Angry/fighting piggies?!

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:o My two boars have been getting along fine for the passed 2 months, I got them in June and they are about 4 months old. They have rumbled and strutted around at each other a bit, but generally with two pigloos and a tunnel been fine. But today Jasper has started making this hideous hissing/clicking sound at poor Monty who tries to stand his ground but looks so sad and confused. Monty is really friendly so I don't think he'll fight back and they have loads of space for him to run away to, but is this normal? :... Am I best leaving them to sort it out? When Jasper did it last time as I put their food in I got Monty out and gave him a cuddle as he wouldn't eat anything, which he seemed to appreciate. But I'm really worried :-(
 
Hi, you'r boys are creeping up to the awkward piggie teen years, this is when one will really start to gin some dominance over the other. I would first suggest that anything you can add more of do so. Like another food bowl or bottles for example. When you give them their veggies scatter them about rather than put them in one place, so that Jasper cannot concentrate on hogging them all at once. It may feel like the correct thing to do removing Monty, and i cannot blame you becasue the 'weaker' one often pulls a sad "what have i done?" face. But the more you break up these little confrontations, the less likely they are to be sorted out. As they have yet to come to blows i would personally, leave them to ge on with it, just keep a watchful eye on them.
 
Thank you :) It is really hard to leave him to it, I've put changed the pigloos so they have two of the same because they had thrown one of them over. When I'd done that Jasper started following Monty round the pen and trapped him in there. I think unless i hear the squeals I'll leave them alone because it's really heart breaking to watch. I'll add another food bowl now and keep my fingers crossed :(
 
If one of them bites the other or they have a real fight with biting, then I'd seperate them.

But for now I think you should leave them together, even though it's hard, to let them sort it out. Hopefully the dominant one will calm down once he knows he's in charge, and then the other one will happily be the submissive one.

But if it goes on for a long time and Monty is being bullied and is scared and not eating then I'd think about seperating them, but not yet.

I hope it all works out, good luck :)
 
As the others have said, I would say its just adolescent boys sorting out their dominance. Theres not much to do for now, just leave them to it, unless blood is drawn. If that happens you should separate them. Hope they sort out their differences soon. Good luck ;)
 
hello there.

i am new to piggies and i have had a similar problem. my two piggies were at the position your in now. However, i put two of everything in the cage and this seemed to help. the final straw was a few weeks ago tho when blood was drawn and they were really distressed so i split them up. this doesnt mean that this will happen to you, i would just keep my eye on it. Mine really fell out when i went on holiday and put them in a boarding place, this is when the fight for dominance has started again.

the forum is great for advice so I'm sure everyone will support and guide you with your decisions.
 
Hi,

They may well have got a smell of females at the boarding place, I keep all females well away from males when I have boarders and don't evan let them walk past in a carry box.
 
Thank you everyone for your comments. I'm really worried now, but looking at that link - I hadn't noticed the snorting and head bobbing but that has been going on for several days now I think about it. I've left them all day whilst I've been at work and I'm really worried about going home :0

I'm sad because I thought as all the rumbling and strutting had stopped they were getting on better, but actually it was just them getting more annoyed with each other! I feel a bit silly now rolleyes

Also I'm going on holiday in a couple of weeks and was going to put them in a boarding place so that is a good thing to know. I guess I'll just have to keep my fingers crossed :...
 
I wish you the best of luck! It is an anxious time.

Sometimes, it is possible to rebond two fallen out boars once their hormones have settled down and they have been able to live next door to each other with lots of interaction through mesh/bars, so all is not lost, even though it comes to a fall out.
 
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