Time to seperate babies?

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Hi :)

We have taken Lola and her 3 babies to the vets just to confirm the sexes.
As I thought we have 2 boys and a girl.
They will be 3 weeks tomorrow.
We also got her to double check Charlie to make 100% sure she was infact a girl - which she is so Lola came to us already expecting :(

I've had conflicting advice about when to seperate the boys and the girls.
Vet said to wean and pair off at 5weeks but I'm sure I read 3 weeks on here?
I've noticed the larger boy has been making a rumbling(?) noise today and trying to mount his brother and don't want any more surprises!

So when is the right time to move the boys away from mum and sister?

Thanks in advance x
 
the boys need to be removed at 3 weeks or before if there is anything lke rumbling or mounting so id say move them out asap,i cannot believe a vet would say 5 weeks if you had waited that long you would probably have pregnant piggies,silly vet x
 
We've made a partition so we're going to temp. split up the cage and put the 2 boys in together as I type this.
The largest one is only paying attention to his brother at the moment?!
Is that normal?

When we take the boys out from mum we'd like to try again with re-introducing Charlie to Lola to see if they'll be friends again.
Charlie is in an indoor cage next to the one Lola and babies are in and they always chew the bars to see each other, I'm hoping thats a good sign :)
Really dont want Charlie to be on her own.
 
Boys seperated :(
They're really weeking, feel really sad for them bless them, hope they're ok.
Re: The vet, dont think we will be using them again, thought they were pretty useless myself :(
We were asking advice about Charlie and Lola fighting and she just said " oh thats unusual they're usually sociable little animals just don't leave them alone together"
To be honest I've had better advice from this Website :)
This is the only vet local to us so we'll have to travel further afield in future if we need to see a vet!
 
its good that you are splitting them up,its not unusual for males to do the naughty to eachother although they can very quickly turn there attention to the sows.
i hope everything works with Charlie and Lola when you re-introduce,the best way to introduce is on neutral territoryxxx
 
ChelleJM said:
Boys seperated :(
They're really weeking, feel really sad for them bless them, hope they're ok.
Re: The vet, dont think we will be using them again, thought they were pretty useless myself :(
We were asking advice about Charlie and Lola fighting and she just said " oh thats unusual they're usually sociable little animals just don't leave them alone together"
To be honest I've had better advice from this Website :)
This is the only vet local to us so we'll have to travel further afield in future if we need to see a vet!
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sounds like a good idea,I'm sure you will find a vet to suit you and the piggies;)
the boys will cry and probably quite alot but it will soon settle don't give in and return them to the mother,its just the initial upset they will eventually move on x
 
Please try to reintroduce Lola with the girls and Charlie in a neutral place! Charlie has lost the "us" smell and will be rejected as an intruder into Lola's territory otherwise.
 
should I wait until the baby (we've named her Ruby) is a certain age before we try to put all 3 together?
The lounge is probably the most neutral place, none of them have been in there, they have floor time in the kitchen and dining room as it has tiles - easy to clean up wee accidents :)
I really hope it works and all 3 can live together.
If it does work is it best to put them into the clean disinfected cage altogether or best to put Charlie in first as she hasnt been in there for ages then add Lola & Ruby?

sorry for all the Q's and I appologise if they're silly x
 
ChelleJM said:
Boys seperated :(
They're really weeking, feel really sad for them bless them, hope they're ok.
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Oh the boys will wheek and wheek...they're momma's boys and don't understand the need for separation. Have gone through this twice and both times the boys have prevented me from getting much sleep for a few nights. rolleyes The good thing is that your boys have each other!


Good luck with Charlie and Lola! *fingers crossed* for you
 
ChelleJM said:
should I wait until the baby (we've named her Ruby) is a certain age before we try to put all 3 together?
The lounge is probably the most neutral place, none of them have been in there, they have floor time in the kitchen and dining room as it has tiles - easy to clean up wee accidents :)
I really hope it works and all 3 can live together.
If it does work is it best to put them into the clean disinfected cage altogether or best to put Charlie in first as she hasnt been in there for ages then add Lola & Ruby?

sorry for all the Q's and I appologise if they're silly x
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They are not silly questions at all!

It might not be a bad idea to test the waters with a little "play session" together, once Ruby is weaned and Lola stops feeling protective of her. Until then, I would wait. You will know when the time is right and Lola discourages Ruby from drinking.

Best of luck!
 
Thanks :)
Feel really mean for taking the boys away from their mum but obviously it's for the best. Can't have Lola getting pregnant again poor thing!
Still can't believe I managed to choose a pregnant piggy!
Must be my hormones picking up on it hubby says! (I'm due in Aug)

Lola is actually starting to 'shoo' Ruby away and she doesnt feed that much now - she digs into what ever food we give Lola and she's using the water bottle too :)
don't suppose it will be much longer before she stops taking milk altogther?

Thanks everyone for all your fab advice xx
 
3 weeks is the time to separate - no doubt about it.

Some vets needs retraining.
 
I had to separate my boy at a week an a half as he was beginning to rumble and do his hip swaying to the girls!

How are they today Chelle?
 
Sorry, a bit late on this one, but I whip them out as soon as they start to rumble, if they're a good weight.

I've found sows sometimes need a bit of space from the babies before reintroducing them to their former cage-mates

Sophie
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They seem to have settled down today, not 1/2 as much wheeking was going on between Lola and the baby boys as what was going on yesterday!
Felt so bad for them last night they were wheeking so much :(

My little girl has named the boys Max & Morris :))
Max is still rumbling/swaying and mounting Morris tho the frisky thing!
Definitely for the best that they are seperated, they have each other so arent lonely. Hopefully they'll stay friends now.

~Charlie is still on her own though, hopefully in a week or so she can be introduced to Lola and Ruby (little girl baby) but if not i'll be looking into getting her a little friend OR leaving charlie alone for now then neutering both Morris & Max later on and putting one of them in with Lola & Ruby and the other in with Charlie.

Hope that wasnt too confusing rolleyes
 
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