Hello out there, I hope someone might be able to help us solve a problem for our now solitary 5 year old female piggie.
Coco has always been the dominant personality in our little herd, but she has gone from one of a group to being alone in 12 months, one of her sisters died from kidney disease this time last year, and her other sister had a stroke at the weekend. She has never lived on her own before and she is quite depressed. She is eating again, but she does not have much interest in life.
Vedra saw Coco on Saturday evening and gave her a clean bill of health, her sister, Liqucorice, died on the way to Verda's.
We originally got our piggies from the local RSPCA and I'd hoped to get another piggie the same way. But I have been through all the local rescues where we are based in Milton Keynes and the only resue pigs locally are uncastrated males. I'm still looking.
We are looking for lady pig of similar age to keep her company, I think she is too old to take on a pup. I'm hopeful we will find another solitary pig to keep her company, but I need more help to find one.
Can one of you point me in the right direction for a piggie resuce? The ideal outcome will be to give a lone piggie a secure home with us. Once we have the pair settled, I'll be looking for a third pig to join them, we don't want to find ourselves in this situation again.
We are CCT members and I can provide references if needed.
I'm also keen to get tips on introductions once we have our new piggie, I'm not sure how Coco will cope with this.
We (my 13-year-old son and I) plan to introduce Coco to someone before taking her home with us. We have a second cage and plan to do supervised introductions. Any advice welcome...
Coco has always been the dominant personality in our little herd, but she has gone from one of a group to being alone in 12 months, one of her sisters died from kidney disease this time last year, and her other sister had a stroke at the weekend. She has never lived on her own before and she is quite depressed. She is eating again, but she does not have much interest in life.
Vedra saw Coco on Saturday evening and gave her a clean bill of health, her sister, Liqucorice, died on the way to Verda's.
We originally got our piggies from the local RSPCA and I'd hoped to get another piggie the same way. But I have been through all the local rescues where we are based in Milton Keynes and the only resue pigs locally are uncastrated males. I'm still looking.
We are looking for lady pig of similar age to keep her company, I think she is too old to take on a pup. I'm hopeful we will find another solitary pig to keep her company, but I need more help to find one.
Can one of you point me in the right direction for a piggie resuce? The ideal outcome will be to give a lone piggie a secure home with us. Once we have the pair settled, I'll be looking for a third pig to join them, we don't want to find ourselves in this situation again.
We are CCT members and I can provide references if needed.
I'm also keen to get tips on introductions once we have our new piggie, I'm not sure how Coco will cope with this.
We (my 13-year-old son and I) plan to introduce Coco to someone before taking her home with us. We have a second cage and plan to do supervised introductions. Any advice welcome...