Hello everyone...
Well, so far so good
I initially put them all in the kitchen in neutral territory. The girls went straight up to Jester and I'm sure he thought all his Christmases had come at once.
There was rumbling and sumo stomping but the girls just let him do his thing and they are so much quicker than Jester so they easily out-run him and leave him exhausted.
The girls are so friendly and were standing on my feet and I could stroke their heads within 10 minutes. They are confident and have clearly been loved and cared for so it was very different from my other rescues where the piggies had been neglected.
After about an hour and a half, I moved them all to the lounge where I'd already used bicarb and cinnamon on the carpet to remove Jester's scent and they had such a good time. Jester had his silly moments because he was overly excited but there was never anything nasty. Jester was so tired and would try to lay down but popcorn at the same time which was just odd to see.
After a few hours and they were all knackered, I put them in their enclosure so they could sleep. Jester was really struggling to rest as though the girls might not be there when he awoke and he didn't want to miss a second.
Friday late afternoon, I put a divider in as Jester was starting to annoy the girls and I though they could get used to it before bedtime as I though it best to separate them over night.
The next morning, Jester was frantic and desperate to get to them, he was like a thing possessed. Once they were all on the floor for a run, they were fine and happy to be together again.
I put them on the floor three times yesterday for about and hour and a half each time thinking that by exhausting them, they would be less likely to have issues. As it went so well yesterday, I left them together overnight. I didn't sleep much, listening out for piggy activity but other than a few rumbles, they were quiet and have remained together.
I'm calling the girls, Brown and Grey in my failed attempt not to get attached in case it didn't work out so I didn't want to name them.
Although it all seems so good, I'm still hesitant that as the girls gain confidence, they might challenge Jester and lead to a fight. Not sure how likely that is but I'm just worried that his cave man antics might annoy the girls too much. Jester is a very dramatic and rumbly pig, always has been and I think it's rather annoying sometimes for the other piggies to keep being rumbled and stomped at and moved on from whatever they were doing. That behaviour led to the falling out of Jester and his brother Bandit.
The girls are very tolerant and good natured and they have their secret weapon of shooting pee at him which gets him running for the hills. They also bop him on the nose when he gets too much.
Not sure what else I can do other than give it time and hope that Jester doesn't ruin it all with his excitement. I really don't think an introduction could have been better with instant acceptance.
I'm constantly monitoring and just have to see how it goes but I'm cautiously optimistic
