So I posted on here about a month ago as I had recently gotten 4 young sow sisters. I had them in a 6x2 with plans to expand when they got bigger. However that has not happened as after posting on here about one of my pigs bullying another, I made the decision to split them into pairs. So I split the 6x2 in half and ordered another 6x2 which I thought would take about a week to come. However it ended up getting stuck in customs and only came this week, so my pigs were in the split cage for just shy of a month. During this time things seemed pretty great, I was getting each pair out in the evening for a run around and they all seemed to be happier. However this last week (just before moving them into the new cage) I noticed some fights breaking out between the previous bully and her sister (although the one who was the bully before was now seemingly the victim) I assumed this was mostly down to the small cage and since there were no injuries I wasn't too worried. As soon as the new cage came I built it (Tuesday) and got it set up with two bottles, hay feeding areas and food bowls, and 3-4 hides with more than one exit since they were arguing. I assumed this would stop the bullying - however it is seemingly worse now and after noticing some wounds on Egg's rump I have had to seperate their cage now. I'm really at a loss for what to do at this point. I feel like I've done everything right yet everything is going wrong and I'm incredibly stressed by this whole situation. I did my research before getting pigs and was under the understanding that fighting in sows isn't common - especially in those already bonded so since I got 4 sisters I did not see this coming. Any advice would be greatly appreciated as I really am at a loss for what to do next. I really do not want to rehome any of my girls but am fearing I have no choice. I have thought about trying to bond all of them again since they were showing interest in each other before (they could see eachother when in split cage) but I really don't know.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Thanks in advance for any advice.