Hopefully in a couple of weeks Tilly will move in with me. Now from what her owner was saying she is a bit poorly, "tired". Well I thought it was quite possibly just due to her beeing bred so excessively :'( (still cant believe it, 8 times in 2 years..)
But my boyfriend pointed out that it might be something else aswell,
and that we probably shouldnt put her straight in with ours. Fair enough.
Obviously I am going to ask clowny to have a look around to get a rough idea of how she has been cared for, do the hutches/cages look tattered and filthy, or the obvious looks-like-the-cage was-cleaned-spotless-three-hours-ago-because-they-knew-I-was-coming thing..
But still. Quarantine for a while it is. How long do you think I should keep her seperate?
I have heard everything from one week to three weeks.. Some people say its enough if they are in seperate cages, some say you shouldnt even have them in the same room.
Now I have to say I would find it unfair to keep her where she cant even hear other piggies, as she comes from a big group and is going to feel lonely anyway, so I thought at least hearing other piggies might help.. :-\
I was thinking about just doing one week or one and a half to get used to what is normal behaviour for her, see if she is eating and pooing properly, looking out for obvious things like mites fungal or a cold, and if everything seems to be just fine, then I suppose her tiredness really must just be due to being a breeding machine. And in that case, I could put them together straight away, what do you think?
But my boyfriend pointed out that it might be something else aswell,
and that we probably shouldnt put her straight in with ours. Fair enough.
Obviously I am going to ask clowny to have a look around to get a rough idea of how she has been cared for, do the hutches/cages look tattered and filthy, or the obvious looks-like-the-cage was-cleaned-spotless-three-hours-ago-because-they-knew-I-was-coming thing..
But still. Quarantine for a while it is. How long do you think I should keep her seperate?
I have heard everything from one week to three weeks.. Some people say its enough if they are in seperate cages, some say you shouldnt even have them in the same room.
Now I have to say I would find it unfair to keep her where she cant even hear other piggies, as she comes from a big group and is going to feel lonely anyway, so I thought at least hearing other piggies might help.. :-\
I was thinking about just doing one week or one and a half to get used to what is normal behaviour for her, see if she is eating and pooing properly, looking out for obvious things like mites fungal or a cold, and if everything seems to be just fine, then I suppose her tiredness really must just be due to being a breeding machine. And in that case, I could put them together straight away, what do you think?