PoppysPiggies
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Hi everyone,
This is a hard decision to make, but I think I need to add a third boar into my bonded pair (I have attempted this before, with a different pair, resulting in me getting another pig so I had two separate pairs as it didn't go well).
Bramble (2ish yo)is very sick. He currently has a bacterial ear infection. He had another last year and also seems like he's had a stroke, with weakness on one side of the body.
He's been to the vets and is on antibiotics, but realistically, he is going to die before nutmeg (3yo, very healthy). When he's feeling a bit better, after this course of antibiotics, I think I need to add a third so that nutmeg will feel a bit less lost without bramble (they are an incredibly tightly bonded pair. They cry for eachother when they're apart).
Do you have any advice? I know a rescue near me that did boar dating to pair them in the first place, but the lady who runs it is very ill atm. I will ask, but the chances are that she won't be up to it. I'm in the north west if anyone knows any other good rescues.
I know three boars is a tricky combo, but I don't see another option. I hoped that if I got a very placid, younger one them they might get on. This is such a hard decision to make, because it is quite morbid, but it's what's best for nutmeg. Any advice at all is greatly appreciated
Thanks
This is a hard decision to make, but I think I need to add a third boar into my bonded pair (I have attempted this before, with a different pair, resulting in me getting another pig so I had two separate pairs as it didn't go well).
Bramble (2ish yo)is very sick. He currently has a bacterial ear infection. He had another last year and also seems like he's had a stroke, with weakness on one side of the body.
He's been to the vets and is on antibiotics, but realistically, he is going to die before nutmeg (3yo, very healthy). When he's feeling a bit better, after this course of antibiotics, I think I need to add a third so that nutmeg will feel a bit less lost without bramble (they are an incredibly tightly bonded pair. They cry for eachother when they're apart).
Do you have any advice? I know a rescue near me that did boar dating to pair them in the first place, but the lady who runs it is very ill atm. I will ask, but the chances are that she won't be up to it. I'm in the north west if anyone knows any other good rescues.
I know three boars is a tricky combo, but I don't see another option. I hoped that if I got a very placid, younger one them they might get on. This is such a hard decision to make, because it is quite morbid, but it's what's best for nutmeg. Any advice at all is greatly appreciated
Thanks