What to do with Daisy?

[Countrylass]

We've already tried Daisy our one year old sow with first Sweep then Dillon and she rejected them both with violence. So we hoped that our only other boar Fudge would prove to be someone she could love as he's totally head over heels with her. To try and help his chances we had Autumn who's now 7 weeks old. Autumn's been living with Daisy since she was 3 weeks old and they get on well most of the time with the odd falling out. Fudge is now tadpole free so we tried putting him on the floor with Daisy and Autumn and as soon as his feet hit the floor even though he was several feet away Daisy started chattering her teeth. When he ran over to her she went for his head so we had to pick her up before she really got violent. He's happy because his "hello i'm Fudge what's your name can we be friends" approach with Autumn went well but what do we do with Daisy?

 

[Wiebke]

Some sows just won't accept a boar. You can try to have Fudge living next to her for some time and see whether she mellows, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

Admittedly, Dasiy is pretty young for that behaviour; it is more prominent with older sows. Does she come from a breeding background?

 

[Countrylass]

I had Daisy from the Guinea Pig Rehome website back in July and all the lady told me was that she had come in with her brother as her previous owners didn't want them anymore so I think it's highly likely she had been used for breeding especially as the woman told me not to breed from her due to her age - something to due with her pelvis fusing so I'm wondering whether she herself had bred from her and was telling porkies about how long she had had her. I'd hate for Daisy to have to be a solitary pig so I might try her with both Dillon and Fudge again as she was only violent to Dillon when she had been near him for 10 minutes or so but that may have been because she was in territory she had never seen before