Pigging Out

I would like to introduce you all to ELLA (we wanted something related to LA since our piggies names are names of places in America that we've been to..so LA = El-A 😂).

She was from RSPCA Salford in Manchester. Her name used to be Shortcake and we were told she's around 6-8 months. They said she was rescued from a group of 140 piggies and was on pregnancy watch before they posted her for adoption last week, after confirming she wasn't pregnant by the exotic vet they took her to. She looks like to be a mix of Rex (hair is a bit coarse) and smooth coat.

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Viennese Furbabies said:
Good luck with the bonding.
Red piggies can be quite a handful to bond, but you just have to love their pig personalities. 💓
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My past piggy Rocky was the easiest piggy we had to bond. He was the same colour. Put him straight to the cage. Sierra and Cookie just sniffed him and then continued eating. 😁
 
anyar.dris said:
My past piggy Rocky was the easiest piggy we had to bond. He was the same colour. Put him straight to the cage. Sierra and Cookie just sniffed him and then continued eating. 😁
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It’s cuz Rocky was the best! :D:wub:

Oh my goodness, new piggy! :yahoo::love:
So exciting! Aw she’s gorgeous :luv: So glad she wasn’t pregnant at her young age bless her, she’s going to have a brilliant time at your house! Good luck with the bonding :)
 
Bonding for Vegas and Ella.

Bryce is basically fine with her. They both chase each other a lot, hump a lot, rumblestrut a lot. They can be together in their big cage now. Some popcorning as well. Not much aggression toward each other, only when they both get too much of everything after probably around 15mins of nonstop doing it and they try to pull each other's hair. Bryce ended up with pulled hair on both occasions when that happened.

Now Vegas is a different story. We can't bond them all together because of her, hence doing it separately. She is fine with Ella when they are in the bonding area. Can eat together (as you can see from the photos). But once Ella starts to rumblestrut and try to hump her, that is when she gets annoyed. She starts teeth chattering. Ella would run away whenever it happens but they end up scuffling if Ella rumblestruts face to face with Vegas. It happened 2x now today. Ella ended up with a tiny bloody wound when Vegas nipped her at the back. So will try again another time.

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Fingers crossed they are bonded..🤞🤞 Bryce and Ella has been doing okay for a few days now. It's just Vegas taking a long time to accept the little one. They were okay yesterday. Vegas chased her a few times but Ella now knows not to mess with her. Hubby said this morning that Vegas only tried to lunged at her once and Ella walks away from her.

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Awe, that so nice a new girl for Vegas and Bryce, really hope Vegas accepts her- poor Bryce if she gives her a hard time! Come on Vegas just be a friendly piggy to beautiful Ella🤞
 
Ella is almost fully accepted by Vegas. They can all eat together now. Only problem is Ella is still scared of Vegas. If she sees Vegas face to face, she freezes. And if Vegas try to sniff her, she runs away and hides. So Vegas would follow her and then Ella would squeek loud. We think Vegas just really want to sniff her and sit next to her. Coz Vegas would just eat whenever she tries to sit next to her. She washes herself beside her, she would sleep near her as well. If we put them both on the sofa, Vegas doesn't do anything apart from eating and sniffing her. Unlike in the past that she would really try to nip or bite her. It's Ella who has still a problem. She is just scared of her.

We let them all run around the living room together during the day and we now only separate Ella when sleeping time at night or when we are out (just to make her feel secure for the time being while she is still afraid of Vegas). I think Ella just needs more time to get used to Vegas wanting to be with her. She was bitten by Vegas at the beginning so we think that is the reason she's scared. Oh and she was also bullied at the rescue before we adopted her, hence she was alone for adoption. I think she was alone for around 11 weeks. She is completely fine with Bryce though. Not sure who is the dominant one between them coz they both chase and hump each other. Vegas is definitely the boss though. Even Bryce get nipped at times for being naughty. 😁

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Bonus photo of Bryce being a lazy sod. 🤣🤣

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Bill & Ted said:
Aw what beautiful chubby potatoes, Ella has plenty of chomping to do to catch Vegas 😆
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Ella is still afraid of Vegas. She sometimes slowly goes to sniff Vegas' back but when Vegas turns around, she would run and hide and then squeek so loud when Vegas does the same. I'm not sure if Vegas is bullying her but Ella can still eat and walk around everywhere. She only does it whenever they are face to face. A lot of times, Vegas just ignores her really. She would sniff Ella a few times and then turns around to do her own thing. Vegas doesn't even do anything to her whenever they are side by side like in the photo above.

We had to put a divider on their cage yesterday though when hubby and I went to Liverpool. Vegas got annoyed with Ella Tuesday night when they were both in their loft. Not sure if Ella tried to challenge her but it ended up with nonstop chasing that night until sleeping time (Vegas and Bryce in the loft and Ella on the floor). I thought by Wendesday morning it will stop but Vegas was still trying to chase her so I had to separate them while we were out. But when we got back home and hubby opened the divider, it looked like all of them missed being with each other and would greet, sniff and run around each other. And then after a few minutes, they all went their own ways. 😂
 
Hopefully these ‘incidents’ will reduce as time goes on. I don’t think it sounds like bullying but then sows are more subtle than boars in general. Is Bryce a peacemaker or just keeps out of their way?
 
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