Urgent Advice Needed!

[bweckybwoo]

Hi, I have two boys introduced through 'boar dating' 6 months ago.

The original Iggle is about 21mnths and the younger Elwood 9 months.

They have always gotten on brilliantly, never particularly enjoyed close cuddles but always happy to run around and play together.

In the past 2 hours with no real previous display of this (slight pretend rumble strutting etc) Elwood has started chasing Iggle and upon reaching him has started to mount him.

Iggle is pretty tolerant but eventually will come nose to nose with him or chase him off.

They have not nipped each other yet and are fairly easy to separate when in motion.

I was warned as Elwood reached the 'teenage' years he may become aggressive but I think he may be trying to mate Iggle?

for the moment I have separated them and Elwood seems to be 'looking' for Iggle.

Help Please! - I have room to have them in separate cages but do not want to do this and loose their relationship unnecessarily.

Sad mommy of two norty boy piggies!

 

[zombieprincess]

This is normal, teenage male behaviour, which occours anywhere from 5 months to 15. He will chase and attempt to mount Iggle to prove that his the most dominant. And Iggle does not like that, becasue he obviously feels that he is indeed the boss!

Please reintoduce them, they should not be seperated unless blood has been drawn otherwise the balance will be disturbed and Elwood will just begin these behaviours again. Nearly all the time when you have an older and younger male together the intensity of the chasing & rumble strutting will decrease over the comming months, but bare in mind it may take until Elwood is a 18 months to 2 years to really relax again.

Obviously you will have to reintoroduce them on neutral grounds and expect Elwood to behave the way he was before you split them up. If it possible then i would advise expanding their permenant living area as muh as you can (putting a run onfront of their cage ect. And giving them 2 of everything to that they feel no need to become teretorial over an item as somtimes even onnly having one bottle can make them nag at one another.

But don't panic! All is not lost and like i say, most boar pairs make their way through this in their own mysterious man-pig way. It looks and sounds worse to us than it is them!

 

[sharonS]

This is normal, teenage male behaviour, which occours anywhere from 5 months to 15. He will chase and attempt to mount Iggle to prove that his the most dominant. And Iggle does not like that, becasue he obviously feels that he is indeed the boss!

Please reintoduce them, they should not be seperated unless blood has been drawn otherwise the balance will be disturbed and Elwood will just begin these behaviours again. Nearly all the time when you have an older and younger male together the intensity of the chasing & rumble strutting will decrease over the comming months, but bare in mind it may take until Elwood is a 18 months to 2 years to really relax again.

Obviously you will have to reintoroduce them on neutral grounds and expect Elwood to behave the way he was before you split them up. If it possible then i would advise expanding their permenant living area as muh as you can (putting a run onfront of their cage ect. And giving them 2 of everything to that they feel no need to become teretorial over an item as somtimes even onnly having one bottle can make them nag at one another.

But don't panic! All is not lost and like i say, most boar pairs make their way through this in their own mysterious man-pig way. It looks and sounds worse to us than it is them!

I too agree, this is just normal behaviour, it may look strange to us, but is normal to two boars, they will settle down in time.

 

[AnnaB]

This is normal, teenage male behaviour, which occours anywhere from 5 months to 15. He will chase and attempt to mount Iggle to prove that his the most dominant. And Iggle does not like that, becasue he obviously feels that he is indeed the boss!

Please reintoduce them, they should not be seperated unless blood has been drawn otherwise the balance will be disturbed and Elwood will just begin these behaviours again. Nearly all the time when you have an older and younger male together the intensity of the chasing & rumble strutting will decrease over the comming months, but bare in mind it may take until Elwood is a 18 months to 2 years to really relax again.

Obviously you will have to reintoroduce them on neutral grounds and expect Elwood to behave the way he was before you split them up. If it possible then i would advise expanding their permenant living area as muh as you can (putting a run onfront of their cage ect. And giving them 2 of everything to that they feel no need to become teretorial over an item as somtimes even onnly having one bottle can make them nag at one another.

But don't panic! All is not lost and like i say, most boar pairs make their way through this in their own mysterious man-pig way. It looks and sounds worse to us than it is them!

totally agree with this comment.

I have two boys around 20 weeks old. they gone through that, still do really. every time they are out and then put back into their cage they try establish their dominance by mounting each other, but within 5-10 mins they settle in and go back to normal.
but giving as much as pace as possible will definitely help