Rescue a little GP to live with two bonded Rex boars?

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Help!
We have Rex boars about 6 months and brothers and well bonded in a 6x2 c and c cage.

Just seen a tiny boar all alone. He's lived alone all the time it's thought but not much info on him. He's just so scared in the cage he's in as it's quite open and people keep walking past him. He's two and so cute.

I know the chances are they won't ever bond. Do you think I could split the cage and maybe get upstairs for them and they can be neighbours? He just seems to need peace and quiet and we can give him that.

Would it upset my two just to have him next door? What are the chances of them bonding at all? Has anyone managed it?

I want to rescue him but don't want to upset the boys we already have.

Also I was advised that a smaller car to start with is better as they will feel less overwhelmed. So I blocked off some of the larger one when it was just my two when they were new.

I love your run btw, esp the dolls' house! Superb! I have to have a top on mine - don't entirely trust my cat but I think it looks much nicer when they're open.

Flick is too smart to be trapped in an igloo, I fear! She would just hide behind it in the hope I wouldn't know where she is. They do seem to feel secure in there, which they aren't feeling when I let them loose in the kitchen the other day. Hadnt heard that about a smaller cage being better at first, but it makes sense. It will be interesting to see what these babies make of space when they're a bit bigger: my boys thought nothing of running around as large a space as they could access, whereas my older girls would barely move from when I put them down. Total opposites!

Funny things aren't they?

Well I phoned today to see how the vets had gone and got some reason his appointment was cancelled and they didn't think to contact me!

So he has a new appointment tomorrow late morning. I'm hoping he can come home with treatment then as now he's not 'for sale' I can't imagine he's in a nice big cage at all.

We have rearranged furniture and can just fit in a 2 x 5 c and c cage for him next to the two Rexs slightly bigger cage.

Just want him home now!

So do I!!!!!

Fingers crossed it all goes ok tomorrow. Do you know which vet they use? I don't suppose you could ring them and talk to them yourself, telling them you've treated ringworm in the past and are quite prepared to do it again? A friend picked up my newbies for me, and I sent her with a letter which included my vet's number, saying that they could ring the vet if they wanted and check the littlies were going to a decent home. My vet (unfortunately for him) knows me and my lot far too well!

Can't believe I have to wait a whole other day to hear that he's safe. Can't imagine what you're going through!!!

Haha! Sorry to keep you waiting.

We are out most of the day tomorrow so I'm hoping when I ring they say we can collect him on our way home.

So you should be!!!!!

Fingers and paws crossed for you here!

Gah! So he has ringworm and there is no way they will let him leave until it's cleared up. I have to phone again in 7 days.

Drat! The stupid things are a) it sounds like a lot of GPs who come from P@H have ringworm anyway, and b) he'd be far better looked after by you than shop staff.

Don't suppose you can ring their vet and talk to him / her?

I did ask if we could treat at home but she said it was an insurance thing. She was very nice and said he would be checked on at least 5 times a day and handled once a day at least for his treatment.

My dds want to visit him but don't think we will be able to. I might let them ask though. Harder to say no to an 8 and 5 year old!

It's going to be an awfully long, long week! At least he'll be well looked after, and he'll be coming home eventually. You could always just turn up and let the staff there try saying no to your children? Tee hee!

The title of the thread led me to believe this was about a teeny, tiny doctor, a general practioner, white coat and stethoscope, being housed with Rex boars.

I shall back out of the thread slowly now.

Haha! That would have been a much more interesting thread!

Quick update - I phone this morning and was told he needs another 5 days there at least and he's off to the vets this morning again.

We might call in tomorrow and ask someone else just in case as seem to get different answers from different people

I was going to ask if there was any update to be had this morning but thought I'd better not. I have been thinking about him.

At least he's going to see the vet again, but grrrr that you (and me!!!!!) might have to wait even longer to take him home! Are your nails down to the quick, yet?

I put my littlies in with Hazel at the weekend and I was surprised how problem-free the whole thing went. I first tried them Sat pm and when I went to take them into their cages one of the wee ones burrowed under Hazel's fur to hide! It was very sweet. Hazel did look rather taken aback, it has to be said! They've been full-time together since Sunday and they are fine. I'm so pleased Hazel has company again!

That's great that they all get on. Well done.
It's a shame we don't have girls but I think the chances of the three boys ever being together is tiny.

The rescue lady I got mine from cut their claws for me last week and said I'd be better off letting the new guy settle and then getting a very young male but we will see!

Well we just called in to ask about the gp and he's been given 14 days more treatment on a higher dose for his ringworm.

So we can't take him home for at least two weeks now. My girls were really disappointed. Poor little fella. This is dragging on so long now!

That's a real shame! What a pity!

But...

You will have him home at some point soon. Hopefully two weeks. It will seem like forever (and even longer for him, and he doesn't even know he's got a loving, lovely home awaiting him!) but you'll get there eventually.

Could you and the girls get some lettuce or spinach leaves and try growing them in the kitchen? They'll take about 30 days, but they'll be able to 'see' the time passing and two weeks after he arrives they'll have something they've grown themselves for him (and the others).

Good luck with the waiting, and thanks so much for the update (though I was really hoping you were going to say you were getting him this afternoon! :-( )

Thanks Dude that's a great idea.!

We are away next week for a few days anyway, and we will have the cage we ordered for him by then too so we can sort that out.

Hope you enjoyed your holiday!

Any news of the little one? Hope everything's still set for the end of the week. I can't wait to hear he's home and settled. x

Thanks for asking Dude. Had a great break (without kids!). Returned though to two gerbils covered in blood (old and ill, had never attacked each other before). So had to have them put down. We are in need of the new guy now to cheer us up.

His treatment finishes on Tuesday and they said he's looking good so chances are he can come home Tuesday or Wednesday. We have his stuff ready so hopefully can set it up tomorrow and collect him asap.

I also might just mention (without dh knowing) to the rescue lady our other two are from that we have space for a baby boar for company once he's settled in

How are yours getting on together now?

Glad to hear you had a nice holiday. How sad about the gerbils. Poor little things.

So pleased to hear about your wee one, such great news! Will be refreshing loads over the next day or so until I hear you have him. Have been thinking about him lots! Please can you put a photo up of him once you get him home?????

And another baby in the pipeline too, how wondrous! So he'll get a playmate of his own too. Am so chuffed for him. His life's going to improve so much!

My lot are grand, thanks. Was watching the two babies rumblestrutting and chasing each other around the cage yesterday. No fighting at all which is grand. H just lies in the middle of the cage and lets the madness happen around her. I'm so pleased I got the two, as they can keep each other amused and not bother H whilst she still gets the company.

One of the wee ones climbed on top of their tunnel yesterday, which was so lovely to see. It's been a while since I've had such adventurous pigs. Wasn't thinking their activity levels were so great when I was trying to catch them in the kitchen, mind. Far too much space for them to run around and build up speed!

Ha! My two boars are so lazy. Hardly ever run unless it's to get away from me. I even had to get a shallower cat litter tray for their hay as they couldn't/wouldn't get in the normal sized one! Very easy to catch though.

They sound like Hazel and her sister. I mind Polly once walked through the kitchen door when it was open, that's once in the two years I had her! Don't think Hazel's ever made it that far. I put her on the floor a few months back about 6 inches from where the food was: she hurrumphed, glared, and v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y made her way over to where it was, where she proceeded to collapse with exhaustion!

The boys I had before them were the complete opposite. There was no way on earth you could leave the door open, they'd be out of it! We got quite adept at opening the door with a foot turned across the opening, as sure enough, as soon as it moved there'd be at least one of them there, ready to make a run for it. Just a few days before the last one died I had to retrieve him from the lounge, where he was having a wondrous time running around under the clothes horse!

We're out of the habit of keeping everything shut up tight and that's something we're going to have to get back into. It's been far too easy with P and H to pop out the house leaving the kitchen and front doors ajar, as we knew they'd still be in the exact place they'd been when we left. Not so with the two youngsters!

Anyway, fingers crossed for today (or tomorrow, if you must!). Can't wait to hear that the wee boy is home and safe. x

Sorry nothing today. Went in on our way past and he's got one more day of treatment. Then vets.

The lady there recognised us and was really nice. Said he's grown a lot and is very vocal. Still being handled every day.

We are setting up his cage tonight.