what should i do?

[Michelle_x]

I have 2 females (angel) 3 years (Mia) 8 weeks and (Ollie) 3 years male. my older female pig bosses the male around and doesn't let him in their bed and she also bites him a lot at the food bowl but he isn't that bothered by her he just warns her back but i think it does make him unhappy, but i recently got another female she is only 8 weeks. When i put the baby pig in at first she was confident but now my older female is bullying her she is scared and scared to drink,eat and go in the bed because if she does she will get chased an nipped. My older pig has always been like that and when i bought her she was with another pig and the pet shop said that one of them is a bit evil i thought it was the other one but i was wrong. I love my pig millions and wouldn't even contemplate giving her away so i have bought another cage to put her in and I'm going to put it next to the other cage and see how she is because i don't think she likes any other pig and would be ok on her own. If she is ok on her own the other pigs might come out more and might be more happier.

Plus i have the pigs in my bedroom so the noise my older female pig makes when shes giving the others grief doesn't let me get much sleep.

Does this sound like an ok idea? does anyone have any suggestions or tips that might help?

 

[caviaporcellus]

Hello and welcome to the forum. I am sorry that I don't have a solution to your problem. In fact, I have a similar problem. My oldest sow is also a true Queen of Mean. I was hoping she would grow out of it but, from reading your post, it sounds like they don't.

I have not separated mine as my QoM does not bite the other piggies, she mostly just headbutts the little one and teeth chatters at the boar. I have eased the tension between them by doing things like splitting up the food so that all the pigs can get at it at the same time. I have also put nuggets in different areas of the cage and there are loads of cosy beds so QoM cannot hog them all. I have also noticed that my boar is standing up to her more now as he grows bigger but I guess that yours is fully grown aleady at his age. Mine does protect the little pig sometimes too.

I wonder if there are therapists for piggies?