Normal behaviour or a worry?

Nikkip

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So we have 2 boars who are brothers so have been together since birth. We’ve had them about about month now. One is a bit bigger (Barney) than the other (Benji) Barney is very chilled and laid back while his brother is a bit crazy! When my daughter is holding them the little one will run all over her. He just never keeps still and is quite loud! Anyway when they are out Benji will burrow himself under Barney. He will just get underneath him and they will both lay there quite happily one on top of the other 🤷‍♀️ He will nuzzle and get himself as close as he can to his brother. He seems very confident and I’m worried he’s bullying his bother although Barney doesn’t seem distressed by it. So any advice on if this is this normal behaviour?
 
This doesn’t sound like anything to worry about at all. It just sounds like he is going there for comfort and it sounds like they are getting on well.
Bullying consists of constant chasing and mounting (beyond the normal dominance behaviour), stopping the other piggy from eating and general harassment to the point that the bullied pig becomes subdued, depressed, starts losing weight etc.

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Thanks so much for the reassurance. It’s funny how they are so different. I honestly always thought they were all just furry little creatures and didn’t realise how big their personalities could be 😂
 
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