Hi! In short, my boars had a scrap today and were locked together in a piggie circle seemingly biting eachother and now I've separated them. As I pulled one of them off of the other the other was hanging on by its teeth! I have no idea what to do now.
For background info - I've had my boars for two months now and they're both nearing 6 months. The more dominant pig is Raisin, and the other Bumble. When I first got them there was maybe a week or a few days of vying for dominance but it eventually settled down - there were never any scuffles and all has been relatively calm since. They live in a 150cmx90cm C&C cage and have 3 hideys (with 2+ entrances), 2 bowls, 2 water bottles and several tunnels. Today I put them out for floortime whilst I cleaned their cage, and a few hours after placing them back into their cage the usually submissive Bumble was all fluffed up, teeth chattering & rumble strutting for quite some time even though Raisin had done nothing but lay in his own hidey snoozing. After 15 minutes of this and Raisin doing nothing, he began doing the same until Bumble began chasing Raisin around the cage. Then Raisin began retaliating and they were caught together in what resembled a big fluffy ball of hatred as they appeared to be actually biting eachother in a circle so I intervened with oven mitts. As I pulled one of them off of the other the other was hanging on by its teeth! I've checked them each over (difficult given they are the most wriggly pigs ever) and no blood has been drawn only a little fur pulled out so I currently have them in their original cage with a mesh divider inbetween. I'm unsure what to do next. Please help!
Because there has been no blood drawn (that I can see, though obviously a hanging piggy does suggest teeth were sunk into something), am I fine to reintroduce them? Should I do this tonight or tomorrow? Should I clean the entire cage again before doing this? They have had a little chatter to each other through the mesh but otherwise have ignored each other completely.
Many thanks :-)
For background info - I've had my boars for two months now and they're both nearing 6 months. The more dominant pig is Raisin, and the other Bumble. When I first got them there was maybe a week or a few days of vying for dominance but it eventually settled down - there were never any scuffles and all has been relatively calm since. They live in a 150cmx90cm C&C cage and have 3 hideys (with 2+ entrances), 2 bowls, 2 water bottles and several tunnels. Today I put them out for floortime whilst I cleaned their cage, and a few hours after placing them back into their cage the usually submissive Bumble was all fluffed up, teeth chattering & rumble strutting for quite some time even though Raisin had done nothing but lay in his own hidey snoozing. After 15 minutes of this and Raisin doing nothing, he began doing the same until Bumble began chasing Raisin around the cage. Then Raisin began retaliating and they were caught together in what resembled a big fluffy ball of hatred as they appeared to be actually biting eachother in a circle so I intervened with oven mitts. As I pulled one of them off of the other the other was hanging on by its teeth! I've checked them each over (difficult given they are the most wriggly pigs ever) and no blood has been drawn only a little fur pulled out so I currently have them in their original cage with a mesh divider inbetween. I'm unsure what to do next. Please help!
Because there has been no blood drawn (that I can see, though obviously a hanging piggy does suggest teeth were sunk into something), am I fine to reintroduce them? Should I do this tonight or tomorrow? Should I clean the entire cage again before doing this? They have had a little chatter to each other through the mesh but otherwise have ignored each other completely.
Many thanks :-)
