TedBear2020
New Born Pup
Hi,
I'm wondering if anyone has some words of advice or hope that my piggies may still yet bond!
I have 2 piggies, Ted and George. Ted is 3 years old and was originally with his Uncle, Monty, who passed away a couple of months ago. He was showing signs of loneliness so I bought George who was 5 months at the time. After lots of discussion about a match, the vet agreed they seemed to be a good pair. Now, I did the usual routine; quarantine, scent swapping etc. and after a week or so, they were happily living together.
I went on holiday for a week and put them into boarding and what I came back to was totally different. They would fight with each other and so I had to split them up. I've gone back to scent swapping etc and have gone from them not being able to be in the same room to them being able to tolerate each other for about 15 mins on neutral territory.
I've had George neutered in case that might help but Ted is too old for that.
My question is - has anyone else been in this situation and if so, how long did it take? I can't bear the thought of having to rehome George so will persevere but I just wanted to see if anyone else had some words of hope!
Thank you.
I'm wondering if anyone has some words of advice or hope that my piggies may still yet bond!
I have 2 piggies, Ted and George. Ted is 3 years old and was originally with his Uncle, Monty, who passed away a couple of months ago. He was showing signs of loneliness so I bought George who was 5 months at the time. After lots of discussion about a match, the vet agreed they seemed to be a good pair. Now, I did the usual routine; quarantine, scent swapping etc. and after a week or so, they were happily living together.
I went on holiday for a week and put them into boarding and what I came back to was totally different. They would fight with each other and so I had to split them up. I've gone back to scent swapping etc and have gone from them not being able to be in the same room to them being able to tolerate each other for about 15 mins on neutral territory.
I've had George neutered in case that might help but Ted is too old for that.
My question is - has anyone else been in this situation and if so, how long did it take? I can't bear the thought of having to rehome George so will persevere but I just wanted to see if anyone else had some words of hope!
Thank you.