I'm getting a new piggy - advice please x

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I'm soooo excited because i'm getting a new piggy - yippee!
Here's the story - I got Gerty from a friend at work who had a male & sow living together (dreadful I know but I was new to piggies & really didn't know any better). Gerty then had 4 babies (2 boys & 2 girls) which was very unexpected! Anyway, my friend kept the pair together & after 2 stillborn litters, the mummy pig died (not suprising really - poor piggy). That left daddy pig all alone. I tried to talk my friend into getting a baby boar for him rather than a female & he said he would consider it, turns out that he couldn't find him one so i said I'd take in Daddy pig (rescue him basically).
My problem is that I can't really fit another piggy in (once i've taken Daddy pig in) so was wondering what everyone thought was best - should I try & bond him with my boys or let him live alongside the girls (obviously not in with them). Any advice would be much appreciated xx
 
how many boars have you got? boars can live happily in pairs, but not trios or more
 
2 are brothers and 1 is bonded and they do get along fine we do have a liittle rumbling from time to time but mine seem to get along fine! give the plenty to play with and explore with and lots of veggies at meal times so they have nothing to fight about.
 
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2 are brothers and 1 is bonded and they do get along fine we do have a liittle rumbling from time to time but mine seem to get along fine! give the plenty to play with and explore with and lots of veggies at meal times so they have nothing to fight about.
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Thanks for this Tab. How old were your piggies when they were bonded?
 
they were quite young about 5 months. once they sorted there pecking order out, 2 are more dominant now but they still get along fine.
 
One of my friends in the US has a bonded trio of boars. She has given them an ENORMOUS amount of room, with plenty of tubes, hidey holes, dishes and water bottles and they get along fine. I can't give you any tips on how to actually bond them being a sow-girl myself, but I have heard it can be done for three boars :)
 
I think I will give it a try - if things don't work out I'll have to get rid of more furniture & maybe bond him with a new baby - lol :))
 
it's worth trying
you can never make sweeping statements with animals; just because someone's three boars didn't get along doesn't mean yours won't =]
having said that, just because a lot of people have successfully kept a trio doesn't mean that yours will get along at all!
give it a go, just make sure you introduce them incredibly slowly and make sure each pig gets equal veggie snacks, and a shelter for each of them. i'd also advise putting them together in a large run rather than a cage or hutch at first, so they have plenty of space to suss each other out without feeling any pressure.
i really hope it goes well for you and your boys =]
 
I have had a trio here they were foster boys and all brothers all got on. Ross was the calming influence I felt while Joey and Chandler were very alike in temprement. It was hard to rehome three together so Ross went to live with my vet and her baby boar while Joey and Chandler were rehomed together.

Be aware that if you do and they fall out you may have three seperate boars. Guineas are like lions boys don't usually live with boys.

Personally, if you have two boys then why upset the mix by adding a third? :)
 
Hels said:
ha ha Suzanne - remember you are coming here on 7th July - dare you enter our piggy room?


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Ha ha Helen, sorry not been on for a few days so only just seen this - i will have to try & control myself so that I don't end up sleeping on my sofa so that piggies can take over all 3 bedrooms!

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Out of my 13 boars there are 5 groups, 3 sets of pairs, one set of three and a set of four that live very happily together. The set of four are my guinea pig Mouse and his three sons and the set of three are two more of Mouse's babies with a guinea pig that once hated all other guinea pigs. My guinea pig Mouse has been with many different groups of boars over his life span and there has never been any problems with him, he would happily live in a group of ten with no problem at all. The other week he managed to get into the group of three's hutch and there were no problems, we just found him there with the other group lol he looked at me as if to say "what?" lol It works for some but not all, they all different.
 
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My Best Mate has 5 boars together, fair enough they are brothers - From different Litters but they live quite happily together in a huge dog pen in her room.

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stargrrlclaire said:
how many boars have you got? boars can live happily in pairs, but not trios or more
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I have a group of four boars living together.
2 are brothers and the other 2 are not.
The youngest are about 3 months old and the oldest are about 10 months old.
 
How do you all manage to get your boars to live together. You all make it sound so easy. I have had a nightmare in the past with most of mine. I have 2 that live together no problem but another 3 who will not tolerate each other at all. I have just taken on a friends boar so will try to bond him with the calmest of the 3 at some point but I dread it! I have just had a new hutch built so these boys can live next to each other as I hated seeing them alone. Here's the link to my new hutch.
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I have 4 boars, two came from a pet shop courtesy of my sons girlfriend as his birthday present :... they are litter brothers and get on well apart from the odd quarrel over a prized veggie... I then was given 2 other boars from a work colleague whose son had them as a Xmas present and got bored mallethead one has bonded with the other two and quite seriously its like having a gang of teenagers in the house, they have a large cage with loads of toys and houses in it and wheek and popcorn at me like mad every morning. The fourth one is a quiet little boy who was getting bullied and hopefully will have a ladyfriend soon.

Think some groups of boys work .... my 3 are 2 brothers plus a odd one ... 2 are plump, chatty and inquisitive but the boss piggie (Roger) is quiet, detemined, has bitten the vets finger and is definately in charge !
 
As the new boy piggie has been a daddy I would be sceptical that he would accept living with other boys or even a baby boar when the baby grew up... But there's no reason not to give him a chance. Just make sure you watch them like a hawk!
 
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