Nose nudging?

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Hi all, I've posted a couple of times recently about my boars as I'm trying to work out if they're arguing or not! They seemed to have problems (fighting but no injuries) with having one hidey, so I've got another and they now appear to sleep separately.

When I get them out in the run, after a while I've noticed they run around like complete loonys and when they come across each other they kind of push eachs others noses - is this a game do you think?

I think they have been having the dominance issue as they are 4 months old..prior to this there has been a clear dominant one but that seems to be changing. I'm probably worrying for no reason, but just want to make sure they are happy.
 
Good call on getting them another hidey, piggies do need seperate palces to go from each other.
The Nose nudging is something piggies do when displaying dominance behaviour, they will often nudge each other over the food bowl.

Here is a link to a sticky on Boar behaviour http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=28949
 
sport_billy said:
Good call on getting them another hidey, piggies do need seperate palces to go from each other.
The Nose nudging is something piggies do when displaying dominance behaviour, they will often nudge each other over the food bowl.

Here is a link to a sticky on Boar behaviour http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=28949
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Thank you for that, seems like that is what is going on. I did notice one yawn yesterday which I thought looked unusual...but the other one wasn't anywhere near him. Hopefully it'll settle down, I'm sure they love each other really!
 
Aww! My boys do this every now and then! But then the next minute they love eachother again rolleyes But as long as they are not stressing eachother out and their are no nicks or anything then they should be fine I think! :)
 
Our oldest boys had their first 'tiff' the other evening. They're 2.5 yrs old and brothers, we've had them from 6 weeks of age and never had a problem.
Harley was acting a bit odd I noticed sitting on top of the wooden hidey which he rarely does directly above Chopper's head and kept sniffing him much to Chopper's annoyance. They rubbed noses a few times, my daughter thought it was very cute but I felt a little uneasy. Obviously Harley was up for an argument and they had a bit of a face off - no nipping but squaring up to each other :...Two chunky boars ready to rip holes out of each other I thought :...
I put quickly put handfuls of hay in their pen and a clean cosy blanket as distraction then popped a tiny bit of vick on each of their noses and they calmed down after I shooed Harley up the ramp to upstairs with another handful of hay rolleyes Thankfully, the boys have two six foot levels and hardly use upstairs but it came in very useful. Told him he was a naughty boy ;)
Harley has always been the quieter boy of the two so think he just fancied his chances, luckily, they're the best of buddies again now.
Scared the hell out of me though...:x
Boys eh :(|)
 
Ah it's good to know it's normal then. Been watching them today, blimey they don't stop!

Noticed one of them trying to mount the other so I'm guessing hormones are playing a part! One was also doing this strange jump and walk backwards from the other - really odd. I did get a little video, will try to upload it.
 
Aww boys they are silly! Great idea about the Vic on their noses! Boys do need a nice big space or they start to get a bit irritable rolleyes One of my boys is blind and his brother is very small but the small one Freddie likes to try his chances every now and then but because Fergus is blind they end up just chasing each other is circles wheeking a lot @)
 
Sarah McGarry said:
Aww boys they are silly! Great idea about the Vic on their noses! Boys do need a nice big space or they start to get a bit irritable rolleyes One of my boys is blind and his brother is very small but the small one Freddie likes to try his chances every now and then but because Fergus is blind they end up just chasing each other is circles wheeking a lot @)
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They are funny things these boys! I had guinea pigs as a child but don't remember any of this stuff!

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My girls like to nose nudge before going to bed. It is so cute as each one does that to everyone. It is so neat to see. Sometimes it depends on the pigs
 
My 2 boys get along for the most part... they've been together since they were 4 months old. They've got THREE hidies in their cage and two food dishes, water bottles, etc... but they still like to argue over whichever one the other is using. mallethead They do the nose nudgey thing, too. I wouldn't worry about it unless they were hardcore fighting and drawing blood... boars will be boars :)p
 
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