Floor time - seeing eachother through cage

[Vicky2021]

Hi all,

I have 4 sows (one set 1.5 years, one set 2-3 years both have dominant sows)

I give them floor time, the issue is the c&c cage is double height and on the floor so the top 2 have today been running around on the floor and can see into the cage of the bottom 2. They all seem slightly obsessed with eachother

Is it ok they can see eachother but not be together? I’ve put the top 2 back in their cage as this isn’t an introduction and I don’t want them to feel sad they can’t all be in one cage!

Any advice appreciated, can’t see anything online, introducing is different but seeing each other through the cage I’m unsure of this

 

[Wiebke]

Hi all,

I have 4 sows (one set 1.5 years, one set 2-3 years both have dominant sows)

I give them floor time, the issue is the c&c cage is double height and on the floor so the top 2 have today been running around on the floor and can see into the cage of the bottom 2. They all seem slightly obsessed with eachother

Is it ok they can see eachother but not be together? I’ve put the top 2 back in their cage as this isn’t an introduction and I don’t want them to feel sad they can’t all be in one cage!

Any advice appreciated, can’t see anything online, introducing is different but seeing each other through the cage I’m unsure of this

No problem.
I have lots of piggies (sows with or without a neutered boar) in flexible pens on the ground floor and on table cages; they time share the remaining open area and say hello to each other. Sows and neutered boars living with sows are fine.

Boars are fine to roam around other boar cages.

 

[Vicky2021]

No problem.
I have lots of piggies (sows with or without a neutered boar) in flexible pens on the ground floor and on table cages; they time share the remaining open area and say hello to each other. Sows and neutered boars living with sows are fine.

Boars are fine to roam around other boar cages.

Ah great thank you!

 

[Vicky2021]

Even when they’re up against the cage together?

 

[Wiebke]

Even when they’re up against the cage together?

Yes, even then. Things will calm down once they have met and done all the usual social stuff.

There's some videos in this link that show casual interaction through the bars (more in the background).
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