ClaudetteDoom
New Born Pup
I have two piggies, Hyacinth and Almond. They're both under a year, Hyacinth is about 9 months I think, and Almond is 6 months.
They lived alongside each other for 7 weeks in a divided cage before under going to bonding process (post neutering and potential pregnancy wait), we then introduced and bonded on neutral territory, cleaned the cage and moved them in where they have been for around 4 weeks now.
They never fought, a bit of chasing and occasional rumble strutting from Almond over hides etc. I think they struggled a bit because Hyacinth was a fairly dominant sow and judging by the scabs on Almond when we rescued him (he was living in a very young bachelor group post neuter) he is quite a submissive boar so they don't have a natural hierarchy I think?
Essntially this background was to really ask... is it OK for them to mostly just tolerate each other? They're both happy, healthy gaining weight. They popcorn and zoom. They just never snuggle, don't really groom each other, don't share a hide. They'll happily eat from the same bowl (even though there's is two) and share a hay pile. It's definitely room mate vibes rather than wedded vibes
They lived alongside each other for 7 weeks in a divided cage before under going to bonding process (post neutering and potential pregnancy wait), we then introduced and bonded on neutral territory, cleaned the cage and moved them in where they have been for around 4 weeks now.
They never fought, a bit of chasing and occasional rumble strutting from Almond over hides etc. I think they struggled a bit because Hyacinth was a fairly dominant sow and judging by the scabs on Almond when we rescued him (he was living in a very young bachelor group post neuter) he is quite a submissive boar so they don't have a natural hierarchy I think?
Essntially this background was to really ask... is it OK for them to mostly just tolerate each other? They're both happy, healthy gaining weight. They popcorn and zoom. They just never snuggle, don't really groom each other, don't share a hide. They'll happily eat from the same bowl (even though there's is two) and share a hay pile. It's definitely room mate vibes rather than wedded vibes