Older piggies in rescue

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Its been almost a year now since I adopted my 3 welsh girls. I have been thinking lately about adopting a pair of boys.
I have looked around some of the rescue sites at all the lovely piggies and something occured to me. A few months ago I saw a lovely pair of handsome boys on Milhavens site. They are still there. They are older pigs which got me thinking about all the piggies out there in rescues past the baby stage.

The girls I reserved before going down to the rescue were already 2. Older piggies so often get overlooked but me I just love them. All I need to do now is decide if I have space and money for more piggies and convince the OH :red
 
My last three rescue pigs have all been around 4. We specifically wanted an older boy for Noodles as she is 6 herself, so wanted a nice, calm boy to look after her, and Gizmo fitted the bill perfectly. By strange coincidence both had lost their long term previous partners to cancer :( but are now a proper old married couple

My sheep pigs from Windwhistle are also around 3 or 4 I think.

Age is nothing but a number to me - considering one of my share horses is older than me (I'm 26, she's 28) I seem to get on better with older animals lol
 
I adopted two older piggies - they do get overlooked I feel but they are so lovable and laid back x)
It makes me chuckle to see them popcorn (occasionally) but they still manage it and wouldn't hesitate to home an older piggy in the future :))
 
Several of my piggies have been rehomed as mature adults over the years; the last two are four and two years old. They were and are all great personalities, each in their own way, and they all have given me lots of joy!

The irony is that I have lost piggies I rehomed as babies at a much younger age than my "oldies" and after less time with me! So you can never tell...
 
I have a soft spot for my 2 older boys (Sampson and Gregory) - they are just calm and sensible! Mostly. Occasional tiffs over who sits where but generally potter about and love, love their lawn mower time.
I sort of wish I had adopted them first ie before having some young hormonal boys as the older ones teach you about piggy ownership in a more relaxed way.
 
I'm a sucker for the "older" ones too, and the ones that have something a bit wrong with them that's not significant enough to affect their life (or they wouldn't be up for rehoming), but it's enough that a lot of people wouldn't want them - Cameo has cateracts and she doesn't care! :))
 
Amanda1801 said:
I'm a sucker for the "older" ones too, and the ones that have something a bit wrong with them that's not significant enough to affect their life (or they wouldn't be up for rehoming), but it's enough that a lot of people wouldn't want them - Cameo has cateracts and she doesn't care! :))
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I find myself checking the 'oldies' more than the younger piggies as well for any signs of them being poorly ?/ The younger ones are always running around, playing etc. but the oldies snooze more so tend to keep a closer eye on them mallethead
 
Having recently fostered two 3 year old boars, they were much more affectionate, placid and easy to handle than my still skittish but warming up 8 month old rescue girls. So sad that older animals get overlooked, i would definitely consider an even older rescue animal next time round.
 
Amanda1801 said:
I'm a sucker for the "older" ones too, and the ones that have something a bit wrong with them that's not significant enough to affect their life (or they wouldn't be up for rehoming), but it's enough that a lot of people wouldn't want them - Cameo has cateracts and she doesn't care! :))
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Quite a few of my "oldies" are in the same category (mainly unsightly minor but not medical conditions combined with middle age, like cataracts etc., that are too healthy to remain at a rescue) - they live a perfectly normal life and are usually wonderful characters who very much appreciate the tlc they are getting!
 
I rehomed 3 older piggies (2 3.5year olds and 1 2.5year old) and wouldn't change them for the world. They are gorgeous and I like to think I have given them a happy forever home instead of them being overlooked all the time.
 
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