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Boomy and Junior have always been close friends, but this is their first official fight.
This behavior has been going on for two days. [*]I have no idea whether this is harmless or not.[/*] Its repeating all over and over again. I just brought each of them out for lap time for a short separation period. But its not working! They chase each other again after two minutes. 8...8...
There were initially more stuff in their house but I removed some so that they have enough space to run around when one is being chased...
Sometimes they pounce on each other as if they are going to start biting. Boomy does the shake her body thing and keeps growling, while Junior squeals all the time its happening. (not in the video)

Can someone please tell me if its normal or not? Do I need to separate them..? :{:{:{

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAKsmoOLn8Q[/ame]
Sorry for the bad quality. The camera doesnt function that clearly at night :S
 
But boomy (white) has attempted to bite junior a few times from what I saw. And junior keeps wanting to pounce on her too..
So I'll just leave them alone and see what happens?
 
Girls. I know its normally the boys with this problem. But it's been going on for two days..Just want to make sure nothing is wrong :...
 
Nope, this is the second time. The first was when junior first came in.
 
how long have you had junior and are you 110% certain they're sows?

girls do sometimes rumble around and chase their friends when they're in season, it normally only lasts a few days and happens every 16-18 days. Whereas if they're boys...well...it's just normal boy behaviour.
 
Have had her for 4 months.
Thanks, I was thinking about Junior in season because she started it, but I became unsure when Boomy was the one chasing after junior the next day.
You assured me :))
:))
 
if they carry on for longer and don't settle at all then you might need to consider getting a third, either sow or neutered boar to change the group dynamics - but only if they actually start attacking each other and drawing blood. Most sows do calm down after a little while, they're 'horny-ness' seems to peak around 6-8 months and they rumble worse during this period and can also be a bit more nasty towards their hutch mates, but they do calm down again afterwards.
 
Hay what do you mean by rumble around? I got two new girls last night, They seem to get on fine 97% of the time but every now and then the little one chases the bigger one and does a really loud squeak? the bigger one runs away? is this ok? ive read on the dominace thing, I'm just hoping they get on, my last two didnt xx
 
rumble strutting - it's what boars normally do, they wiggle their bums and make a 'rrrrrrrrr' sound, girls sometimes just do the strutting rather than the rumbling, but they can do both.

Sounds like your girls are just trying to figure out who's boss, they should be fine within a couple of days
 
Yes! boomy is 6 months old, i guess she's really acting up. I cant seem to stop her from chasing junior at all! I've been thinking of adding another sow, but I'm scared she's not able to fit in because the two girls are very bonded and its true that there's a possibility a third new girl may be left out of everything right?

gorgeousgirliesxx good luck for your pair :)) xx
 
hmmm...if you're planning on expanding your herd beyond 3 then another sow shouldn't be an issue, you might find that she gets on better with one of your existing girls than the two do at the moment - it just depends on their personalities really.

If you just want 3 then a neutered boar might be a better idea, up to you really :))
 
Ahh thanks guys. Ive just wrote a new thread as i didnt know what to do... the little one has just chased the bigger one around the cage and looked as though she was trying to bite her bottom, The other one was squealing and running away.. But other than doing it a couple of times they get on well.. piggies are confusing lol :{
 
I have a group of 8 girls, who are split in two separate hutches, but get on well enough in a run all together. I recently introduced another, older, sow to the group - she's a big hefty girl, but very placid when you hold her. To my surprise as soon as I put her in with the other girls she immediately started chasing them all around, wiggling her bum and kicking out at them, not to mention trying to bite them. I took her out as she was upsetting some of the young sows I've got. But over a couple of days I put her back in with the group and watched carefully just incase the fighting got too volatile. She barged her way around the run, attacking pretty much everyone (not enough to draw blood or injure) until they all accepted that she was in charge. There is still one sow she doesn't get on with, but she's fine with everyone else now - no more fighting :)
 
It all looks perfectly normal for girls to me. I've had two sets of girls, the first ones even had a minor scuffle but one did end up with a tiny cut on her ear. They did sort it out between them though. The second pair, the older one did chase the younger one a lot, the putting the chin on the other's rump etc, trying to climb on, then the little one would sometimes spray wee in her face lol :) however both pairs had done with all the hormonal stuff by the age of 12-18 months & got on really well together.
 
so just keep an eye on them, and just hope that it is a dominance young guinea pig thing should hopefully quieten down as they get older etc.. Is that right? Need my mind put to rest lol x
 
yup :) they should calm down - don't forget, if you just got them the other day this will have been a big upheaval for them, they probably came from a larger group - they're just settling in and sorting out who's boss
 
Ahh thank you i feel light a weight has been lifted off of my shoulders, Yeh the couple who i got them from has loads of animals, and there was loads of piggies together, I didnt think of that mallethead lol xx
 
Looks like one of them is in season and has started a new round of dominance displays. Nipping (not biting) is normal dominance behaviour too. The underpiggy squeals submission, not pain!

It will hopefully die down again over the next few days, depending on when the other girl comes into season and how strongly.
 
Do they go into season a lot? there 2-3months old i didnt relise they did when quite young lol xx thank you all for your help xx
 
every 16-18 days, depends on the sow as to what they're like when they're in season, some don't change from one day to the next, others get very moody, and some rumble around like boys, at 2-3 months old they probably won't display any of this behaviour as it generally doesn't start until around 6 months - despite the fact they have seasons from 2 weeks.
 
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