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Cavy Gazer
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Hi all, first time writing, but I can't find any other guidance so I'm hoping someone has insight.
Newer guinea mama, I got my Fernetti in feb, Gin-Rummi in April, Whiski in July, and Drambui 2 weeks ago. All girls are respectively: 11 months, 9 months, 7-8 months, and newest 6-7 months. My original 3 get along great with each other, they sometimes bicker like sisters but overall love each other & have a happy home, and thankfully welcome human affection/interaction. My little Drambui was immediately accepting of human affection, you can snuggle her ALL day long, sometimes she eats more while you're petting her, she's approach *any* stranger and happily let them hold her. So clearly, she ain't afraid of us.
I first introduced her to Fernetti (my other pig who *most* welcomes human interaction and likes to meet new pigs), and it was an instant hit. Everyone calm, Fernetti grooming her, they seemed happy to have their friend. The issues started once the other two, Gin-Rummi and Whiski, came into play. I have followed every introduction protocol the last couples weeks, I have tried to be so cautious and I wonder if that's my bad. GR and W were displaying completely normal, routine dominance behaviours, that they all experienced when they came into my herd. Bit of rumbling, teeth chattering, and then they calmed down. But Drambui I know was by herself for a long time, and I'm not sure if either she's *never* experienced dominance behaviours from pigs, or if she has and it was a traumatic incident that I don't know about. I can keep all 4 pigs in the same area, and my original 3 are happy, eating, grooming, playing, normal, but Drambui hides herself away. And when a pig even gets somewhat near her (not in her hidey, just walks by) she starts making alarm screams. I am confident at this point that no one will hurt her, nor will she hurt them. She never displayed any rumbles or teeth chatters, her reaction is just to start shrieking.
It makes me sad because Drambui is so sociable and so cuddly with us humans, and my other 3 girls are *fantastic* and I KNOW would never hurt her. I am confident she would integrate so well, if she could just get over herself. So, how do i get her to come out of her shell and make friends? I even tried outdoors in the grass yesterday, and everyone was happily eating, but she still shrieks if they get near her. *sigh*
Please let me know if you can help or have tips/insights. I do NOT want to surrender my most cuddly girl of the herd, I just want her to make friends, and my girls seem to want to be her friend because they have all calmed down and now simply express interest in smelling her and getting to know her, but she won't have it...
Newer guinea mama, I got my Fernetti in feb, Gin-Rummi in April, Whiski in July, and Drambui 2 weeks ago. All girls are respectively: 11 months, 9 months, 7-8 months, and newest 6-7 months. My original 3 get along great with each other, they sometimes bicker like sisters but overall love each other & have a happy home, and thankfully welcome human affection/interaction. My little Drambui was immediately accepting of human affection, you can snuggle her ALL day long, sometimes she eats more while you're petting her, she's approach *any* stranger and happily let them hold her. So clearly, she ain't afraid of us.
I first introduced her to Fernetti (my other pig who *most* welcomes human interaction and likes to meet new pigs), and it was an instant hit. Everyone calm, Fernetti grooming her, they seemed happy to have their friend. The issues started once the other two, Gin-Rummi and Whiski, came into play. I have followed every introduction protocol the last couples weeks, I have tried to be so cautious and I wonder if that's my bad. GR and W were displaying completely normal, routine dominance behaviours, that they all experienced when they came into my herd. Bit of rumbling, teeth chattering, and then they calmed down. But Drambui I know was by herself for a long time, and I'm not sure if either she's *never* experienced dominance behaviours from pigs, or if she has and it was a traumatic incident that I don't know about. I can keep all 4 pigs in the same area, and my original 3 are happy, eating, grooming, playing, normal, but Drambui hides herself away. And when a pig even gets somewhat near her (not in her hidey, just walks by) she starts making alarm screams. I am confident at this point that no one will hurt her, nor will she hurt them. She never displayed any rumbles or teeth chatters, her reaction is just to start shrieking.
It makes me sad because Drambui is so sociable and so cuddly with us humans, and my other 3 girls are *fantastic* and I KNOW would never hurt her. I am confident she would integrate so well, if she could just get over herself. So, how do i get her to come out of her shell and make friends? I even tried outdoors in the grass yesterday, and everyone was happily eating, but she still shrieks if they get near her. *sigh*
Please let me know if you can help or have tips/insights. I do NOT want to surrender my most cuddly girl of the herd, I just want her to make friends, and my girls seem to want to be her friend because they have all calmed down and now simply express interest in smelling her and getting to know her, but she won't have it...