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Happyman247

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Hello, I have 3 pigs (recently lost 1) I used to have 2 pairs- boy/girl and girl/girl that lived very happily together but separate in their pairs. However now that one of the girls as died we have been trying to introduce the nutered boy to the other pair.

At first it was going well as they have been in proximity to each other for the last 8 months (bars across the shared run). Yet one of the girls won't stop fighting the boy even though he has given up and allowed her to mount him and doesn't try to fight back when she starts on him. Yet him and the other girl seam to get on especially out on the grass in the outdoor run.

What I am wondering is if the boy lived alone at night yet with the girls during the day. Would this be alright or would this be problematic? Any help would be great.
 
Welcome to the forum and I’m sorry for your loss.

I'm afraid this wouldn’t be a suitable solution. You cannot continually reintroduce and separate piggies as this isn’t how they function. If two piggies do not get on then they shouldn’t have physical contact. They either need to be properly bonded and live together permanently or not be together at all.
If they don’t get on, then they will need to live as neighbours with interaction through the bars so he doesn’t get lonely or, have him bonded with another piggy and kept as a separate pair.

Perhaps you could explain a little more about what you mean by fighting with him. Mounting in itself is a normal behaviour and isn’t necessarily a sign of a problem but if she doesn’t accept him into their relationship to form a trio, then I’m afraid there’s nothing you can do to change that.
 
Piggies&buns said:
Welcome to the forum and I’m sorry for your loss.

I'm afraid this wouldn’t be a suitable solution. You cannot continually reintroduce and separate piggies as this isn’t how they function. If two piggies do not get on then they shouldn’t have physical contact. They either need to be properly bonded and live together permanently or not be together at all.
If they don’t get on, then they will need to live as neighbours with interaction through the bars so he doesn’t get lonely or, have him bonded with another piggy and kept as a separate pair.

Perhaps you could explain a little more about what you mean by fighting with him. Mounting in itself is a normal behaviour and isn’t necessarily a sign of a problem but if she doesn’t accept him into their relationship to form a trio, then I’m afraid there’s nothing you can do to change that.
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That's mostly what we were thinking, just seeing if the physical relationship is more important than a separate/distanced relationship.

By fighting; she lunges at him, biting and getting clumps of hair (never been blood yet) chuttering and approaching him diagonally then turning to bite him. - he either doesn't move and freezes or gets as far from her as possible.
 
Living with another piggy is preferable if possible, but living as neighbours with interaction through the bars is a very common way of living for piggies who cannot live in the same cage. You’ll find many on here who are in a similar situation and do have to have their piggies as neighbours.

Sows pulling hair is the equivalent of a full on fight. It does sound as if she doesn’t accept him at all.
 
Piggies&buns said:
Living with another piggy is preferable if possible, but living as neighbours with interaction through the bars is a very common way of living for piggies who cannot live in the same cage. You’ll find many on here who are in a similar situation and do have to have their piggies as neighbours.

Sows pulling hair is the equivalent of a full on fight. It does sound as if she doesn’t accept him at all.
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Thank you. Never had a problem with sows not getting on.
 
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