Pumpkin&Courage
New Born Pup
- Joined
- Aug 10, 2019
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Hi everyone
I thought I would post a positive update on here following the quite sad posts I had last year.
I lost my boy Courage to bladder stones last year, with the stones returning after an initial successful surgery. I was devastated and his brother Pumpkin was all alone.
Knowing pigs should be kept in pairs, I kept an eye out locally for a suitable new pig but nothing was appearing. In addition, Courage and Pumpkin fell out badly around their hormonal stage and so lived separately side by side. I was worried that a new pig wouldn’t be well received given Pumpkin seemed to be the instigator of the fights. I worried about them fighting when I was at work And doing serious damage.
As lockdown eased, a young boar was left over from a herd locally and I went to view him and fell in love. During a spaced out bonding period, new arrival Boo was introduced to Pumpkin and they got on like a house on fire. It was perfect as I’ve worked from home during lockdown so was able to keep an eye on them, we‘re 4 months in now and they are still happy in together. They’re both very vocal and there’s lots of popcorning and zoomies round their space.
The best thing honestly is watching the bounce return into Pumpkin’s behaviour. He had slowly started becoming withdrawn even though I was spending lots of time with him. He’s like a brand new pig. I cannot emphasise enough if people are keeping single pigs to take the time to find them a suitable partner.
I thought I would post a positive update on here following the quite sad posts I had last year.
I lost my boy Courage to bladder stones last year, with the stones returning after an initial successful surgery. I was devastated and his brother Pumpkin was all alone.
Knowing pigs should be kept in pairs, I kept an eye out locally for a suitable new pig but nothing was appearing. In addition, Courage and Pumpkin fell out badly around their hormonal stage and so lived separately side by side. I was worried that a new pig wouldn’t be well received given Pumpkin seemed to be the instigator of the fights. I worried about them fighting when I was at work And doing serious damage.
As lockdown eased, a young boar was left over from a herd locally and I went to view him and fell in love. During a spaced out bonding period, new arrival Boo was introduced to Pumpkin and they got on like a house on fire. It was perfect as I’ve worked from home during lockdown so was able to keep an eye on them, we‘re 4 months in now and they are still happy in together. They’re both very vocal and there’s lots of popcorning and zoomies round their space.
The best thing honestly is watching the bounce return into Pumpkin’s behaviour. He had slowly started becoming withdrawn even though I was spending lots of time with him. He’s like a brand new pig. I cannot emphasise enough if people are keeping single pigs to take the time to find them a suitable partner.
