Buddy Baths?

[mmm_missy]

I am at my wits end.

Last weekend I expanded my cages to accomodate for fighting boars. I made a 3x6 to keep 5 supposedly non-fighting boars and seperated 2 others into seperate 2x3 cages.

I found Auzzie on Saturday (in the big cage) with his top front incisors completely broken off from fighting.

1) Any pointers on what to feed Auzzie? I remember seeing something about mixing pellets with water to make a mash.

2) What is a buddy bath? How many buddies can I/should I do together, etc?

 

[amfeider]

A buddy bath is when you wash all the piggies with the same shampoo and blow dry them so they all smell the same and put them back in a freshly clean cage.

 

[mmm_missy]

Ok. So I was picturing them actually bathing together! I only have 2 hands so I was wondering how that would work.

 

[Ly&Pigs]

Very carefully, and I only recommend a buddy bath as an absolute last resort. Are you sure the teeth were broken during a fight? Did you witness the fight? There are other ways teeth can break besides fighting. Feed Auzzie his veggies cut into small pieces. If he is having trouble eating pellets you can make a mash out of pellets and some lukewarm water and syringe feed him.

 

[mmm_missy]

I'm not 100% sure it was done in a fight, but I know that he was chattering and being pursued by one of the other males and I heard a lot of scuffles through the night...

When I expanded the cage(s) I gave them all baths without using shampoo thinking that just getting them clean would work. I really can't figure out what is setting them off. I tried reintroducing the 2 seperated ones, but it quickly became ball of fur time. Now I have Auzzie seperated as well so I can keep a closer eye on his food/water intake.