Arfur came to visit from The Potato Patch Rescue about a month ago as a potential new friend for Maud. He was found abandoned in a woodland, emaciated, unsteady on his feet due to lack of Vitamin C and with mange mites. He has spent a few months in the rescue recovering and then post-neuter but is very small for a 1 year old and may never grow much bigger due to the malnutrition he suffered. There is also the possibility that he could have longer term issues but at the moment he is in good health.
He is a kooky little boy who has shown no fear of us from the moment we took him out the carrier. He is such a happy piggy, popcorns all the time and runs zoomies around the cage and just sleeps wherever he is (which can be in the middle of the cage or, rather oddly, with just his head in one of the beds!. He certainly has character.
We kept him in a cage adjacent to Maud for 2 weeks, where they could interact through the bars and all seemed to going well. Sadly, when it came to bonding Maud did not like him at all, even though he was very gentlemanly. She took one look at him and launched herself across the run like a crazed piggy.
However, Arfur had already found his way into hearts and we really didn't want to return him to the rescue. Our other option was to try and bond him with Lily and Belle. Belle is very bossy and we thought it probably would not work out but decided to give him a chance. In a surprising turn of events the girls accepted him without too much fuss and they are living happily together.
He has proved to be a very expensive piggy as we had to buy a larger cage, containers for storage (as the hay and fleece was stored under our one large cage) and move the whole piggy room around to accommodate this.
Maud has got a larger loft now too for when she finds herself a new friend.
A few photos of our new arrival.
Arfur (only had half is fur) when he arrived at the rescue.
Arfur when he joined us.
Arfur with Belle and Lilly
Lily is still not happy about sharing a carrot cottage with any pig
He is a kooky little boy who has shown no fear of us from the moment we took him out the carrier. He is such a happy piggy, popcorns all the time and runs zoomies around the cage and just sleeps wherever he is (which can be in the middle of the cage or, rather oddly, with just his head in one of the beds!. He certainly has character.
We kept him in a cage adjacent to Maud for 2 weeks, where they could interact through the bars and all seemed to going well. Sadly, when it came to bonding Maud did not like him at all, even though he was very gentlemanly. She took one look at him and launched herself across the run like a crazed piggy.
However, Arfur had already found his way into hearts and we really didn't want to return him to the rescue. Our other option was to try and bond him with Lily and Belle. Belle is very bossy and we thought it probably would not work out but decided to give him a chance. In a surprising turn of events the girls accepted him without too much fuss and they are living happily together.
He has proved to be a very expensive piggy as we had to buy a larger cage, containers for storage (as the hay and fleece was stored under our one large cage) and move the whole piggy room around to accommodate this.
Maud has got a larger loft now too for when she finds herself a new friend.
A few photos of our new arrival.
Arfur (only had half is fur) when he arrived at the rescue.
Arfur when he joined us.
Arfur with Belle and Lilly
Lily is still not happy about sharing a carrot cottage with any pig
such a gorgeous wee man
