Flower's Mom
New Born Pup
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Hello! I got a 1 month old female approximately 2 weeks ago, named Flower. She was the only female there, and I thought that I'd be able to get her a friend quickly. I'm actually really struggling to find an appropriate buddy for her. I live in the US, and I feel like I've looked everywhere. The humane society has had either young males or older females, the pet stores currently only have males in stock (some of our pet stores only sell one sex at a time, and right now, there are only males), I've looked at local ads and only found males within the area. The only females I found were in a pet store, and one of the girls was hunched and scratching herself a lot on two different occasions when I went into the store, so I'm afraid of mites.
I finally thought I had found the right girl, and got kind of attached to the photo I saw on my local humane society's website, so I called them. Turns out that the female they had listed as 1 month old is actually 1 year old- they had a typo. I was told that a young female would be the best mate for Flower, my little girl. Any thoughts? I know that I can't get one of the males, of course, but I'm still wondering about this 1 year old female. My car is having trouble, so I can't get to the humane society until the end of the week anyways. They did tell me that I could bring Flower to meet another pig to see how they reacted to each other. The other pig has been vet checked, and they are quarantined before being put up for adoption, so I hope it would be safe to just let them sniff each other at first? I just don't know what's best for Flower at this point. I don't want her to be bullied or subordinated by an older pig when she was here first, but maybe she'd like to have an older friend?
Thankfully, in the meantime, she does seem quite happy here. She gets lots of love and attention, and lots of floor time in a playpen almost the size of my living room. She popcorns frequently, runs laps, and she chirps contentedly in her cage, on the floor, or in my lap all the time. She's also bonded with my cat, strangely, although they are never alone together. They'll still cuddle in my lap together and bathe each other... In any case, she does seem content at the moment. So please, no rude comments about my not having another pig yet. I'm working on it. (I asked a question about something else on a different forum, and got attacked by several people for only having 1 pig, although they didn't know the situation. So please, no condescending remarks!)
Anyways, sorry for the long post, but any thoughts on what I should do for her? Should I hold out and wait for a younger friend, or see if she gets along with the 1 year old I like at the humane society? Thanks very much for reading, and any advice you can offer!
I finally thought I had found the right girl, and got kind of attached to the photo I saw on my local humane society's website, so I called them. Turns out that the female they had listed as 1 month old is actually 1 year old- they had a typo. I was told that a young female would be the best mate for Flower, my little girl. Any thoughts? I know that I can't get one of the males, of course, but I'm still wondering about this 1 year old female. My car is having trouble, so I can't get to the humane society until the end of the week anyways. They did tell me that I could bring Flower to meet another pig to see how they reacted to each other. The other pig has been vet checked, and they are quarantined before being put up for adoption, so I hope it would be safe to just let them sniff each other at first? I just don't know what's best for Flower at this point. I don't want her to be bullied or subordinated by an older pig when she was here first, but maybe she'd like to have an older friend?
Thankfully, in the meantime, she does seem quite happy here. She gets lots of love and attention, and lots of floor time in a playpen almost the size of my living room. She popcorns frequently, runs laps, and she chirps contentedly in her cage, on the floor, or in my lap all the time. She's also bonded with my cat, strangely, although they are never alone together. They'll still cuddle in my lap together and bathe each other... In any case, she does seem content at the moment. So please, no rude comments about my not having another pig yet. I'm working on it. (I asked a question about something else on a different forum, and got attacked by several people for only having 1 pig, although they didn't know the situation. So please, no condescending remarks!)
Anyways, sorry for the long post, but any thoughts on what I should do for her? Should I hold out and wait for a younger friend, or see if she gets along with the 1 year old I like at the humane society? Thanks very much for reading, and any advice you can offer!