LittleSqueakers
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- Joined
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- Joined
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Begin the Second Age of Pigs. Some of you may recall seeing this story posted in the news feed a few weeks ago: https://wdef.com/2019/10/25/hoarding-case-mckamey-lots-rabbits-guinea-pigs/ This is in Chattanooga, where I live. If you live in Chattanooga, you know about the McKamey Animal Center. Story popped up on the forum news feed LITERALLY the morning after I finished sewing the last of the fleece for my new pigpen. I waited until after I got back from a family trip to visit my grandparents and would have waited longer, but at my Dad's encouraging, I went down there today.
I wasn't planning on bringing any pigs home until this weekend, but McKamey will only place an adoption hold on animals for 24 hours. So... here they are!
This is Avery:
And this is Andrew:
They're both boars (yes, I did double-check already). They're not paired, so I'm keeping them separate until this weekend and then I'm going to try introducing them and see if they're going to get along. I haven't officially adopted them yet; I'm fostering them for the next week to see if they'll make a good pair. If I decide to keep them, I go back to McKamey next Wednesday to sign adoption paperwork. I've never tried to introduce pigs before, but I've been present for Tribble's pairing with two separate cagemates in the past. And I know that introduction bible is floating around on the forum somewhere.
I'm sure I'll have more questions later on as things develop, but for now I have these two that I wanted to toss out there:
1.) Should I try doing introductions in my brand-new pigpen so that I don't have to move them afterwards? It's never been used before by any pig, so it should count as neutral territory.
2.) Ages of these guys? The shelter had no clue, but I think Avery looks pretty young and Andrew maybe just a bit older. I'm trying to figure out if they're under 6 months and I need to be supplementing some higher-calcium veggies.
I wasn't planning on bringing any pigs home until this weekend, but McKamey will only place an adoption hold on animals for 24 hours. So... here they are!
This is Avery:
And this is Andrew:
They're both boars (yes, I did double-check already). They're not paired, so I'm keeping them separate until this weekend and then I'm going to try introducing them and see if they're going to get along. I haven't officially adopted them yet; I'm fostering them for the next week to see if they'll make a good pair. If I decide to keep them, I go back to McKamey next Wednesday to sign adoption paperwork. I've never tried to introduce pigs before, but I've been present for Tribble's pairing with two separate cagemates in the past. And I know that introduction bible is floating around on the forum somewhere.
I'm sure I'll have more questions later on as things develop, but for now I have these two that I wanted to toss out there:
1.) Should I try doing introductions in my brand-new pigpen so that I don't have to move them afterwards? It's never been used before by any pig, so it should count as neutral territory.
2.) Ages of these guys? The shelter had no clue, but I think Avery looks pretty young and Andrew maybe just a bit older. I'm trying to figure out if they're under 6 months and I need to be supplementing some higher-calcium veggies.