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Hi everyone, hope all is well.
I am kindly looking for your guidance regarding the situation below.
I have a bonded pair of sows about 1 year old in 12.5 sq ft cage. All is well and happy.
I thought it will be more fun to add a 3rd sow, I added one (3-4 months old) one week ago. Well it hasn’t been what I expected (I was ignorant).
As of right now I can tell that there is no harmony yet. The current pair bully the new one a lot (nose punching, aggressive chasing, chasing her away from food and water), I’d say that happens 50% of the time. Sometimes they’re all chill and eating and drinking. Most of the time the new sow hides from the current pair and sneaks to get food and water. She also squeaks a lot when they get near her, but not from physical attack.
There has been no injuries/bites or fights, just aggressive lunging and nose punching and chasing.
I would like to ask how do I know if they will figure things out amongst themselves or not. How do I know that it won’t work and I should return the 3rd sow? Is this week of no harmony sufficient to let the 3rd sow go.
Thank you all again.
I am kindly looking for your guidance regarding the situation below.
I have a bonded pair of sows about 1 year old in 12.5 sq ft cage. All is well and happy.
I thought it will be more fun to add a 3rd sow, I added one (3-4 months old) one week ago. Well it hasn’t been what I expected (I was ignorant).
As of right now I can tell that there is no harmony yet. The current pair bully the new one a lot (nose punching, aggressive chasing, chasing her away from food and water), I’d say that happens 50% of the time. Sometimes they’re all chill and eating and drinking. Most of the time the new sow hides from the current pair and sneaks to get food and water. She also squeaks a lot when they get near her, but not from physical attack.
There has been no injuries/bites or fights, just aggressive lunging and nose punching and chasing.
I would like to ask how do I know if they will figure things out amongst themselves or not. How do I know that it won’t work and I should return the 3rd sow? Is this week of no harmony sufficient to let the 3rd sow go.
Thank you all again.