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I have now had Diudley and Yuri living together for the last 4 months. They wind each other up occassionally but most of the time and happy. This morning I have walked in to Rumbling and teeth chattering. Yuri keeps trying to mount Dudley.
Is this something that will happen every so often to challenge ranking or should I be preparing myself for a battle? I really dont want to go to work today and leave them but dont really have a choice.

I did think i'd got away with everything well as they never really had a head to head so I'd assumed dudley being the older one had just taken the role as head of the cage
 
They've had 2 of everything since they went together and I've been through the bonding process so am aware of their behaviour and what to look out for. I just didn't expect it to start again since they have been fine for the last few months.
Are they likely to fight where they will need to be seperated?
 
You will only need to separate if they draw blood. While my boys don't teeth chatter, they do rumblestrut and Peanut Butter is always mounting Hazelnut, although after a year together, the mounting is not as incessant as it used to be. Hazelnut is almost 2 years old and Peanut Butter just turned 1, so PB still has 3 more months of his teenage phase.

Your boys' current behaviour does not necessarily mean they will go on to fight. Were they young when you got them? If so they could now be in their teenage hormonal phase which is why they are exhibiting behavior that you didn't see before.

Your boys seem very normal to me at the moment.
 
I would agree that it is normal behaviour, but as I have never had 2 boars I'm just going from what I've read from others on here. You will only need to separate if they draw blood (as Lilly has mentioned). Hopefully you won't need to and they will just sort themselves out.
 
Sounds like your boys have hit the stroppy hormonal months! Please do not separate, but give them separate space within the cage/hutch if that is possible. Also give them as much as space as possible (ideally about 2x5 ft).

Here are more detailed tips on how to get your two boys through the big hormones with further informative links: http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=76162
 
thanks for the replies guys. Dudley is 3 and a half so well out of his teenage years. Yuri is nearly a year and a half we think (he came from a rescue where they guessed he was around a year old) so thats why I wasn't expecting this.

I definately won't seperate them but I'm just worried being at work whilst they are at home and I can't see whats happening
 
chelle83 said:
thanks for the replies guys. Dudley is 3 and a half so well out of his teenage years. Yuri is nearly a year and a half we think (he came from a rescue where they guessed he was around a year old) so thats why I wasn't expecting this.

I definately won't seperate them but I'm just worried being at work whilst they are at home and I can't see whats happening
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I see that Dudley is well past the teenage phase, but Yuri may still have a few months of the teenage hormones going. I wouldn't worry too much about them while you're at work. If they were going to come to a bloody fight they would probably do it morning or evening when they are at their most active and you are at home. At least that's usually when my younger boy chases the older one and mounts him!
 
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