Is it normal for a boy gpig to hump another boy piggie?

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My older boy Ugo is acting weird. I don't know if it normal but hes trying to hump my other piggies that's a boy also. He keeps smelling him and chasing him. At first I thought my other piggy was a girl. But he was trying to hump my girl. So I check him again and hes a boy. So I have 2 boy and 1 girl. And the boy's are acting crazy trying to hump each other. Is that normal? I just don't know. I'm a first time owner of piggies and I want to know the facts.
 
Hi

firstly have you got the girl separate? This is a pro rescue forum so intentional breeding is not discussed on here - sorry have to ask the question.

Secondly yes it is completely normal boar behaviour to be chase and mount each other or one more than the other. Tyrian and lupin although brothers would spend some time trying to hump each other, sadly I lost lupin recently but he was often the subject of tyrians advances, but he would get tyrian back too. Its a normal dominance display and as long as things dont escalate into more serious domination displays they should be fine. As long as they cannot smell or are right next to the female else they will be wound up by her womenly wiles.
 
Yes my girl is separated. She's all by herself. My boys are together and Ugo is the oldest and hes the one humphing Penny. Sorry for the name we taught he was a girl and turn out it was a boy. Ugo is not aggressive toward Penny. But Penny is younger and they are both being nice so far with each other. Penny does smells Ugo a lot. But thank for the information. Now I can relax. And keep an eye on my boys. And at my girl. I will try to find a piggy toy size for my Ugo and Penny.
 
Piggies mount out of dominance too, not just to reproduce.
 
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