Introductions Getting a 2nd piggie

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Do it when you've got plenty of time. You don't want to rush things.

Thank you!

Today is intro day for Fiona and her new friend Greta. So far it seems to be going well. A lot of sniffing, chasing, ignoring and hay eating. It's been about 2 hours now and still no signs of serious fighting but I"m still nervous to take my eyes off them for even a second. Greta is about a year old and Fiona is a little over 4 months.Fiona seems a lot more active than usual though and is even climbing and chewing the grids which I haven't seen her do at all since I got her. I hope that's not a bad sign.

That sounds great

I'd put in a couple water bottles, and a couple more piles of hay and veggies - and maybe a stool or two as hideys (nothing with narrow 'doors' or only one exit!). At this point you're past the worst bit, but I like to leave them in the play pen for at least 6 hours.

How big is your cage?

I have one water bottle in there mostly for Greta because Fiona doesn't drink from it much. I usually just make sure her lettuce is really wet. The other water bottle just got washed for the permanent cage. The cage is a 2x4 but I'm looking at making a bigger one now that I have both of them. I cleaned everything already and it's ready when they are but I probably won't put them in until after a couple more hours in the intro area. Greta just curled herself up in the corner potty and is dozing off while Fiona is chowing down on hay. I'm thinking Greta may be the queen here and it was really cute when I opened the fridge and got out the plastic bag of lettuce Fiona started wheeking like crazy and Greta ran over to her and nuzzled her a bit like she was worried.

They're very cute! One thing I wanted to ask is, did you double check to make sure they're both female before putting them together?

Yes, Greta is actually my friend's. They've had her since September. Their other piggie died so Greta needed a friend too.

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