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Hi all ... this is my first post on here and i'm looking for some urgent help with a problem I have with my 3 piggies.
I recently decided to get a friend for my 2 14 month old female piggies, Bumble and Flossie ... I went down the rescue centre route and adopted Ollie ... now I knew it wasn't going to be an easy task to integrate a 3rd piggy to the bonded pair but it's actually turned into a horrendous experience ... I have followed all the advice on introducing new friends but am now in a situation that i have no idea how to deal with.
Ollie is a very, very scared, nervous piggy who obviously hasn't been handled and is not used to being picked up and cuddled, this to me is something that comes with patience and time though, she is currently housed in a cage next to the other 2 and I have been giving all 3 piggies floor time together. The problem is that Flossie, who is the more dominant piggy not only doesn't like Ollie but is now ignoring Bumble ... Bumble isn't liking Ollie in the slightest and has become very stressed and has stopped popcorning etc and seems really sad ... on Friday, after the piggies had had their floor time, i put them back in their separate cages and went downstairs only for 5 minutes later to hear a load of noise coming from their room, so i ran upstairs to find Bumble and Flossie having a full blown flight ... i have now had to separate the 2 piggies ... i have tried to reintroduce Bumble to Flossie but they fly at each other as soon as they are placed together ... i feel totally gutted ... what i thought was a good deed has turned into a nightmare.
I had accepted that i may not be able to bond Ollie with the other 2 and had planned on getting her a friend of her own if this was the case, but i had no idea it would lead to the already bonded pair coming to blows ... i can't keep 3 separate cages as i haven't got the room in my house, but could cry at the thought of saying goodbye to Ollie ...
Help! :'(
I recently decided to get a friend for my 2 14 month old female piggies, Bumble and Flossie ... I went down the rescue centre route and adopted Ollie ... now I knew it wasn't going to be an easy task to integrate a 3rd piggy to the bonded pair but it's actually turned into a horrendous experience ... I have followed all the advice on introducing new friends but am now in a situation that i have no idea how to deal with.
Ollie is a very, very scared, nervous piggy who obviously hasn't been handled and is not used to being picked up and cuddled, this to me is something that comes with patience and time though, she is currently housed in a cage next to the other 2 and I have been giving all 3 piggies floor time together. The problem is that Flossie, who is the more dominant piggy not only doesn't like Ollie but is now ignoring Bumble ... Bumble isn't liking Ollie in the slightest and has become very stressed and has stopped popcorning etc and seems really sad ... on Friday, after the piggies had had their floor time, i put them back in their separate cages and went downstairs only for 5 minutes later to hear a load of noise coming from their room, so i ran upstairs to find Bumble and Flossie having a full blown flight ... i have now had to separate the 2 piggies ... i have tried to reintroduce Bumble to Flossie but they fly at each other as soon as they are placed together ... i feel totally gutted ... what i thought was a good deed has turned into a nightmare.
I had accepted that i may not be able to bond Ollie with the other 2 and had planned on getting her a friend of her own if this was the case, but i had no idea it would lead to the already bonded pair coming to blows ... i can't keep 3 separate cages as i haven't got the room in my house, but could cry at the thought of saying goodbye to Ollie ...
Help! :'(