My Two 1yr old male Pigs

[TeddyIsMyPig]

I am currently in the process of bonding my two male guinea pigs. They used to live to together but there was an incident with one of them and a pig that they were both living with at the time so one got separated from the others. The two pigs that are bonding get put together in an outside run for approximately 5hrs a day and they are usually fine however around a week ago the dominant pig started chasing the other rather violently. They jumped at each other however after settling them with a handful of grass and dandelions and they were fine. I hoped that this was just a one time thing however, around a week and a half later they did it again. They are not hurting each other however, it seems rather violent is this normal a and should they just be left to sort it out or should I intervene? Thanks!

 

[Wiebke]

I am currently in the process of bonding my two male guinea pigs. They used to live to together but there was an incident with one of them and a pig that they were both living with at the time so one got separated from the others. The two pigs that are bonding get put together in an outside run for approximately 5hrs a day and they are usually fine however around a week ago the dominant pig started chasing the other rather violently. They jumped at each other however after settling them with a handful of grass and dandelions and they were fine. I hoped that this was just a one time thing however, around a week and a half later they did it again. They are not hurting each other however, it seems rather violent is this normal a and should they just be left to sort it out or should I intervene? Thanks!

As long as they are not crossing the line, I would not interfere. The teenage months last from about 4-14 months but even afterwards the boars can experience the odd strong hormone spike.

Please make sure that you have everything in twos - hideys with two exits, bottles and feeding bowls which you remove between meals. Make sure that access to hay cannot be blocked and that your boys can get away from each other.

Ideally you have a cage divider handy for an overnight separation when things get really dodgy.
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