Continuing Life In The Pigpen
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Simon is the easiest to photograph pig ever.
Intros were going to happen tomorrow but it might be put off til Sunday. Bobs isn't having a good day today and how he is has a knock-on to any plans. It's been a couple of weeks since he had an off day. With any luck this will be the same and he'll bounce back soon. He's off his veggies but I presented him with a heap of corn husks and he's valiantly demolishing those. He's been eating hay too. If he's not feeling great I don't want to upset his world and swap the cages round just to suit the younger guys though.
Simon is the easiest to photograph pig ever.
Intros were going to happen tomorrow but it might be put off til Sunday. Bobs isn't having a good day today and how he is has a knock-on to any plans. It's been a couple of weeks since he had an off day. With any luck this will be the same and he'll bounce back soon. He's off his veggies but I presented him with a heap of corn husks and he's valiantly demolishing those. He's been eating hay too. If he's not feeling great I don't want to upset his world and swap the cages round just to suit the younger guys though.
I am sure you will do the best you can for your pigs. Its difficult not feeling guilty though. Pigs are very good at making you feel guilty i have found :)
Too right, Maddy.
Oh he certainly knows it, Mildred. Quite the snowflake this one.
Intros have been ongoing for the past hour.
Simon is, as I thought, a Slytherin. He has no interest in Graham thus far (except that Graham please respect his personal space) and his interpig communication is rather, um, combative.
Graham is trying his best to be good but he does love proximity.
Both are eating like horses which seems to be pig for 'Do I look bothered? I am so not bothered.'
Only one dustpan intervention so far but I don't really expect a great result today. I'll give it another few hours though.
Oh he certainly knows it, Mildred. Quite the snowflake this one.
Intros have been ongoing for the past hour.
Simon is, as I thought, a Slytherin. He has no interest in Graham thus far (except that Graham please respect his personal space) and his interpig communication is rather, um, combative.
Graham is trying his best to be good but he does love proximity.
Both are eating like horses which seems to be pig for 'Do I look bothered? I am so not bothered.'
Only one dustpan intervention so far but I don't really expect a great result today. I'll give it another few hours though.
Oh Stephen, where art thou?
Definitely my most fraught intro. That said, it wasn't too bad. Like, as far as I know, no one is bleeding.
It's not a success by any stretch yet. They got tired out several times during the floor part but it took almost 4 hours before they napped within a foot of each other. Until then it had been as far apart as possible. I grabbed that moment to put them in their new cage. The same blanket from intros is in the cage.
Dominance is not established but I know with Stephen and Bobbins it took a few days. Simon is mostly getting out of Graham's way or going to nip him. Graham seems a bit confused that Simon doesn't know the steps to the friendship dance. Simon is a truly 'Alan-y' pig in that respect. There's been one scuffle since they went in the cage and they're currently taking it in turns to be in the hay bin or nap at the other end of the cage. :/
I have pics but I feel like I'd be jinxing what is a tense situation by posting them just now.
I'll be sleeping on the sofa tonight. The pig shampoo etc are all in the bathroom ready for a buddy bath if anything kicks off.
Definitely my most fraught intro. That said, it wasn't too bad. Like, as far as I know, no one is bleeding.
It's not a success by any stretch yet. They got tired out several times during the floor part but it took almost 4 hours before they napped within a foot of each other. Until then it had been as far apart as possible. I grabbed that moment to put them in their new cage. The same blanket from intros is in the cage.
Dominance is not established but I know with Stephen and Bobbins it took a few days. Simon is mostly getting out of Graham's way or going to nip him. Graham seems a bit confused that Simon doesn't know the steps to the friendship dance. Simon is a truly 'Alan-y' pig in that respect. There's been one scuffle since they went in the cage and they're currently taking it in turns to be in the hay bin or nap at the other end of the cage. :/
I have pics but I feel like I'd be jinxing what is a tense situation by posting them just now.
I'll be sleeping on the sofa tonight. The pig shampoo etc are all in the bathroom ready for a buddy bath if anything kicks off.