Hi everyone!
My name is Brandi and I am the proud owner of two beautiful piggies. Moe is 6 months old and Coffee bean(we call him bean for short) is 6 weeks. I got them both from Pet smart( didn't realize all the other options out there until i read on here). Any way's I got Moe in May and in July we got another piggie(Snoball) from Petco I started the quarantine process and so thankful I did b/c poor Snoball was Ill from the get go. I noticed he was very shy but thought it was his nature and over night he became so ill by the next morning we found him dead in his cage.
So I was very leery of getting another one b/c I did not want Moe to get sick and die. Well we decided to get another one and went back to Pet smart b/c Moe never had any sickness and we found Bean and went through the quarantine just introducing them today for the first time. Of course Moe mounted him right off the bat. I figured that was coming. So they ran around, went back and forth smelling each other and then got a bit aggressive. Moe nipped at beans nose causing a small scratch so I removed Bean and now all they do is weak/squeak at each other. Their cages are by each other(Moe's is the bigger cage, Bean is in the smaller one) and bite at their cages whining at each other. Is this normal? Should we keep them together longer? It just worries me due to the size difference and the fight they had. How should we keep approaching the process?
Sorry this got so long, just looking for any advice and help to make this as smooth as possible for them both. Thanks so much!
My name is Brandi and I am the proud owner of two beautiful piggies. Moe is 6 months old and Coffee bean(we call him bean for short) is 6 weeks. I got them both from Pet smart( didn't realize all the other options out there until i read on here). Any way's I got Moe in May and in July we got another piggie(Snoball) from Petco I started the quarantine process and so thankful I did b/c poor Snoball was Ill from the get go. I noticed he was very shy but thought it was his nature and over night he became so ill by the next morning we found him dead in his cage.
So I was very leery of getting another one b/c I did not want Moe to get sick and die. Well we decided to get another one and went back to Pet smart b/c Moe never had any sickness and we found Bean and went through the quarantine just introducing them today for the first time. Of course Moe mounted him right off the bat. I figured that was coming. So they ran around, went back and forth smelling each other and then got a bit aggressive. Moe nipped at beans nose causing a small scratch so I removed Bean and now all they do is weak/squeak at each other. Their cages are by each other(Moe's is the bigger cage, Bean is in the smaller one) and bite at their cages whining at each other. Is this normal? Should we keep them together longer? It just worries me due to the size difference and the fight they had. How should we keep approaching the process?Sorry this got so long, just looking for any advice and help to make this as smooth as possible for them both. Thanks so much!
