Remington18!
New Born Pup
Hello! So I have two females, cocoa (skinny pig 2 yrs old) and Lucy (6 months old, Abby/Peruvian).
I adopted a 4 week old skinny pig baby yesterday.
I put the baby with them in the playpen for 2 hours with a pile of hay as I sanitised the cage base and bars with white vinegar. They sniffed the baby and everything seemed fine so I set up their cage with fresh clean liners and houses. That’s when the trouble started.
Lucy started nipping the baby (not drawing blood) but would nip her whenever she was eating. I had two large piles of hay on both sides of the cage. She would consistently seek her out and attack her when she saw her eating or out and about.
The baby got to the point where she seemed refuge in a snuggle sack, and Lucy would be eating with cocoa and walk off to hunt the baby, would find her and go after her wherever she was, making sure she nipped her a few good times before she was satisfied and would walk off. She would routinely do it within 40 minutes.
I’ve never had females, only boys and even when I bonded a baby to a boy it never was like this.
The baby is separated right now from the pair but can still see them.
Question is, has anyone experienced this with females being aggressive to a baby being introduced? What do you guys recommend? Cage is a 2x5 c&c - they were bumped from a 2x4 to a 2x5 on arrival of the baby so it was a different cage that I had two boys in previously. Now that they’re not together Lucy goes to the bars instead and sees her and walks off. The baby wants to be with them until Lucy comes to the bars and she’s like oh nope all set.
Should I just wait until the baby is a bit bigger? Should I split my cage and put the baby with Cocoa so she’s not by herself and have Lucy beside them until the baby is bigger/ older than 4 weeks?
I adopted a 4 week old skinny pig baby yesterday.
I put the baby with them in the playpen for 2 hours with a pile of hay as I sanitised the cage base and bars with white vinegar. They sniffed the baby and everything seemed fine so I set up their cage with fresh clean liners and houses. That’s when the trouble started.
Lucy started nipping the baby (not drawing blood) but would nip her whenever she was eating. I had two large piles of hay on both sides of the cage. She would consistently seek her out and attack her when she saw her eating or out and about.
The baby got to the point where she seemed refuge in a snuggle sack, and Lucy would be eating with cocoa and walk off to hunt the baby, would find her and go after her wherever she was, making sure she nipped her a few good times before she was satisfied and would walk off. She would routinely do it within 40 minutes.
I’ve never had females, only boys and even when I bonded a baby to a boy it never was like this.
The baby is separated right now from the pair but can still see them.
Question is, has anyone experienced this with females being aggressive to a baby being introduced? What do you guys recommend? Cage is a 2x5 c&c - they were bumped from a 2x4 to a 2x5 on arrival of the baby so it was a different cage that I had two boys in previously. Now that they’re not together Lucy goes to the bars instead and sees her and walks off. The baby wants to be with them until Lucy comes to the bars and she’s like oh nope all set.
Should I just wait until the baby is a bit bigger? Should I split my cage and put the baby with Cocoa so she’s not by herself and have Lucy beside them until the baby is bigger/ older than 4 weeks?