Hellooo,
I have Bea who is 2/3 year old Sow and have recently (12 days ago) had Max off Gems.
Bea previously lived with Ernie until he sadly had to be pts. She was never aggressive towards him, they weren't exactly snuggle buddies but they got on and would share any hidey hole and most food, Bea would often steal from Ernie though. But they got on very well.
However, I've been trying over the past 12 days to get Bea and Max to bond. Had them out on the kitchen floor a couple of times with lots of tunnels, boxes and ofcourse, the beloved veg, grass and hay.
The first 10 minutes they're distracted with discovering the new play pen, but then Max will hunt Bea down teeth chatter loudly, rumble strutt (so much so that he moves all boxes and tunnerls around him with his bum! never seen such hips sway before!) and then Bea will run off.
He'll chase Bea and she'll suddenly turn round and launch at him, at which point I break it up with a clap and a shout. Once they get to this point he gets scared of her, will not stop teeth chattering and if they get near each other Bea launches at him and he won't walk past her, he keeps his head high, teeth out and moves his bum past and then backs away.
Going past this point they just keep fighting. There's no blood or actual bites but Bea is very aggressive towards Max.
Max hasn't mounted her once, he can't get near her bum as she'll turn round and go for him.
Basically. Am I being too soft? should I let them carry on fighting until there is blood?
I HATE seeing piggies fight, but I have let these two go further than I would allow to see if we can sort out the dominant pig but I'm worried as I can't leave them un attended.
I'm not giving up. Just need some advice on next steps. I've read the stickies on boar bonding and sow bonding but wondered if there is anything different with boar/sow bonding?
They are currently neighbours and Max spends several hours a day knawing the bars and strutting his stuff infront of a less than impressed Bea
I have Bea who is 2/3 year old Sow and have recently (12 days ago) had Max off Gems.
Bea previously lived with Ernie until he sadly had to be pts. She was never aggressive towards him, they weren't exactly snuggle buddies but they got on and would share any hidey hole and most food, Bea would often steal from Ernie though. But they got on very well.
However, I've been trying over the past 12 days to get Bea and Max to bond. Had them out on the kitchen floor a couple of times with lots of tunnels, boxes and ofcourse, the beloved veg, grass and hay.
The first 10 minutes they're distracted with discovering the new play pen, but then Max will hunt Bea down teeth chatter loudly, rumble strutt (so much so that he moves all boxes and tunnerls around him with his bum! never seen such hips sway before!) and then Bea will run off.
He'll chase Bea and she'll suddenly turn round and launch at him, at which point I break it up with a clap and a shout. Once they get to this point he gets scared of her, will not stop teeth chattering and if they get near each other Bea launches at him and he won't walk past her, he keeps his head high, teeth out and moves his bum past and then backs away.
Going past this point they just keep fighting. There's no blood or actual bites but Bea is very aggressive towards Max.
Max hasn't mounted her once, he can't get near her bum as she'll turn round and go for him.
Basically. Am I being too soft? should I let them carry on fighting until there is blood?
I HATE seeing piggies fight, but I have let these two go further than I would allow to see if we can sort out the dominant pig but I'm worried as I can't leave them un attended.
I'm not giving up. Just need some advice on next steps. I've read the stickies on boar bonding and sow bonding but wondered if there is anything different with boar/sow bonding?
They are currently neighbours and Max spends several hours a day knawing the bars and strutting his stuff infront of a less than impressed Bea
