Petlovr
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- Joined
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I adopted 3 girls, have done the quarantine, and am ready for intro's to my lone piggie. Daphne and Amber are about 11 mo. old, Sweet Pea is about 5 mo. old, and my original piggie, Daisy, is about 2 yrs old. They've seen each other through the cages, (they are on opposite sides of the room) and they've been wheeking to each other. The quarantine was just a formality since the 3 I adopted had been treated with 4 doses of Ivermectin due to a horrible case of mites they had when rescued. All their hair has grown back, and they seem perfectly fine & healthy since I adopted them.
My question-How long do I need to directly supervise them once I put them together? I want to make sure that they don't get into trouble with fighting; I've read everything I can find on intro's here and on Guinea Lynx, so I know what to do, except the time frame before I can be reasonably comfy with walking away from them once they are in their new 3 ft x 6 ft cage.
Also, they girls lost some weight between the time I brought them home, (the rescue lady weighed them right before we left her house and wrote it down for me) and 2 weeks later when I bought a scale to weigh them. I weighed them for the second time tonight, and 1 is back to her original weight, and the other 2 are on their way back up. I think I had their pellets too far away from their hidey for a while-now that I moved the bowl closer they are eating more pellets in addition to unlimited hay and excellent gourmet salads. So I think the weight loss was just scared piggies hiding in their piggie house in the beginning.
Thanks!
My question-How long do I need to directly supervise them once I put them together? I want to make sure that they don't get into trouble with fighting; I've read everything I can find on intro's here and on Guinea Lynx, so I know what to do, except the time frame before I can be reasonably comfy with walking away from them once they are in their new 3 ft x 6 ft cage.
Also, they girls lost some weight between the time I brought them home, (the rescue lady weighed them right before we left her house and wrote it down for me) and 2 weeks later when I bought a scale to weigh them. I weighed them for the second time tonight, and 1 is back to her original weight, and the other 2 are on their way back up. I think I had their pellets too far away from their hidey for a while-now that I moved the bowl closer they are eating more pellets in addition to unlimited hay and excellent gourmet salads. So I think the weight loss was just scared piggies hiding in their piggie house in the beginning.
Thanks!