elena
New Born Pup
Hello everyone! Need some help/opinions mostly about what to do with my 4 boys. Basically, I have:
1. 4 years old
2. 3 years and 8 months old
3. 1 year and a couple months
4. 6 months old
I neeeed help with bonding. You'll see, (i hope this is understandable) I used to have my 4yo with the 3yo one till I adopted the 1 yo one, then apparently their bond (4&3) broke and I had to separate the 3 yo from them (i hope this is understandable).
>>Then, when I adopted the 6 months old (I was planning him bonding with the 3yo that was apart from the rest), but from ONLY listening to him, the 4 yo and 1 yo broke their bond and fought, my 4yo even got his lipsies injured. Need to highlight, I didn't try bonding them 3, they simply broke their bond by listening to the baby or, I assume, maybe the 1yo reaching adulthood.
I reunited the 4 yo and 6 months old without issue because older male piggies always love babies (who doesn't?!). Thing now is, I have two separated boys and I feel terrible for them.
Matches I have tried:
I have tried bonding between the 3yo and 1yo (fight)...
Have tried fixing the bond of the 3yo and 1yo (separated never the 3 of them) with my 4yo (fight)
Tried bonding the 1yo with the 6 months old and surprisingly he fought with the baby! the BABY!
I really do not know what to do, do u guys think it may be that I am definitely doing something wrong? Should I simply stick with my 4yo and 6 months old together (for now, lets see if their bond doesnt break in the future) and just accept my other two boys will have to be separated? I saw that Scotty's Animals said this may simply be the reality since male bonding has a 20% chance of occurring.
If thats the case, what do u guys think I did wrong while trying to fix the bonds? It was neutral space, big bonding area, lots of hay but the second I added the other one a fight would occur. And wow, 4 cages it's gonna be rough, but what makes me feel worse is them living separately
1. 4 years old
2. 3 years and 8 months old
3. 1 year and a couple months
4. 6 months old
I neeeed help with bonding. You'll see, (i hope this is understandable) I used to have my 4yo with the 3yo one till I adopted the 1 yo one, then apparently their bond (4&3) broke and I had to separate the 3 yo from them (i hope this is understandable).
>>Then, when I adopted the 6 months old (I was planning him bonding with the 3yo that was apart from the rest), but from ONLY listening to him, the 4 yo and 1 yo broke their bond and fought, my 4yo even got his lipsies injured. Need to highlight, I didn't try bonding them 3, they simply broke their bond by listening to the baby or, I assume, maybe the 1yo reaching adulthood.
I reunited the 4 yo and 6 months old without issue because older male piggies always love babies (who doesn't?!). Thing now is, I have two separated boys and I feel terrible for them.
Matches I have tried:
I have tried bonding between the 3yo and 1yo (fight)...
Have tried fixing the bond of the 3yo and 1yo (separated never the 3 of them) with my 4yo (fight)
Tried bonding the 1yo with the 6 months old and surprisingly he fought with the baby! the BABY!
I really do not know what to do, do u guys think it may be that I am definitely doing something wrong? Should I simply stick with my 4yo and 6 months old together (for now, lets see if their bond doesnt break in the future) and just accept my other two boys will have to be separated? I saw that Scotty's Animals said this may simply be the reality since male bonding has a 20% chance of occurring.
If thats the case, what do u guys think I did wrong while trying to fix the bonds? It was neutral space, big bonding area, lots of hay but the second I added the other one a fight would occur. And wow, 4 cages it's gonna be rough, but what makes me feel worse is them living separately