meet willows new cage mates. Our 2 New baby Boars. Charlie and milo.

[furpiggy]

Aw that’s lovely to hear! More pigtures of them needed for sure I bet Willow looks massive compared to the babies!

How big is their current house? It’s definitely worth expanding it if you can! To give them the most space possible at night in the months to come

Deffo going to be expanding it wont be big enough for the 3 of them i personally think. I don't want any fighting to i am going to expand in the coming months once the baby's are getting bigger. Yes willow is massive compared to these. The baby's are like hamsters lol. I will get some pics to send over :-) I've been leaving there house door open attached to a pop up pen so they have the inside of there house and the pen of a evening to run in and out of and sleep. Of a day i take the pen away and they have there house open and hallway for free roam they love it.

 

[Cavy Kung-Fu]

Deffo going to be expanding it wont be big enough for the 3 of them i personally think. I don't want any fighting to i am going to expand in the coming months once the baby's are getting bigger. Yes willow is massive compared to these. The baby's are like hamsters lol. I will get some pics to send over :-) I've been leaving there house door open attached to a pop up pen so they have the inside of there house and the pen of a evening to run in and out of and sleep. Of a day i take the pen away and they have there house open and hallway for free roam they love it.

Sounds like a fab idea! Soon they’ll be moving into your house and you’ll have the cage

 

[EllsB3lls]

Gorgeous pigs this has brightened my mood reading your post. I am so happy to hear from someone who has a successful trio.

I'm so glad, I felt you needed that support and reassurance

 

[Sophie B]

I can only reiterate what @VickiA has said, however I am aware there are lots of bits of conficting information out there...
Please not you will ahev to upervise strongly for subtle bullying, this could happen at any given time.

Another thing I must say (I don't know if this has already been said, sorry if it has) you probably shouldn't be separating them then putting them back together (as it is a full on bonding/introduction every time) it's best to just keep them together full time when you have the time to supervise fot the fist wee while x

Wish you the best with your trio, keep us posted

 

[The3LittlePigs]

Thought i might share my experience of boar trios with you as well! I started with a trio of boars, had a very elderly boar named Thistle, must have been about seven at the time. He had not had a friend for some time so got him two as we were afraid he might dislike having to share his home with a noisy little invader! To our absolute joy he adored his boys. Two little babies of a similar age, about 8 weeks. He met one first and then we introduced the third a few days later. They got on brilliantly for a fair few months, he loved his babies, he was so happy to have friends again. However as the two young 'uns grew up, and their hormones began to kick in, they began to squabble for a place as second in command. they never hurt thistle, but shed blood with one another a few times so unfortunately we had to separate. since then, thistle has sadly passed away and both of the young 'uns have been assigned new partners.. pickle, the boar we added in last, is now four, and is on his third partner already because he cant seem to stay friends with anyone, the picky buggar. He has now settled with a baby of his own, Hazel, and we are hoping they have a bright future, although with the spicy attitude he is already developing i cant say i'd bet on it! Kiwi, the other baby we paired with my original boar thistle, is far more placid, and, also at four years old, has found a pal in my rescue boar Turbo.. though they do have their arguments every now and again, kiwi is undoubtedly The Boss. As a result of Pickle's previous paring, I have also acquired another boar who i have had to find a playmate for... Meaning my decision to get a trio initially has landed me with six piggies ! Although i cant say i regret it

I wish you the best of luck with your trio, and hope they get on better than my three ended up! Please keep us updated, it would be wonderful to hear of more successful boar triplets out there. My dream is to have the six of them all together.... but i think for my sanity and their safety, that dream will stay FIRMLY in my head

 

[furpiggy]

Boar or sow ? I keep changing my mind with charlie. Still in doubt. There going for a vet check next week so they can check but this is with his thing pushed out its not much ?,

 

[The3LittlePigs]

Looks like a boar. Can you feel a vertical ridge running under the skin above the button?

 

[furpiggy]

Thought i might share my experience of boar trios with you as well! I started with a trio of boars, had a very elderly boar named Thistle, must have been about seven at the time. He had not had a friend for some time so got him two as we were afraid he might dislike having to share his home with a noisy little invader! To our absolute joy he adored his boys. Two little babies of a similar age, about 8 weeks. He met one first and then we introduced the third a few days later. They got on brilliantly for a fair few months, he loved his babies, he was so happy to have friends again. However as the two young 'uns grew up, and their hormones began to kick in, they began to squabble for a place as second in command. they never hurt thistle, but shed blood with one another a few times so unfortunately we had to separate. since then, thistle has sadly passed away and both of the young 'uns have been assigned new partners.. pickle, the boar we added in last, is now four, and is on his third partner already because he cant seem to stay friends with anyone, the picky buggar. He has now settled with a baby of his own, Hazel, and we are hoping they have a bright future, although with the spicy attitude he is already developing i cant say i'd bet on it! Kiwi, the other baby we paired with my original boar thistle, is far more placid, and, also at four years old, has found a pal in my rescue boar Turbo.. though they do have their arguments every now and again, kiwi is undoubtedly The Boss. As a result of Pickle's previous paring, I have also acquired another boar who i have had to find a playmate for... Meaning my decision to get a trio initially has landed me with six piggies ! Although i cant say i regret it

I wish you the best of luck with your trio, and hope they get on better than my three ended up! Please keep us updated, it would be wonderful to hear of more successful boar triplets out there. My dream is to have the six of them all together.... but i think for my sanity and their safety, that dream will stay FIRMLY in my head

This will be me, end up with a herd i hope too they continue to develop a strong bong. One can only hope they stay best of friends with the occasional squabble that don't turn to anything nasty. Of course I'll keep posted here. Fingers crossed.

 

[furpiggy]

Looks like a boar. Can you feel a vertical ridge running under the skin above the button?

Vertical ridge, belly button or do you mean penis the slit is quite deep compared to milos ?

 

[The3LittlePigs]

I mean just above his penis you should be able to feel it going up from the penis.

 

[furpiggy]

He's a confusing one i think i can see a buldge for his testicals but milos if very clear he's a boy even his testicals are there can see that buldge.

 

[furpiggy]

I'll check in a bit hes running away from now lol. Dont want to stress him out. X

I mean just above his penis you should be able to feel it going up from the penis.

 

[Bill & Ted]

Hope this guide helps sexing Charlie, it has an illustration of where you should be feeling for the penis ridge

Sexing Guide

 

[furpiggy]

I'm one of the lucky piggy mummies where a trio is working. My three were bonded when we rescued them from the RSPCA, two of them are just over a year and the other is coming up to two years. I'll be honest I hadn't heard about the problems with trios until I came on here after we adopted them. With Charlie and Milo being so young I am crossing fingers for you that they build a good bond before the dreaded teenage years kick in. With my boys space was the key, they still have little strops and like their own space sometimes, but there is nothing funnier than watching two boys rumble strutting at each other, then boy popcorn and run off to nibble some hay together. Also my older boy likes to defuse things and I've seen him jump between the other two and popcorn like mad.

I am sorry that you feel a lot of the comments have been negative, I am sure that people were just wanting to warning you to be aware but it sounds like you have researched lots and know what to expect. I think the reason everyone says trios don't work is because we hear more about the ones that go wrong than the ones that work out.

I look forward to seeing lots more pictures of these three and hearing about their antics.

Here's some photos of my baby's with my willow. I attached some short video clips only they wont work it says the forum has no support for it. If anyone knows how to do then let us know. I have cute videos. Here you can see there house. Not the best pics. It's just about right for now as there so tiny there is plenty of space and having the free roam of the hall is fabulous for them but will certainly be expanding into another room. They love each other. The very last 2 photo's is of my willow and his litter brother my angel Simba who passed away last Sunday