Is This A Good Sign?

[3furbabies]

I'm asking for a friend of mine who lives in the back of beyond with very unreliable internet connection.

She has 2 girls and has just taken on a rescue neutered boy. The plan is to have them all live together once introductions are reliable. Shes put them together in a big neutral space with lots of hay/food and toys and there was no teeth chattering from any of them (if there was it was so quiet she didnt hear it), lots of rumbling from the boy and the most dominant girl and just general "talking" from all 3. LOTS of chasing and jumping from all of them though mainly the girls and he was squirted with wee from one of them.

They are apparently a little "jumpy" and "chasey" and not fully relaxed in each others company. Is this normal behaviour? When would it be considered safe to leave them in one hutch together? I'm also curious as I'm planning to have our boy neutered and live wirh 2 girls so I'm looking to see whats normal behaviour

 

[Kerrie74]

@Wiebke is best to advise I think

 

[Critter]

I think it's normal even in cases of re-introductions, where the boar and sow have lived together before, as is the case with one of my pair. They already knew each other had spent some months apart, and the chasing and squeaking went on a while until the boar had let it out of his system!

The first time I introduced a boar was for my old sow, Snowball, and it took the best part of two or three weeks for her to stop running away from him, and then they settled into a lovely bond.
I was told that it was all normal, and all good, and the stress-sounding noises she was making were just normal sow behaviour saying that she was being submissive in terms of rank but not ready to mate yet. It can be stressful, but I think it's all fine.

 

[Wiebke]

I'm asking for a friend of mine who lives in the back of beyond with very unreliable internet connection.

She has 2 girls and has just taken on a rescue neutered boy. The plan is to have them all live together once introductions are reliable. Shes put them together in a big neutral space with lots of hay/food and toys and there was no teeth chattering from any of them (if there was it was so quiet she didnt hear it), lots of rumbling from the boy and the most dominant girl and just general "talking" from all 3. LOTS of chasing and jumping from all of them though mainly the girls and he was squirted with wee from one of them.

They are apparently a little "jumpy" and "chasey" and not fully relaxed in each others company. Is this normal behaviour? When would it be considered safe to leave them in one hutch together? I'm also curious as I'm planning to have our boy neutered and live wirh 2 girls so I'm looking to see whats normal behaviour

it is normal behaviour. If your friend is not sure whether they are getting on, she can separate for the night and restart tomorrow, again on neutral ground.
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