[Gpdd] BEHAVIOR: My Piggies Hate Each Other

[Dukejan1 at aol.com]

Back in September, I got my first piggie and named her "Isabel" since she 
came to us along with the hurricane in Va.  She's a wonderful pig with a great 
personality and extremely lovable.  My husband and I decided that Isabel was 
spending too much time alone while we were at work, so we adopted "Lily" over 
Easter weekend.  Lily was thrown out of her former home because she was pregnant. 
 After Lily gave birth in mid-March and after her four piglets were weaned, 
Lily came home to us.  The first meeting with Isabel ended in disaster, since 
Lily bit poor Izzy on the nose.  We have tried sitting on opposite ends of the 
sofa with my husband holding one piggie and I the other while waiting for the 
piggies to decide that they would like to see each other.  Inevitably, Lily 
comes over to pick a fight with Izzy and chatters her teeth aggressively.  The 
same thing happens when we put their cages next to each other.  Lily's teeth 
chattering is VERY loud and Isabel runs into her pigloo. (Lily even chatters at 
me if I hold Isabel before her!)  Needless to say, sharing a cage is out of 
the question at this point.  We wanted a friend for Isabel, not something to 
cause her stress.  Meanwhile, Lily is as sweet as can be when she is away from 
Izzy (she's snuggled with me as I type).  Any suggestions as to how to introduce 
the two sows would be much appreciated.

A special hello to the Okie Piggies from this OU alum!

Thanks much,
 Janet