Piggy boys at war!

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Over the past few weeks Fudge and Snickers have been having a few problems.
I got snickers when he was only about 12 weeks old to pair with Fudge who was approx 6 months at the time.
Pairing went really well and they have been getting on great until recently.
I think snickers is now trying to challenge the role as "top pig" and fudge isnt happy about it.
So there is alot of strutting and chattering, and occasionally they fly at eachother a little. No blood has been drawn at this stage.

I'm just wondering for some tips on how to deal with this and causes? I'm guessing its because of snickers age. However i do have 2 other boys in a cage beside them, which i have now blocked them from seeing as they keep chewing on the cage bars when they see each other.

I do not want to seperate the two of them, as the pairing of fudge and snickers was due to a previous seperation.
 
Snickers has now reached the hormonal stroppy months as well with Fudge still being in them, so things will probably be a bit dicey for some time - until the body settles down at 12-15 months when a piggy becomes a full stable adult.

Giving them as much space as you can and having everthing in twos - hideys, bowls, bottles, hay etc. can help avoiding likely causes for fights.

Here is an excellent guide to boar behaviour:
http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=28949
 
Snickers has now reached the hormonal stroppy months as well with Fudge still being in them, so things will probably be a bit dicey for some time - until the body settles down at 12-15 months when a piggy becomes a full stable adult.

Giving them as much space as you can and having everthing in twos - hideys, bowls, bottles, hay etc. can help avoiding likely causes for fights.

Here is an excellent guide to boar behaviour:
http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=28949

Thanks for the advice. I know seperating them is a last resort and i really do not want to do this especially since i really dont have the space.
I'm hoping this phase will pass over soon.
Reading the guide you sent me suggests that i should seperate them because they are physically going for each other, however, the seem to go for each other and nip and then run around as if they are trying to run away from another, rather then fighting and drawing blood.
 
Good morning,i was wondering what is the worst injurys to expect from fights/I have a boy recovering from a bite behind his ear that all most killed him,Deffinatley not our whippet who is not remotly intrested in them,a rat,a bird,snake?my wife dosent want to belive that his good mate Berney may be the culprit but I think hes the favourite as the teeth marks are so small,Murray is on the mend now and they look like best of mates with Barney even cleaning murrays ears for him,the mystery is realy making us wonder.
 
This happened to me and unfortunately, I had no choice but to separate them. They initially got on well (were purchased at the same time and were the same age) but on reaching sexual maturity, one of them got very vicious. I tried various things I read elsewhere to ease the fighting but once they were alone, they were always fighting. Once, I came down in the morning, and found the more timid one was covered from head to toe in stratches - that was the last straw. They now have two girls each and are very happy apart, but they'll never be reunited. I hope it works out for you - I think my male piggies all like to be boss, so that's why they all live separately!
 
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