Advice needed please!

[starla]

argh!
I have one especially dominant and aggressive sow who until today has been living with the most subservient sow I have. Today I checked both and the quiet sow had surface scrapes - not full on wounds but they look like scratches on her ears.
I decided to seperate in case the scraps become fights and becomes a blooded wound - was this right to do? Or would the dominant sow have eventually given up?

I can probably add the other sow with one of my groups (new hutch needec : : : : but what shall I do about the agressive one? She hates my neutered male as well btw

 

[baby-wilson]

aww... I have this problem but with males...

I think seperating them is good so you dont end up with a scratched up or dead piggy...

I put my younger bar with a 1.5 year old and they had a full on fight, neither would back down... so yeah you did the right thing...

how old is the agressive sow? and how old is the submissive sow?
Is she dominant over the whole cage?

maybe try introducing them in neutral territory for like 10-15 mins each day and gradually increase that time until they can get along great for a few hours... clean out the cage so it too becomes neutral and put them in the cage together, watch them closley and make sure there are no fights...

Hope this helps

 

[starla]

thanks for your reply
Agressive sow is 6 months and the submissive sow is 5 months. So not much difference. I think you're right I will try them in a neutral area every day.