Where to put our little baby boar!

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Hi everyone,

Our little sow Daisy recently gave birth to 2 little ones - a sow and a boar. Today is the 'dreaded' three week anniversary and so we're going to have to separate the little boar from his mummy and sister. It's quite sad, actually!

What i was wondering is how best to do this. He's currently in with his little sister, mummy and two other sows in a big c+c. Next to this is another big c+c with our two bigger boys.

I think my gf's brother wants to take the boar from us. Our plan was as follows:

Separate today into a smaller cage. Put a cuddly toy in there with him so he's not lonely. 8...
Put the cage on the floor next to his mum / sister - do you think this is ok, or do you think it should be a clean break and he should be in another room?

I don't want this little guy living on his own throughout life so I've said he can go, but as long as we can 'buy' or go get a buddy from a rescue. We'll take the little man in and see who he gets on with! Then we'll bond them and give them to their new owners as a pair.... but that's for later on down the line.

So tonight when he's seperated, should it be in another room, or next to his mum and sister / aunties? Thanks in advance :)p
 
Obviously you know your pigs personalities better than us, but there is another option with him being so small - Boars can make fabulous babysitters so you could try him with your pair. He himself is too young to be territorial yet.
Also Rescues are full of boars because they get such a bad write up that you would be doing them a favour if at your earliest oppurtunity you took him to choose a friend
 
Thanks for the reply!

Do you think he's too young, at 3 weeks, to go to a rescue and pick someone out, or do you think this is an OK age? I always presumed that we'd have to wait until he was 8 weeks or so, but if not then we can certainly take him sooner rather than later.

We have very recently let him have a sniff around with our bigger boys at floor time - i actually think this could be a really good idea, but I am a bit paranoid about upsetting the bigger two, they get on so very well. But initial signs at their first meeting were promising, so perhaps a bit more time to introduce each other and this could work really well.

Thanks again!
 
The best person to answer you really is the rescue you plan on going to, I took my boar to a rescue sunday and he picked a lovely four week orphan to befriend. If the rescue has babies ready to leave I'm sure they wouldn't make you wait another month or so
 
I agree with piggiesforever. Why dont you phone the rescue you are thinking of and explain the situation? they should be only too happy to assist and in the meantime, try him with your pair of boars, baby should still be too young to cause any problems!

Good luck!
 
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