needing some adivce?

[karinadwright]

Well ive rescued two more babies from dog bating they are soooo cute so i have eight piggies, right at the moement rum n raisin my two 2year olds have taken to the two teddie babys who are 7-8 weeks old, all happy together living eating no agression nothing the adults hav really taken the babies under there wing looking after them giving them fresh veggies sharing should i keep them together or seperate? My other two younger adults have taken fine to the other babies? Should i put together or put all the babies together ?

 

[CharlieH]

I'm not sure I understand, have you got the 4 pigs in one cage? And are they males or females?

Sorry if that's just me not reading properly lol!

 

[karinadwright]

Got four together at moe two adults two babies there so loving to each other, bt i will seperate if theres fighting or bullying, or before it got to that if it got to it?

 

[gogoguineas]

Well I would monitor the situation, maybe for a few more weeks until the young ones find their feet if they're ok now but it would be better to have these as 2 pairs. The problem with groups of boars is that the fight for top pig becomes too much when there's more than 2 and this can cause serious fights. Where as in a pair one will claim top spot and the other will be more submissive, hence a happy pairing. In a group if a fight occurs you can run the risk of ruining the bond between all of them and ending up with 4 lone boys all needing new friends. It has been known in situations like these for all boys to end up disliking each other if arguing occurs, even if they have been fine before.
Some may say leave it a while and see if they do fight, my personal opinion is quit while you're ahead and keep two pairs, saves any heartache. Hope that helps

 

[Shellza]

Were the new pigs quarantined at all? It's best to quarantine new pigs for a few weeks before letting them near your other pigs as they could be carrying anything, especially from the background they've come from. If they are boys I would keep them in 2 pairs as it's very, very rare for trios to work let alone 4! Once the youngsters hit the hormonal stage it is most likely they will fight which could cause you to have 4 separate boys.

Well done for rescuing the little ones though!

 

[karinadwright]

The big ones sqeek n panic when i take the babies n the babies sqeek like am hurting them big ones climb all over n up my to get to the babies licking n cuddling them so gonna wait alittle maybe week or two and see any issues they will be paired on seperated, piggies welfare is my upmost,