Introductions Thinking about adopting a third pig

[philly.piggies]

Hello, I have two female pigs that I adopted from separate spcas. Momo is 1 1/2 - 2 years (from what the SPCA was guessing ). Meeps is 1 1/2 years. For the holidays we expanded their cage to a c&c cage. Everything as been going great momo seems to be the boss piggy. Both pigs get along fine and are happy. But with the extra space I was thinking about adopting another female pig. I heard that baby pigs are Easier to introduce then older pigs. Since they will adapt better. But I'm not a posed to adopting an older pig I just would rather go with what would be easier for the piggies. Right now or local SPCA has a few 4 week old female pigs and an unknown age piggy. I would appreciate any input. Thanks!!

 

[CharScoobJoey]

It's good that you've expanded their cage and that you're adopting instead of buying your guinea pigs Last year, I had two boys that lived together in their 2x6 c&c. They got along very well. They slept together, ate together, and ran around together. They had a very good bond, and I was happy that they paired together so well. A few months later, I brought home a baby guinea pig. He was very timid and shy, and he lived alone for 3-4 weeks for his quarantine period. Then, I introduced him to the two older boys. Everything went great, there was some rumble strutting and a lot of veggie munching, and I put them together after thouroughly cleaning the cage that they were all to be living in together. I immediately started noticing differences in all the guinea pigs. The two older boys were a lot more skittish and frightened, and they would not allow the new pig to sleep in the same pigloo as them, and they ran to opposite sides of the cage as soon as he approached them. The younger pig did nothing but torment and annoy the two older boars. He was constantly on their backs, riding them around the cage. Eventually, things got pretty bad and my older boy Charlie would squeal every time the younger pig approached him. After a sharp nip was given to Charlie's nose by the younger boy, I separated him. Unfortunately, he's been living alone for quite some time since he can't seem to pair up with any other boar. I am discussing this with a local rescue, and I'll be bringing him in to see if there would be any male that would be suitable as a buddy for him.

I am not trying to discourage you from adopting a third pig, but you should just be prepared in case things don't go well. Maybe you can ask your rescue if you can bring in your girls to see if they get along with some of the other females there? If one of your girls has already established dominance, then perhaps your situation will be different than mine. I wish you the best of luck, and hopefully you'll have a happy herd. :3

 

[philly.piggies]

I'm so sorry to hear about your Unsuccessful introduction. That would be my fear out of all this if any of the pigs got hurt.

How old was your baby pig that you introduced?

I am big into adopting, all of my animals have been adopted. I am head over heals over my pigs, and since we have extra space / plenty of love to give to another pig I figure why not rescue another life.

I did read some ware that sometimes when you introduce a baby to females they can adopt the baby and treat it as their own. Or that the baby can adapt better then an older one. And lastly since they are small and young the older pigs don't take them as a threat.

But that you for your Input hopefully more people who have experienced this will Comment wether its positive or negative . Because I'm torn...