hello! i have a rescued piggie named wookie. i want to get him a companion but I'm worried that since hes blind he might get bullied or something along those lines. i have been posting at a lot of places for advice and i have been trying to find information but so far i havent had much luck.
should i be worried about this? i feel like i might be sheltering him but at the same time i dont want to try and expose him to something that could be harmful i really do need advice. I'm worried that his diet may be getting affected by this cause i know lone piggies dont really do to well. :-\
Aw well done for taking him in, bless him :smitten: maybe try him with a cage mate like MnP says and if it doesnt work out have them in cages next to eachother so he can still speak to them? xx
thank you both so much. i cant wait to hear for more advice but that spunds really good. i dont want him to be alone even if he does just have a neighbor. that has to be better then anything haha and I'm the lucky one. hes such an angel.
i agree a nice older boar would be nice :smitten: i think a younger boar may be more likely to give him dominance hassle, especially in its teenage stage :
as mentioned you could also house them side by side
see www.barmy4boars.co.uk, although there may not be anything specially about "special needs" piggies it is very useful for information on pairing boars, or boars living side by side. and if you do end up with a friend side by side it could give you cage ideas?
hehe you guys are making me feel so special. : but like i said i am for sure the lucky one. hes my darling furry log. but yeah I'm just now hoping to find an older boar. its hard to find any really around here [[ohio]] or at lest ive been having a hard time looking.
not sure where you are
But try a local rescue some will take your boy in and find a suitable mate for him
I've got Francis he's an aby with cattarachs and lives with Teddy another tex boar and they are just like an old married couple i just set their cage up the same each time and Francis is the boss ted is so timid its cutethey sleep together and everything
rescue would be the est bet thou
Ron
Yes, I agree. See if you can find a shelter or rescue nearish to you. They may well have an older previously unwanted boar and you could take your wookie along and let him choose his own friend It will be apparent quite quickly if they are going to be friends or not :smitten:
Hi welcome to the forum You mention that you are in Ohio, assmuning you mean the US Ohio, if you haven't already found it, I would definately check out http://www.cavyspirit.com/ they are a US based site and will probably have loads of US adoption info as they are pro-rescue too.
It's great that you have taken on this little man. We were in a similar position to you when we took on a special needs piggie (bullied, then had a stroke) and he's turned out to be the sweetest and most suprisingly nimble little pig and has gone from strength to strength. We had your dilemma, we wern't quite sure what to do, thought he needed a pal etc, but he won't take any other boys because the previous bullying had made him super-wary, and we can't get him neutered because of his health history. So we settled for him next to another boar and they are great friends. At the above website, they show you how you can make C&C cages which you may find useful if you adopt an older boar as a future comapnion, that way they can snuggle and chat through the dividers without getting threatening. And in time, you may be able to gradually introduce them on laptime or run time etc.
He sounds like a sweetheart and love the name (are you a Star Wats fan then? )
I was worried about the same thing when I put my partially sighted boar in with another, but he turned out to be the bully. I'd say your boar would be more than capable of looking after himself because he's had to fight just to get around his environment.
Lone pigs can do very well, it depends on the piggy's personality. My previous pigs were alone and lived happiy to 8.
thank you all so much :smitten: :smitten: and yes i am in the US. I'm sorry i forgot to put that in there. haha duh. and thank you for the site! i cant wait to go look through it. ive been trying to find some sites about rescues but you know how search engines can get.
anywhos yes i am small star wars fan. its so funny though cause he looks exactly like chewy! what a wookie! its kind of funny though cause my boyfriends dad had guinea piggies growing up [[i dont know how he treated them being that they were kids when they had them and i dont really want to ask]] and they were all named after star war characters. they had a black one named darth vader and he was so very very mean. and they named him before they figured this out. weiiird. but yeah. hehe
and i can tell that hes getting a little lonely. ive been trying to focus a ton on him and having my boyfriend do that too [[which isnt very hard haha]] when I'm not around. but i also have a rat and he needs attention too and i cant handle both at the same time by myself cause the rat is so inquisitive and so he tends to spook wookie.
If you go onto the site gpdd.org it's based in the US and you can post a question on there and i'm sure they'll be able to help you with your area O0
Your wookie (btw looooove the name) sounds adorable :smitten: :smitten: :smitten: :smitten: I know of another girl in the US who has a blind little girl piggie :-* :-*
Best of luck in hunting for a boar friend for Wookie :smitten:
thank you so much :smitten: its amazing how helpful and supportive everyone is. me and wookie both are very very very thankful. ill make sure to get on that forum as well.
that would be awesome! could you actually give her my email: [email protected]. theres not a lot of people that i know that are in the same situation and i want to met as many as possible
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maybe a laid back older piggie would be nice friend? I'm not really sure but I'm sure you will get lots of advice on here 
(are you a Star Wats fan then?
I'd say your boar would be more than capable of looking after himself because he's had to fight just to get around his environment.
ive been trying to find some sites about rescues but you know how search engines can get.