Hi All!
I’ve been registered on the forum for a while, and have got lots of useful information and reassurance by reading through the threads here, but this is my first post!
We had a trio of boars that we rescued and who were happily resident with us for their retirement years. Marshall was the last man standing and sadly he went over the rainbow bridge at approx. 8 or 9 years over Christmas. He was blind and a bit deaf, and he lived indoors with me after his brothers passed away and always seemed very happy bumbling around with no issues. Because of his age and his health issues, we never tried to bond him with another piggy, we just made sure he was happy and had plenty of attention and love and he seemed more than okay with that.
After he passed away, I had no intention of getting any more pigs, but on a trip to the pet shop we found another little boy all on his own who had been abandoned there. The people who left him there didn’t leave much information on his background, but the pet shop believe he’s only around 3 years old, and he hasn’t been neutered. We decided we would be able to offer him a happy home but I told my partner I would only bring him home if we could look at getting him a friend as he’s still very young.
We’ve now had him about 6 weeks, we’ve updated his living accommodation to a 5x2 C&C cage and he’s doing really well, he was very quiet when we first got him home but he is now wheeking when he sees us and is pop Corning about in his house which is a good sign.
I’ve been in touch with a few local rescues trying to get him a friend. One had come back to me today to say that they won’t rehome boars with an un-neutered boar as they will end up fighting. I’m waiting on a call back from another rescue who offers a mixing service but they are over an hours drive away. I was wondering what peoples thoughts are on the following:
- Should we be looking to get Pop neutered to give him a better chance of bonding? From what I’ve read on the forum, I’m not sure it’s necessary and I don’t want to put him through and operation that isn’t really needed.
- Would it be too much for him to travel in the car for over an hour to go to the rescue that offers mixing (and the same journey back again with a new piggy if successful)
- Should we just look to get a baby friend that might give him what he needs?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated at this point! I’ve attached a picture of Mr Pop so you can see how lovely he is
Thank you
I’ve been registered on the forum for a while, and have got lots of useful information and reassurance by reading through the threads here, but this is my first post!
We had a trio of boars that we rescued and who were happily resident with us for their retirement years. Marshall was the last man standing and sadly he went over the rainbow bridge at approx. 8 or 9 years over Christmas. He was blind and a bit deaf, and he lived indoors with me after his brothers passed away and always seemed very happy bumbling around with no issues. Because of his age and his health issues, we never tried to bond him with another piggy, we just made sure he was happy and had plenty of attention and love and he seemed more than okay with that.
After he passed away, I had no intention of getting any more pigs, but on a trip to the pet shop we found another little boy all on his own who had been abandoned there. The people who left him there didn’t leave much information on his background, but the pet shop believe he’s only around 3 years old, and he hasn’t been neutered. We decided we would be able to offer him a happy home but I told my partner I would only bring him home if we could look at getting him a friend as he’s still very young.
We’ve now had him about 6 weeks, we’ve updated his living accommodation to a 5x2 C&C cage and he’s doing really well, he was very quiet when we first got him home but he is now wheeking when he sees us and is pop Corning about in his house which is a good sign.
I’ve been in touch with a few local rescues trying to get him a friend. One had come back to me today to say that they won’t rehome boars with an un-neutered boar as they will end up fighting. I’m waiting on a call back from another rescue who offers a mixing service but they are over an hours drive away. I was wondering what peoples thoughts are on the following:
- Should we be looking to get Pop neutered to give him a better chance of bonding? From what I’ve read on the forum, I’m not sure it’s necessary and I don’t want to put him through and operation that isn’t really needed.
- Would it be too much for him to travel in the car for over an hour to go to the rescue that offers mixing (and the same journey back again with a new piggy if successful)
- Should we just look to get a baby friend that might give him what he needs?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated at this point! I’ve attached a picture of Mr Pop so you can see how lovely he is
Thank you
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