So far so good.

Livia Rabideau

Livia Rabideau

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Finn and Billy are doing well so far. My only worry is Finn is so big compared to Billy. It just makes me nervous. Finn also rumblestruts quite a bit around Billy. He has never done that with his past cage mate. Finn has perked up and has started to gain back the bit he lost after being separated from his cage mate.
 

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Livia Rabideau said:
Finn and Billy are doing well so far. My only worry is Finn is so big compared to Billy. It just makes me nervous. Finn also rumblestruts quite a bit around Billy. He has never done that with his past cage mate. Finn has perked up and has started to gain back the bit he lost after being separated from his cage mate.
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A difference in size or age is not a problem! So far, you are only reporting mild and very normal dominance behaviour as you would expect with a newly reunited pair that is re-establishing their hierarchy.
 
Wiebke said:
A difference in size or age is not a problem! So far, you are only reporting mild and very normal dominance behaviour as you would expect with a newly reunited pair that is re-establishing their hierarchy.
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Thank you. This is a new baby. I separated Finn from his cage mate because they just couldn't make it work. I kept expanding their cage, two of everything, no hideous with only 1 exit. They could eat next to each other, and rest near each other. However there was daily teeth chattering and his cage mate had regular bites on his rump. I was confused because I never saw actual fighting. I decided to separate after his cage mate had 3 bite wounds on his back this week. His mate is doing awesome. Finn didn't want to eat. He was losing weight. Now that Finn is with his new friend, he is happy again. I just hope Billy doesn't challenge him when he gets older.
 
Comet and Blitzen used to have rumble parties. Mostly Comet just rumbled because he felt like it, but every so often Blitzen would be like "nah mate look at ME" and then I swear you could hear them even with earplugs in.

Boars, every time.
 
Swissgreys said:
Harry rumble struts quite a bit around everything (Lucy, the food bowl, his invisible friend...).
Some boars are just generally thrilled with themselves and want the world to know it.
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Talk about Dylan; his middle name is surely Harley Davidson! He's one of those boars that have to have their motor running idle all the time and show off their chassis to all and sundry in the piggy room! :D
There is often this phase with new husboars where their whole conversation seems to consist solely of rumbling and food wheeking...

Rumble-strutting is the way boars work out their hierarchy in a peaceful manner; the most sonorous and biggest rumbler comes top.
All my husboars have a boars-only hierarchy between them. I call this measuring up process a 'boar haka'.

Here is a video of my 9 months old Gethin and @Claire W 's same aged Edward first meeting during a summer holiday where they are busy working out which of them will come top:

You can see the difference between the two boys compared to a boar haka between two fallen-out boars with some real grudge between them who had a stop-over at my house on their way from the South Coast to the Potteries Guinea Pig Rescue. it is not easy to discribe but unmistakeable when you see it:

And here is Dylan with his little baby boy companion Llelo having a rather 'boarly' (but clearly very happy) time on their first joint free roam:
 
Wiebke said:
Talk about Dylan; his middle name is surely Harley Davidson! He's one of those boars that have to have their motor running idle all the time and show off their chassis to all and sundry in the piggy room! :D
There is often this phase with new husboars where their whole conversation seems to consist solely of rumbling and food wheeking...

Rumble-strutting is the way boars work out their hierarchy in a peaceful manner; the most sonorous and biggest rumbler comes top.
All my husboars have a boars-only hierarchy between them. I call this measuring up process a 'boar haka'.

Here is a video of my 9 months old Gethin and @Claire W 's same aged Edward first meeting during a summer holiday where they are busy working out which of them will come top:

You can see the difference between the two boys compared to a boar haka between to fallen-out boars with some real grudge between them who had a stopover at my house on their way from the South Coast to the Potteries Guinea Pig Rescue. it is not easy to discribe but unmistakeable when you see it:

And here is Dylan with his little baby boy companion Llelo having a rather 'boarly' (but clearly very happy) time on their first joint free roam:
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I love these videos thank you!
 
That video of Dylan and Llelo is exactly how my boys were...except for the volume level lol. Dylan makes me laugh, that "oops" moment where he tries to make it look like he's keeping an eye on Llelo across the room and not really "breaking and entering"

There's something strangely comforting about happy rumbles.
 
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