Hi.
So I have two pigs that I bought from a pet shop at 8 weeks old in June 2023. So I think they’re just coming up to about a year old.
2 days ago they had a BIG squabble which resulted in the quieter piggy being badly injured with a cut lip, and the other more confident piggy came out fine.
I have immediately separated them and they’re now in totally separate cages.
I spoke to Kavee recuse for advice and they have suggested to not put them in a split cage and instead put them in a two tier cage, as smelling and seeing eachother will cause them stress.
My more confident pig seems to be doing okay on his own, his usual self.
However my quieter pig (the injured) is definitely not as happy as he usually is, but I’m not sure if this is just because his lip must be abit sore. And maybe once it’s healed he will perk back up.
I’m basically asking what I should do in terms of a cage as I’ve seen lots of threads on here where people successfully keep pigs in the same cage with a mesh dividers. I am very concerned that my quieter pig will miss his brother tremendously.
I took him out to have a look at his lip and while I had him and went and sat by his brothers current cage, to see how they interacted through the bars. Confident pig didn’t seem interested and continued eating but quiet pig perked up and was reaching, wheeking, and looking for his brother.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
So I have two pigs that I bought from a pet shop at 8 weeks old in June 2023. So I think they’re just coming up to about a year old.
2 days ago they had a BIG squabble which resulted in the quieter piggy being badly injured with a cut lip, and the other more confident piggy came out fine.
I have immediately separated them and they’re now in totally separate cages.
I spoke to Kavee recuse for advice and they have suggested to not put them in a split cage and instead put them in a two tier cage, as smelling and seeing eachother will cause them stress.
My more confident pig seems to be doing okay on his own, his usual self.
However my quieter pig (the injured) is definitely not as happy as he usually is, but I’m not sure if this is just because his lip must be abit sore. And maybe once it’s healed he will perk back up.
I’m basically asking what I should do in terms of a cage as I’ve seen lots of threads on here where people successfully keep pigs in the same cage with a mesh dividers. I am very concerned that my quieter pig will miss his brother tremendously.
I took him out to have a look at his lip and while I had him and went and sat by his brothers current cage, to see how they interacted through the bars. Confident pig didn’t seem interested and continued eating but quiet pig perked up and was reaching, wheeking, and looking for his brother.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.