Hi
I'm new to the forums, and I have owned two gorgeous piggies, Peanut & Oreo, for two months now.
They have been going through the usual dominance issues, they are about 3 months old so its been full on!
They were generally happy to be friends, but every few days there would be bouts of teeth chattering and rumble-strutting, but I let them get on with it and kept an eye on them.
Last Wednesday I heard some commotion in the cage, and immediately rushed to check what had happened, and Oreo had a nasty cut on his lip, and a tuft of fur in his mouth. We couldn't figure out where the fur had come from as there was no obvious evidence on either pig.
At this point I separated them, I luckily have an indoor fabric pen that I was able to move Peanut to, and left Oreo in the cage. I was worried at first that Oreo was struggling to eat, but he was fine after an hour or so, and his lip has healed quite nicely now.
There is absolutely no way I can imagine parting with either of them, so if re-introducing them doesn't work and we end up with 4 piggies, so be it!
I frantically trawled the internet for a larger cage, I now have the Liberta 150, and managed to find a pet store that would do an overnight delivery.
I have temporarily split the cage so they can still see each other, and today I have had them out together all afternoon observing their behaviour.
It started with some teeth chattering, rumble-strutting and squaring up to one another, Oreo is very vocal and throws his weight about and sprays, but its Peanut who has always been top pig. The teeth chattering didn't last long, Oreo seems to have quite obviously submitted, and keeps his body low to the ground and squeeks, no chattering from either of them. Peanut has tried to mount him, but he isn't allowing this.
They have been chasing, playing and even grooming each other today, Oreo loves Peanut, following him around everywhere.
So I'm really not sure what next. Today has gone well but I am nervous about putting them together yet as I can't watch them 24/7. I know people say once there is a wound inflicted you should keep them separate, but I'm not sure what happened, and as Oreo is aways butt sniffing Peanut may have just kicked out by accident and caught him.
Peanut is not an aggressive Piggie, he is the mellow one, and will sit happily and be stroked. Oreo is a big bundle of energy and a delight to watch, has me in stitches with his charging around and pop-corning.
Any advice on when to re-unite them? I was thinking about continuing to let them play outside the cage a few more times and seeing how it goes, what do you think?
I'm new to the forums, and I have owned two gorgeous piggies, Peanut & Oreo, for two months now.
They have been going through the usual dominance issues, they are about 3 months old so its been full on!
They were generally happy to be friends, but every few days there would be bouts of teeth chattering and rumble-strutting, but I let them get on with it and kept an eye on them.
Last Wednesday I heard some commotion in the cage, and immediately rushed to check what had happened, and Oreo had a nasty cut on his lip, and a tuft of fur in his mouth. We couldn't figure out where the fur had come from as there was no obvious evidence on either pig.
At this point I separated them, I luckily have an indoor fabric pen that I was able to move Peanut to, and left Oreo in the cage. I was worried at first that Oreo was struggling to eat, but he was fine after an hour or so, and his lip has healed quite nicely now.
There is absolutely no way I can imagine parting with either of them, so if re-introducing them doesn't work and we end up with 4 piggies, so be it!
I frantically trawled the internet for a larger cage, I now have the Liberta 150, and managed to find a pet store that would do an overnight delivery.
I have temporarily split the cage so they can still see each other, and today I have had them out together all afternoon observing their behaviour.
It started with some teeth chattering, rumble-strutting and squaring up to one another, Oreo is very vocal and throws his weight about and sprays, but its Peanut who has always been top pig. The teeth chattering didn't last long, Oreo seems to have quite obviously submitted, and keeps his body low to the ground and squeeks, no chattering from either of them. Peanut has tried to mount him, but he isn't allowing this.
They have been chasing, playing and even grooming each other today, Oreo loves Peanut, following him around everywhere.
So I'm really not sure what next. Today has gone well but I am nervous about putting them together yet as I can't watch them 24/7. I know people say once there is a wound inflicted you should keep them separate, but I'm not sure what happened, and as Oreo is aways butt sniffing Peanut may have just kicked out by accident and caught him.
Peanut is not an aggressive Piggie, he is the mellow one, and will sit happily and be stroked. Oreo is a big bundle of energy and a delight to watch, has me in stitches with his charging around and pop-corning.
Any advice on when to re-unite them? I was thinking about continuing to let them play outside the cage a few more times and seeing how it goes, what do you think?
