rehoming a neutered boar?

[Shauna]

i have a lone female and would love to rehome a neutered boar but I'm worried that she wont get along with one because she doesnt like my other gps mallethead and this is what my mum thinks will defiantly happen but I'm scared shes geting lonely and i dont know how to explain this to my mum =/
and is it possible for her to not like a boar?

any advise is really appreciated

 

[Niki]

i have a lone female and would love to rehome a neutered boar but I'm worried that she wont get along with one because she doesnt like my other gps mallethead and this is what my mum thinks will defiantly happen but I'm scared shes geting lonely and i dont know how to explain this to my mum =/
and is it possible for her to not like a boar?

any advise is really appreciated

Yes it is possible for her not to like a boar. I had a piggy who i adopted as part of a trio, the other sow passed, leaving her with HER man. When he passed she became extremely withdrawn & so i introduced her to 2 other sows but she was still miserable & allowed herself to be bullied.
I put her on her own & she thrived. In Jan this year i moved all the piggies indoors due to a mouse problem in my shed & she appeared to fall in love (thru' the divide) with one of my un-neutered boars (who was also anti-social & lived alone). She would chat to him & lay on her side of the grid near him & so I made the decision to have him neutered. A happy ending i thought.

When the time came for them to be introduced to one another she hated him, hated sharing her space & became withdrawn again. I separated them & adopted him a pair of girls & she lived very happily on her own until she passed in June, aged 5

Whilst most piggies enjoy & crave the company of others there are those that do choose to be alone & do thrive being single.

 

[Shauna]

oh right thanks for that shes never seen a boar though as all of mine are girls =/ on her
shes quite old though shes just turning 5 so would you say its best to leave her as she is?

 

[x-vic-x]

we have had quite a few female foster pigs in that wouldn't get on with females, however they have got on really well with a neutured male. However there's no saying your pig will be the same.

 

[Shauna]

thats my dilema lol because if she doesnt get on with him then i dont hav room to get another cage to get him a friend =/
ive been looking at murphy and I'm really in love with him but i dont know what to do to keep bob happy (shes a girl but we liked the name bob)

 

[Niki]

thats my dilema lol because if she doesnt get on with him then i dont hav room to get another cage to get him a friend =/
ive been looking at murphy and I'm really in love with him but i dont know what to do to keep bob happy (shes a girl but we liked the name bob)

The only thing i can suggest is to take bob to meet murphy & take it from there. "Most" sows do accept a boar, all mine, apart from Maddie have

 

[Shauna]

thanks =] ill talk to my mum and see what shes says

 

[Wiebke]

If you can find a rescue that has neutered boars (best bet is trying Hopper Haven in Redditch, that's where my Llewelyn came from; they rehome cross gender pairs and usually have the odd unpaired neutered boar), take your girl with you and introduce him under supervision at the rescue. You will never know until you've tried!
http://www.hopperhaven.org.uk, phone: 01527 545983 (best give them a ring first)

I didn't know either whether Dizzy would take to a boy after her second female companion had died, and there was no female to be had anywhere between Rugby and Birmingham. She had the choice of three boars at Hopper Haven (one a stunning cuddly half-longhaired lemon agouti), but she decided on Llewelyn, and they have been such a loving couple until her death two months ago!

 

[Shauna]

thanks I'm still trying to explain to my mum about getting her a boyfriend so hopefully she'll understand soon, but for now bob seems happy enough