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My piggies are going mad !

I knew this might be hard but...............

New piggy Max is in a different cage from Rabbie but are sharing the run at different times as everyone told me to let them get used to each others smells. Both piggies are doing the yawning thing and the hair on the back of their necks is standing on edge, They are trying to fight through the bars form the cage to the run. I have blocked Rabbies view of Max while he is in the run but my heads sore listening to the high pitched wheeking.

Any other ideas would be gladly recieved and before anyone says take 2 head ache tablets ive already done that lol
 
I have the same problem with my piggies. I have 2 very large runs which they all take turns in, but if you put the runs near each other the piggies will get very aggressive if they see/smell one another.
 
I am also having problems bonding my 2 boars - I let them run round the conservatory in the evenings and sometimes they seem fine and popcorn like mad in front of each other, but tonight especially Tiger rumbles and shakes his bum at Jeremy, and then when Tiger settles down and flops on his towel, Jeremy pulls his hair! They follow each other round and if there's mischief to get into they will do it together, but they seem to snipe at each other too ... I don't know if they are getting on and just having squabbles, or if it is a sign that they will start fighting... (they are in cages next to each other, not together).
 
Silence at home at last :)
I recorded some of the piggy sounds from the net and have looped them, for an hour now Ive had silence. Just the normal eating and scurrying about stuff .... Heaven.... until they both go into my bedroom later (neutral territory) hopefully.
 
Wow that's clever well done O0 :-* awww hope it all works out for you, it is stressing to see and hear them get cranky with each other.
 
Just put the boys back in their cages after and hour and a half in my bedroom sharing floor time, First 10 minutes they fought but not viciously knocking bums bum biting and the mighty rumbling then things calmed down, after 30 mins I thought this was enough time together so I tried catching them ...............It was Murder.................... took an hour to get them both caught and back in their homes. At one stage I called them and they both stood beside each other and looked at me , It looked like they were thinking" come on lets get mum now"

All went not too bad though all and all and tomorrow night its might be calmer from start , well I hope so.
Well done Monty and Max :smitten: :smitten: :smitten:
 
Mine do that! They niggle at each other, pull hair and rumble, but when I try to catch them they gang up and are partners in crime!

I hope that they will get on better in time, or is this how it will be?
 
Max is a new addition to the family, we have him 2 days now. Monty was on his own a few weeks, Hopely they will bond and be great company for each other O0
 
Ive always found that if you introduce a younger, smaller boar with another thats on his own, then they get on fine. I guess this is because the existing pig doesnt feel at all threatened by the new addition
 
Up date on the boys progress, Today I thought i would let them both in the run at same time for a few minutes to see what happened, well that was 9:30 am and they are still in the run together now at 1:30, they did get on a bit ( no fighting) when 1st in but calmed down now Rabbie the older boy is in Max the younger ones bed and vice versa. Is this a bad sign or a good sign do you think?
Anyway all quiet in the Paisley penthouse :)
 
Sounds like progress, are you hoping to let them live together or just occasionally let them in the run together?
 
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