Whose The Culprit? Boar Bitten Sow...

[Mother Hubbard]

Advice would be welcomed.

My two girls Millie and Marmalade get on fine and have done since I first put them together. marmalade is still young, less then a year. I bonded Mowgli from TEAS with the two girls, and both Mowgli and Marmalade do test each other. Yesterday however, I found a large hole in Marmalades ear and bite marks on her other ear. I can't imagine it was Millie, she's so relaxed.

They have enough bowls and houses and room and are housed outside so any ideas?

 

[Wiebke]

How are Marmalade and Mowgli with each other? Usually you will see a tension and a tendency of the attacked piggy to stay away from the attacker or be confrontational if there has been a bad incident. Bites between bonded cross gender piggies are very, very rare; these are likely to be more dominance and than fight related, considering they are on the ears.

I would recommend to remove any hideys with just one exit for the time being and disinfect the ears with saline solution (1teaspoon of salt dissolved in 1 pint of boiled cooled water). Keep an eye on the dynamics between the piggies if you can give them a good deal of supervised run time together.

 

[Mother Hubbard]

Thank you. They seem fine, marmalade is very cheeky and can be quite testing. I am going to bring them into together for longer lap time and see what happens.

I will let you know of any progress.