The reason why you should never intentionally get a lone pig

[GeorgesHuman]

I have had my 5 year old boar, George, since he was a tiny little pup so he has been alone for 4 years until February of this year when I brought baby Elliot home, and in April, baby Oscar came to live with us too! I was bought George as a surprise, and the person who got him never knew pigs shouldn't be solo, and at the time neither did I.

The babies are growing up quickly and they both display all the natural piggy behaviours, including drrr-ing at each other and rumblestrutting.

George can stick up for himself, but when the babies are doing their piggy behaviours to George, he has no idea what they're doing. I do know that he talks to them so he's not forgotten his language, but he doesn't know how to be a pig! It's so sad but he has become a different pig since the babies arrived. He's so vibrant and more inquisitive and loving to human mummy (meee!) So ladies and gentlemen, two pigs or more are always better than one lonely pig!

 

[SDRB_TP]

Hehe, awww. That's great you have got him 2 friends! Bless him, remembering his natural piggy instincts. x) x)

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Best regards,
Isabella, Tallulah, Penelope & Lily.
x

 

[sport_billy]

Awww, I love his pic in your avatar, he has a really beautiful expressive face.

It's great that he is loving his new piggie friends.

 

[Astral Heart]

I have two boars that are on their own, they can still see each other but if you put them together hell breaks loose. They completely hate each other when in the same space, I do not want any other Guinea pigs, so they have to stay as two solo piggies. They can still touch and talk to each other, but it's not feasible for them to be together. I agree that Guinea pigs need and thrive with company of their own kind though.

 

[threelittlepigs]

I picked up my Sweetie as 'free to a good home' in 2008 and she was living on her own. I bonded her with my two sows and then a neutered boar joined our herd, followed over the years by three other sows.

Now Sweetie is the Top Pig and I am so glad for her that she has company. Her bond with my two oldest sows was so strong that when they died she nearly followed as she did not eat or drink for 24 hours and got a UTI and gut stasis. It was touch and go whether she would survive but I'm so glad I nursed her through it because that was nearly a year ago and she is still going strong.

 

[Alicia]

It's great that he has friends I have a lone boar, Barry, because he got bullied a lot by the 2 other boars I tried him living with, and my Mum won't let me get any more boars in case we end up with having to keep them seperate again, so Barry lives alone, but he lives near my female guinea-pigs and he talks to them and watches them, I feel bad for them because I think he gets lonely, but I'm trying to make up for this by giving him lots of toys to play with and things to do

 

[CiaraPatricia]

I had two guinea pigs, Devlin and Apple, but when Apple died of old age then Devlin was alone. My parents said I couldn't get anymore because they thought Devlin would die soon (she was 6 1/2), but six months later she was still alive. I kept nagging my parents about it but they said I couldn't get more guinea pigs. My dad wanted his lawn back that's funny now cos I have loads of guinea pigs and rabbits

Devlin was really lonely, especially after her bunny friend died too. Anytime a dog or cat came near her run then she'd run out to sniff at them, and started to want human company a lot more. A blue tit used to join her in her run and eat food with her too But she was lonely.

Anyway, for Christmas the year before last, I convinced my parents I should get hamsters But then my mom said "I'd prefer if you got guinea pigs cos they'd be outside" so I told my dad that and he agreed and we got two baby pigs. Devlin was so happy, straight away, to have new friends She changed completely back to normal.

And well they were right that she only lived a couple more months, but it was definitely worth it to give her a happy couple of months.

And one of the baby pigs turned out to be pregnant, and somehow I ended up with loads of pigs