NinjaAlena
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Cavy Slave
- Joined
- Oct 6, 2013
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- Joined
- Oct 6, 2013
- Messages
- 113
A friend of mine is going away on a four day vacation and she's asked me to babysit her pigs. Since I will not be able to make it to her house twice a day she is bringing their whole cage and the pigs to my house. The only place I have room for them is the same room I have my pigs in so I have a couple of questions here. But first here are the details:
- She has three baby boy pigs, bonded, apparently brothers (I don't have an exact age but they are obviously not fully grown)
- I have two bonded, adult boars
- My friends pigs will be on the floor, and my pigs are on a desk.
- My friends cage will be right next to my cage but will once again be on the floor (if that makes sense)
- My two boys have never smelled any other pigs except each other in a long time
- In my cage, my boys have a loft to where they could probably jump out if they really wanted to (but they have never done this before)
So my questions are, will this cause behavior/dominance issues between my two pigs? I'm worried my dominant boar will go crazy when he smells my friends pigs and attack my other pig. Could it cause bonding issues between my friends pigs? Also could one of my pigs try to jump out of the cage from the loft to try to get to my friends pigs? I have a lid but it doesn't latch, but I could probably put a book or weight on top to make sure they don't try to open it.
- She has three baby boy pigs, bonded, apparently brothers (I don't have an exact age but they are obviously not fully grown)
- I have two bonded, adult boars
- My friends pigs will be on the floor, and my pigs are on a desk.
- My friends cage will be right next to my cage but will once again be on the floor (if that makes sense)
- My two boys have never smelled any other pigs except each other in a long time
- In my cage, my boys have a loft to where they could probably jump out if they really wanted to (but they have never done this before)
So my questions are, will this cause behavior/dominance issues between my two pigs? I'm worried my dominant boar will go crazy when he smells my friends pigs and attack my other pig. Could it cause bonding issues between my friends pigs? Also could one of my pigs try to jump out of the cage from the loft to try to get to my friends pigs? I have a lid but it doesn't latch, but I could probably put a book or weight on top to make sure they don't try to open it.
