Splitting up my sow trio ... to introduce a boar

[Bekki]

I have three girls who live together, 2 of then twix and twirl are siblings from the same litter who have been together since birth, the third peanut is about a year older not related and is the trouble maker in the group.

Twix and Twirl cuddle up together in the hay tray and spend much of their time together, they are both quiet and docile, peanut is a nutter who squeels the house down all the time and runs and splits the pair up making them run away from her.

Their housing is not ideal the three live in a little less than the minimum recommended for a trio (adopted animals came with a hutch).

They do all get along and its not bullying I think its just top dog making sure everybody knows about it.

I was thinking of adopting the most gorgeous boar in teh world from NEGPR and he is currently reserved for me pending sorting housing out!

Would it be bad to remove peanut the trouble maker from the siblings and have peanut and boar living together in a 120cm cage? I cant do c&c cage big enough for 4 due to sourcing the bits and it being stupidly expensive.

I could get them a skyline maxi xxl cage to live in easily.

 

[Glynis]

Sorry can't advise.......... never been thru this before
I am sure some of our more experienced lovely people will advise you soon
Maybe don't do anything till you've had some friendly advice first tho as rebonding is not always easy!

 

[Bekki]

Yep,

This idea is a what if kind of idea :-)

My other option would be to remove the rabbit (its a two tier hutch , pigs in top, bun in bottom) and put a ramp back in it and give the pigs the whole hutch but then housing the rabbit gets tricky as I have space for 6x2 pen sort of but it would be stupidly inconvient really.

Its probably best if I cancel my reservation and let somebody else take the boar but he is just so adorable :-(

 

[Suzygpr]

I would advise discussing this with the rescue - they are very experienced and will give you the right advice for your situation, especially as they know the boar's personality.

As for cages being expensive - have you looked at C&C alternatives? The Housing section has many examples in the sticky threads at the top of the page.

Suzy x

 

[Bekki]

I would advise discussing this with the rescue - they are very experienced and will give you the right advice for your situation, especially as they know the boar's personality.

As for cages being expensive - have you looked at C&C alternatives? The Housing section has many examples in the sticky threads at the top of the page.

Suzy x

I think cages are cheap, its c&c that is expensive lol :-)

Nowhere local sells grids and correx is 36 squids a sheet!

These three little terrors eat correx like theres no tomorrow when they get chance so I really dont want them anywhere near it as I cant imagine eatig plastic does them any good at all.

I'm a big fan of commercial cages becuase they are so rigid that they can be supported on units very easily and the dogs cannot get in them at all ever no matter what :-)

I love the ferplast 140 but its not big enough for 4 at all
I could stack another ferplast 140 on top of my other one and put the three girls in there but that doesnt help getting boyo space at all ...
Realistically I dotn think its going to work and somebody else will have to take the gorgeous boyo :-(

 

[Wiebke]

I would speak to the rescue; it depends on whether Peanut and their boar take to each other. If you could bring Peanut for an introduction at the rescue, that would be ideal. You will usually know within 15-20 minutes whether acceptance has happened or not. I have often come home with a different piggy to the one I had reserved after a round of dating at a rescue. Trios are notorious for generating outsider problems; from 4-5 piggies onwards you get group behaviour.

Alternatively, you could try and see whether they work out as a quartet in the longer run.

Where are you living? Some members on here might know about the current best deals on C&C grids. You can also always connect two traditional cages with a short bit of plastic pipe or by simply pushing the two cages together (the side bars can be pushed up) and by creating some kind of bridge. I had the last arrangement before I went C&C with my growing group.