Trio a bad idea?

[Nicinoo]

Hi all, I have a very recently bereaved 6 year old boar and two 7 week old boar pups.
I know the success rate of boar trios is low and even if accepted there is still potential for a fallout when they are older.
My old man Albus lives in a 2x6 c&c and was the dominant of the pair. The babies are currently in my hospital cage awaiting their upgrade to their own c&c.
The boys are currently in quarantine due to losing my Marvel to pneumonia, so I’m looking at two weeks before making any decisions.

This may be the ramblings of someone still grieving but am I an idiot for even considering bonding them?

 

[Piggies&buns]

I’m sorry for your loss.

It’s a huge risk to take, and not something I would advise you to do unless you can manage with them all living separated permanently.

Attempting it may be ok while the babies are under the start of their teens but that’s not far away and you’d have to be prepared that from 12 weeks old onwards the likelihood of failure increases exponentially.
With the two week wait until you could attempt it, two weeks of bond establishing (assuming bonding didn’t fail immediately) you may get a week of ‘harmony’ before you could be on watch for issues. It’s a lot of stress for something which would be so short lived and could mean all of them end up single

You’d need around a 9x3 c&c to give them each a square metre of territory.

Of course a failure could mean all three fall out and then you’ve got separate cages permanently, with no chance of the youngsters ever going back together.

 

[VickiA]

I’d say please put any thought of this out of your mind. It’s hard when you’re grieving and trying to plan for your old chap. But I really think that’s not a good option. You would need so much space and there’s no guarantee that you wouldn’t end up with a broken bond between your youngsters. It’s not something I would attempt.

 

[Nicinoo]

Thank you for replying. I thought it would be the case but think I needed to hear it from others to shut down the thought.
As much as I would happily give the rest of my living room over to them I think my partner would complain.
I will see how Albus fares with his time in quarantine and possibly go the dating route.

 

[Betsy]

Thank you for replying. I thought it would be the case but think I needed to hear it from others to shut down the thought.
As much as I would happily give the rest of my living room over to them I think my partner would complain.
I will see how Albus fares with his time in quarantine and possibly go the dating route.

If you don't want to take on another boar for Albus, you could have your youngsters living side by side with Albus so he can still communicate with them then he won't be lonely.