piggl
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Hi all, I suffer from anxiety and I am really worried I have made a wrong decision.
I have a 4 and a 1/2 year old boar who is very timid and skittish, who went under the wing of my recently bereaved (now passed away) 6 month old when he was 2 months and they got on great and lived a wonderful life together.
After looking for a month and a half for older boars and having no luck we made the decision to pick up a baby boar from pets at home.
My boy was fine on his own for a bit (after the loss of his friend, he even shocked me how little he cared in the days after), then he started to lose some weight and act subdued so I started looking even harder for a new friend and after a while he started to act fine again but not the best. He was wheeking in that time which he has never done before, bearing in mind he was recently moved inside 5 months ago so is still somewhat adjusting to understanding routine and bag crinkles.
When I introduced them he nearly stepped on the baby that’s how much he didn’t care, then licked its ear for a bit then got on with his day. 3 and a half hours and a nap and some very mild dominance later I moved them upstairs to their cage.
The issue is my boy has no interest in the wee man, he jumps over him, runs away when he comes near and when the baby was popcorning after his first slice of cucumber all he could do was run away or shove his butt at him.
I worry I have disturbed what would have been his happy peaceful singular retirement. I know I have to bear in mind they haven’t even known each other 12 hours but the little ones so happy to have a friend and my older boy could care less and my empathetic self cant handle it, haha.
Can a pig actually be a loner? I know they can survive alone technically, but can they want to be alone.
I really hope he warms up to him and stops pretending like he isn’t there, will this happen either as they establish their bond or will the baby have to grow up a bit first?
I have a 4 and a 1/2 year old boar who is very timid and skittish, who went under the wing of my recently bereaved (now passed away) 6 month old when he was 2 months and they got on great and lived a wonderful life together.
After looking for a month and a half for older boars and having no luck we made the decision to pick up a baby boar from pets at home.
My boy was fine on his own for a bit (after the loss of his friend, he even shocked me how little he cared in the days after), then he started to lose some weight and act subdued so I started looking even harder for a new friend and after a while he started to act fine again but not the best. He was wheeking in that time which he has never done before, bearing in mind he was recently moved inside 5 months ago so is still somewhat adjusting to understanding routine and bag crinkles.
When I introduced them he nearly stepped on the baby that’s how much he didn’t care, then licked its ear for a bit then got on with his day. 3 and a half hours and a nap and some very mild dominance later I moved them upstairs to their cage.
The issue is my boy has no interest in the wee man, he jumps over him, runs away when he comes near and when the baby was popcorning after his first slice of cucumber all he could do was run away or shove his butt at him.
I worry I have disturbed what would have been his happy peaceful singular retirement. I know I have to bear in mind they haven’t even known each other 12 hours but the little ones so happy to have a friend and my older boy could care less and my empathetic self cant handle it, haha.
Can a pig actually be a loner? I know they can survive alone technically, but can they want to be alone.
I really hope he warms up to him and stops pretending like he isn’t there, will this happen either as they establish their bond or will the baby have to grow up a bit first?
