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One Super Furry, Two Super Furry, Three Super Furry, Four........

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70isaLimitNotaTarget · 14/09/2014 22:20

Musing on the thoughts of "How Many"

With some Hamsters, it's a Single Life.
Most other Furries it's 2+.

With guineas, it's 2 boars (without females stirring things) or a neutered male + females, but not two males.

Rats seem to be a bit more civil.

I had 2 sows who were very much independant creatures (which was good) but the remaining one was very intolerant of cuddles. But she'd saunter round like a little dog indoors, at our heels Grin

I've had 4 sows at once who functioned as two distinct pairs (Mum/Daughter and Mum/Daughter). Any attempt at intergration was met by the oldest sow with a definate "No"
Once she died, her adult piglet was able to get on with the other two and they moved in together.

My currant set-up is a neutered boar that we got as a tiny piglet for our bereaved boar. They were together a year until the 'piglet' was bereaved. We side-by-sided him while he was neutered and waiting.
It's a really nice group, he's very protective and thinks he's in charge (ha ha!). He rumbles round and gathers his wives to the veg plate. But IRL, they are in charge.
The bigger sow is very laid back, the little one is much more 'bolshy'. She'll just bulldoze through him and he lets her.

I'm hoping they'll all grow old and grey together (all the same age).
I'd never have considered three TBH, but it works nice with them.

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FernieB · 15/09/2014 03:02

So glad 3 is working out for you 70. For a moment I thought you were considering more wives for GP3 Confused.

Pigs are nice and versatile in their numbers/pairings (as long as the pigonalities don't clash) unlike rabbits. You couldn't have 2 male buns together, although I'm sure someone will come along and tell me it works. Rabbits should definitely be kept in pairs though.

I do feel sorry for Current Bun on his own sometimes but the only interest he's shown in other buns is to fight. I think if he'd been paired up as a youngster it may have worked but by the time we adopted him he'd already decided he didn't like bunnies (probably just not found his soulmate but that could take years Confused). He has a nice life though - soft, indoor living with loads of freedom and is never caged. He has his cage (never shut), his basket and always a cardboard box to play in, plenty of human company, regularly goes to bed with the DDs and lots of cuddles when he wants them.

It's strange that some animals are best in groups (pigs, rabbits) but others alone (hamsters, cats). Why is it, though that dogs are considered okay to be alone when in the wild they are pack animals? Surely they would also be better with another who speaks their language.

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 15/09/2014 20:33

Grin no GP3 has his work cut out with two wifeys. Going from GP1 who kept the Respectable Boar Distance to GP4 and GP5 who like to snuggle up with him has been a culture shock.

Our cat was adopted as part of a pair - she didn't like her housemate and he had to return to the Rescue. We had her for 15 years. She had NDN cat if she wanted company on her terms.

CurrantBun does have a charmed spoiled life as a HouseBun. If he did have a cagemate would they need to be outside? Indoor rabbits seem to behave more like little dogs, following you and asking for attention.

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FernieB · 16/09/2014 06:56

If only he 'asked'! It's more like 'demands' Confused. We get poked, prodded and clothes are tugged unless we oblige with the required ear tickling.

FernieB · 16/09/2014 08:25

If he had a mate they'd still be house buns. I like having them around. Current bun has seen wild rabbits on TV. I'm sure he thinks he's watching a programme about Neanderthal bunny who years ago lived outside and foraged for food. Nowadays buns have evolved to have houses and servants to bring them food.

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 16/09/2014 17:44

The 70 pigs have seen those Peruvian guineas that were their ancestors. Small, otter brown, rangey.
They reckon evolution has given them nicer coat colours and textures but made them taste less delicious.
The next generation of guineas will be stripey black/yellow like wasps or red/black./yellow like venomous snakes (they reckon)

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FernieB · 16/09/2014 20:47

Is that why Smoothpig has evil pink eyes, so people think he's poisonous?

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 16/09/2014 20:50

GP5 has those lovely ruby pink slightly 'popping' eyes that some pigs have. She can see into your soul

Ooh yes Wink

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FernieB · 17/09/2014 08:06

Those eyes work - every time he looks at me I feel guilty Shock

sanfairyanne · 17/09/2014 21:28

i had 3 boars and they were my loveliest group. all v different but all v lovely. they needed lots of space from each other during the day. they free ranged and each had their own patch. but at night they all snuggled up
they were very cute

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