on trying to fight while being on my lap.
However the strange part it, when they are in their cages, which is divided by a c&c grid which is totally see through and open, they touch noses, squeak at each other and lay side by side. But as soon as the divider is raised they go nuts!
I was adviced previously to clean out the cages and then bath the boys together and then reintroduce - I tried this on Monday (3 days ago) and they just wouldn't settle. Moses (who I think is the big boss man) would not let Benny near him, and in all honesty, Benny was showing no signs of anger - just curiosity. But Moses would run around, teeth chattering and spraying his sent EVERYWHERE. they managed for about an hour before another huge scrap broke out which meant Bennys fur was pulled out - obviously I put the divider back straight away. And have been a separated since.
It upsets me, as a previous owner of piggies growing up, ive never seen such horrid behaviour, and we even bought them a brand new huge cage to try and get them friends again...what a waste of money!
I see so many people with happy piggies, who have a friend and who don't have to separate them. My boys have always been very shy and not like piggies I've had before, and it's making my highly considering giving them away and starting fresh, as much as I love them, as they really haven't bonded with each other or me!
Help ):
- a very distressed and unhappy piggies owner
I would not recommend to just bring a sow home; all the risks like an undisclosed/not yet visible pregnancy, illness and compatibility are fully on your side.