Holden89
New Born Pup
I am in a dilemma over what to do with my pigs. I got a trio last year and it turned out that one was male. So after intending to get a trio and ended up with 10. They are currently split into a group of girls, a trio with dad and two sons, and a pair. I also have a lone male who I rehomed from someone with his cagemate who sadly passed away recently.
I am finding it a lot of work having four enclosures in the house and they also take up a lot space. Ideally, I would like to lower my number of enclosures and move them outside. I'm planning on getting a shed and I have a run that I will attach on.
I would prefer to keep the girl group, I would love to have a happy little herd going. And rehome the boys. I will sad to see them go as I love every one of them. But my trio will break my heart and I'm so reluctant.
I am wondering whether I can have them in the shed too or if space will just not stretch enough. I'm not really worried about them smelling females etc as they have been with the females in the same room all their lives and I would have a solid barrier in-between. I don't want a massive shed so was going to go for a 6x4 so they would each have 6x2 inside. The run I currently have is 4x4 but could get a larger one. I'm just so torn on what to do... ideally I would like one group and the full 6x4 and 4x4 run would be theirs. But just the idea of saying goodbye
Has anyone been in the position? Any words of wisdom? I do hope that while it would be hard to say goodbye, I would come to terms with it and focus on the girls after a few days... I just don't know
I am finding it a lot of work having four enclosures in the house and they also take up a lot space. Ideally, I would like to lower my number of enclosures and move them outside. I'm planning on getting a shed and I have a run that I will attach on.
I would prefer to keep the girl group, I would love to have a happy little herd going. And rehome the boys. I will sad to see them go as I love every one of them. But my trio will break my heart and I'm so reluctant.
I am wondering whether I can have them in the shed too or if space will just not stretch enough. I'm not really worried about them smelling females etc as they have been with the females in the same room all their lives and I would have a solid barrier in-between. I don't want a massive shed so was going to go for a 6x4 so they would each have 6x2 inside. The run I currently have is 4x4 but could get a larger one. I'm just so torn on what to do... ideally I would like one group and the full 6x4 and 4x4 run would be theirs. But just the idea of saying goodbye
Has anyone been in the position? Any words of wisdom? I do hope that while it would be hard to say goodbye, I would come to terms with it and focus on the girls after a few days... I just don't know