[Gpdd] [CARE] Seeking a new friend for Batman

[warmbreath]

Sometimes a baby boar is the best companion for a grown boar as they see 
them as a baby and treat them that way.  The drawback is that as the baby 
boar reaches puberty he may want to challenge Batman for the Alpha spot and 
if somebody doesn't give in fights can ensue. If the baby wins the alpha 
spot the batman can have his feeling hurt. There are some strategies. One 
way is to have a big cage with a barrier between so they live side by side 
until they  sleep side by side and are clearly wanting to be with one 
another. Then we can try them together.

The other way to pair him with a spayed sow or have him snipped since it is 
less serious surgery   Any surgery is a risk for piggies so you have to find 
a piggy that follows the right anesthesia protocol for piggies with 
isoflurethane. Don’t mess with a surgeon who hasn’t done 100 buns and pigs 
with a 1% or less loss rate. Ann Evans has the complete instructions for 
anesthesia as she attend all her vets piggy surgeries handling the 
anesthesia. See the piece she wrote on Sooty.

There is no 100% solution for piggies living together successfully but with 
work and skill it can usually be worked out. But you should be prepared to 
have have piggies live side by side if they just cant live together. For 
sure being social animals they need to be with another piggy but sometimes 
it just takes work , skill, and flexibility, other times they just go 
together like Legos. But you never know.  Sandy and Sammy