Pinky's 6 Week Post-neutering Wait Is Up! His Reunion With The Lady Pigs

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Today has been 6 weeks since Pinky was neutered...! We put the females on the floor in the run and then put Pinky in with them.. after some rumbling and a bit of squaring up to each other, things seemed to calm down within 5 minutes, and they were sniffing each others bums a bit. He and Mouse (his sister) were licking each others chins and he seemed to groom Oreo too. Hopefully this is all a good sign! They're all acting pretty much normally again now, eating and such, and Pinky seems to be chuntering around far more happily than I've ever seen him before.
I'm planning on joining the two cages together with a bridge soon (I've seen a few photos of other people's cages that are joined together in this way which looks promising!).
I'll try and get some family photos of the 4 of them together and post them on here soon :)
 
That sounds really, really good! Acceptance has certainly happened. Things may get livelier once one the girls come into their first season in the presence of a boar; they are obviously none of them near one at the moment or there would have been more drama.
 
Ok, no I don't think any of them are in season at the moment, but I'm sure I'll know when they are! Do you think it helps that he is related to two of the females? I thought he might challenge Oreo more (Oreo isn't related to any of them) as she is boss-pig of the female cage but that doesn't seem to have happened really!
 
Melanie07 said:
Ok, no I don't think any of them are in season at the moment, but I'm sure I'll know when they are! Do you think it helps that he is related to two of the females? I thought he might challenge Oreo more (Oreo isn't related to any of them) as she is boss-pig of the female cage but that doesn't seem to have happened really!
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It certainly helps as long as he has been kept in contact with his family next door, so he has been constantly aware of his mum. He still knows and accepts that he fits in the hierarchy below his mum, so he is not going to challenge Oreo, the top sow, who is several ranks above him. He sounds pretty laid back anyway; ou may have had a bit more shenanigans with a more dominant boy! Generally, introducing neutered live-alongside sons is not a problem, only if he has been kept well away for any length of time and the family bond has been broken.
 
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It certainly helps as long as he has been kept in contact with his family next door, so he has been constantly aware of his mum. He still knows and accepts that he fits in the hierarchy below his mum, so he is not going to challenge Oreo, the top sow, who is several ranks above him. He sounds pretty laid back anyway; ou may have had a bit more shenanigans with a more dominant boy! Generally, introducing neutered live-alongside sons is not a problem, only if he has been kept well away for any length of time and the family bond has been broken.
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Yes he's been next to the females since he was separated and over the months has spent time looking through the bars at them!
 
So I joined the two cages together (with a bridge between) and put the females in their usual cage and Pinky in his but with free access to each others. There seems to be more of a tussle now with Oreo rearing her head at Pinky if he comes into what was the female cage. So the three females are in their usual half and Pinky in his, which kind of defeats the whole point at the moment! I'm hoping it will simmer down soon!
 
So Pinky and boss-sow "Auntie" Oreo still don't seem to have settled their differences.. So I've put the two of them back in the run in neural territory for a while. His mum and sister don't seem to have a problem with him in the cages though, it's only when he starts rumbling around and chasing them do they get a bit annoyed!
 
It's now day 3 and things have simmered down I'm glad to say. I've just given them their tea and all four of them squeezed themselves into the same square inch of the cage to eat :) Pinky and Fuzzy (son and mother, who seem to be getting on especially well) then moved over to the other side.
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