I Don't Like Him......Honest!

[Storm1974]

Bramble and Herbert live side by side in the separate cages because they fight when we try to put them together, and Bramble is always rumbling and bar biting at Herbert most of his waking time when he's not eating!

When we put them out in the run together (Obviously separated) the other day though, I saw Bramble (Brown and black pig) laying right next to Herbert and just had to take a couple of photos.....


So, maybe Bramble actually is more fond of Herbert than he pretends to be!

 

[Bill & Ted]

Bramble is probably looking after his boundary! But he is fond of Herbert, he just needs his own space. We have good neighbours but I wouldn’t want to live in the same house as them

 

[Piggies&buns]

 

[AidaB]

We call it a power lie in!
Happy together, but with their own space.

 

[Posyrose]

My two boys are just the same

 

[piggieminder]

My two boys are just the same

And mine both can't live together pairs.

 

[Wiebke]

Bramble and Herbert live side by side in the separate cages because they fight when we try to put them together, and Bramble is always rumbling and bar biting at Herbert most of his waking time when he's not eating!

When we put them out in the run together (Obviously separated) the other day though, I saw Bramble (Brown and black pig) laying right next to Herbert and just had to take a couple of photos.....


So, maybe Bramble actually is more fond of Herbert than he pretends to be! View attachment 252472

Hi

This is a classic 'power lie in' to mark the territorial boundary. I see in my own Tribe piggies in adjoining cages all the time. Because most owners are not aware of the strong territorial connection that groups (even groups that comprise just one piggy) have, they generally misinterpret this behaviour as a wish to be back together when it is actually the opposite.

A - Z of Guinea Pig Behaviours (see entry 'Territorial Behaviours')
The Herd, the Group and I: Investigating Guinea Pig Identity and Society (if you are interested in learning more about the social wiring of guinea pigs)

 

[Piggies&buns]

Hugo patrols his boundary ferociously (and is worse since I bonded Wilbur and Popcorn in the adjoining cage. When it was three singles Hugo wasn’t so bothered about Wilbur as his neighbour).

 

[Storm1974]

This 'power lie in' isn't normally seen by us because the bases of their cages aren't at the same level as each other, as they both have totally different cages.

So it's completely different when they're in the run because then they ARE at the exact same level!