Two baby sows - advice

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Hi

I have two sows. We have daisy and rosalina. They were not purchased together, I saw one little baby rosalina at her own in pets At home and I couldn't leave her at just 8-10 weeks old to be a sole piglet (my original four are rescues) i tried to bond rosalina with raichu (boy) & peach (sow) but sadly peach wouldn't tolerate her and rosalina was on her own again. I then had to go out and buy daisy. Who was around 8 weeks old. (No judgement for the purchase of piglets, I only got rosalina because she was on her own and daisy had to follow as I couldn't find a single sow to adopt for a companion)

Anyway both girls are about 6 months old now and very similar in weight there is only about 30g between them so they can't decide who's boss i don't think. They've had no actual fights, no blood drawn. They 'chin off' daily though and teeth chatter loudly, but not all the time
I work from home so can observe them. One will teeth chatter if there is food etc, the usual issues. I have multiples of everything and no hides with 1 exit etc. Theyve been together 3/4 months.

I dont know if its just sassy sows and I'm not used to their behaviour as my other two pairings are boy/girls.

Is this cause for concern? My other pairings don't teeth chatter at all. I'm worried that they only tolerate eachother and tensions may escalate.
 
Hi

Sows can have the odd squabble but it shouldn't happen daily. They are currently at the height of their own teenage hormones, though.

However we cannot tell you what exactly is going on sight unseen and without body language and situational context.

If you have concerns about a dysfunctional bond, then you can try a 2 day trial separation with a divider to see whether one party is much happier when away from the other - or both and they may come to conclusion that they'd rather have each her own territory.
Please follow the advice in this guide here: Bonds In Trouble

Sow fall-outs are much less common and they do not end in big fights with bits like boars although they can escalate to a scuffle; but they do happen.

I currently have a pair of 5 years old cousins who have been together since birth (a week apart) in the same cage and who decidedly do no longer want to be together in whatever shape or form (giving me a nice big headache in the process as I am working my numbers down). They are not my first case. There was an underlying rivalry from when I adopted them as a pair at just a few weeks old.

I hope that this helps you to work out what is going on and that you can then take it from there.
 
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