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Hi All! Long time reader, first post!
I have a boar who is about 1 year and 2 months old. A very rambunctious and silly teenager piggy. He’s a solo pig tho and I adopted him that way, as he was labeled by the group that adopted him to me.

As of late, especially when (according to him) I take too long cleaning his enclosure, he has taken to rumblestrutting at me while purring/growling lowly. Sometimes, I’ll speak softly to him and give him a chin rub which calms him down which gets him to stop.

Other times, when I enter the room and he wants to see if I have snacks, he’ll launch himself and fly over into the canopy to see if I have snacks for him (😂😂).

Can anyone tell me anything as to what’s behind the rumblestrutting? It’s hilarious, but want to respect any boundaries if he is trying to express any.

Thank you in advance for any information!
 
Welcome to the forum

Rumbling is a normal dominance behaviour ‘look how manly I am’, and as he is a single piggy, he is communicating and trying out his dominance on you.

It is important to mention that he has probably been done a disservice by the people who adopted him to you when being labelled as a solo pig. It is highly unusual for it actually be the case that a pig cannot have a friend, and more likely that he had simply not found the right friend previously.
We see it a lot and we have members who had been told their pigs were single pigs but are now happily bonded either with another boar or as a husboar to a herd of sows.

We would encourage you to give it some thought to either looking into dating him to find a same sex friend; or to be neutered (I know the cost is a lot more in the US than in the UK) and have a female friend. A neighbour in a side by side cage is the alternative when a bonding does fail but is the better option than not having any piggy communication.

The guides below explain more about behaviours

Wiebke

Thread 'Single Guinea Pigs - Challenges and Responsibilities'

Introduction
1 When is a 'single' really a single?
- Bought singles
- Fallen-out and aggressive piggies
- Bereaved guinea pigs
- No interest in other guinea pigs
- Disabled and special needs guinea pigs
2 Companionship options (with pros and cons)
- Dating
- De-sexing (neutering or spaying)
- Living alongside
- Buying a baby companion
3 Caring for single guinea...
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Thread 'Who is the Boss - Your Guinea Pig or You?'

1 Dominance and hierarchy: Who's the boss?
2 Attention seeking: How piggies train you!


This text is part of an article I have written for Guinea Pig Magazine issue 47 (November 2018). It is the propriety of GPM and is being shared on here with the magazine's permission. Guinea Pig Mag

1 Dominance and hierarchy: Who’s the boss?
Guinea pig society is based on inclusion into a group that is strictly hierarchical. Inviting new piggies into your human led group by fondling the ears...
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Wiebke

Thread 'A - Z of Guinea Pig Behaviours'

1 Introduction
2 Entries in alphabetical order
A
- Attention seeking and begging
B
- Back foot swipe
- Barbering (eating hair)
- Bar biting and rattling
- Begging: see Attention seeking
- 'Biting' Behaviours: Biting, Nibbling, Nipping, Tweaking
- Body language
- Border watch/lie-in
- Bullying
- Bum digging: see Poo stealing
-...
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Welcome to the forum, I would also love to see pictures of him. What is his name?
Dignified Sir George (one of my boys) is not impressed that you described the boarly art of rumblestrutting as hilarious. He would like you to be aware that it's a very serious matter and takes dedication to develop the perfect impressive bum wiggle whilst giving ones best rumble. He is considering sending a wheekmail of complaint to (the beautiful) Miss Bramble at the GPU on your boys behalf.
 
Dear @Swansongxx

I have received a serious wheekmail from Dignified Sir George that you consider the noble art of rumblestrutting as hilarious. It is takes a lot of practice for a boar to attract the ladies and show dominance over their fellow guinea pigs. I'll have you know that rumblestruttiing is an effective way of making friends and influencing other piggies into how boarly you are as male guinea pig . The better the bum wiggle the better the boar.

As you are a new member here, I'll cut you a bit of slack and not let your glorious rumblestrutting piggie know what to do in order that you no longer find his bum wiggling hilarious but find it a very boarly behaviour.

Your piggie's friend in a crisis

Miss Bramble
Shop Steward
 
I too had a boar sold as a solo and I was told he couldn’t live with other guinea pigs.
I adopted him, had him neutered and he was ecstatically happy when he joined my 3 sows.
It’s very rare for a guinea pig to be a truly solo pig.

I do have a boar at present who is proving to be a master of the rumble strut and has an amazing repertoire of rumbles and purrs. He likes to make sure his wife doesn’t forget what a stunning, boarly boar he is
 
I live with a boar who likes to rumble all the time, except when he's wheeking of course. He's not quite managed the required multitasking yet.

(and it's also hilarious because Bann take zero notice of Mourne's efforts. Zero.)
 
Thank you everyone for your replies! My deepest apologies for any offense I may have committed in laughing at this delicate art of displaying the boar’s manliness! I’ll even forgive the piggy who snitched on me to the Shop Steward, as I believe it was done in support of my boar, Wilbur. I have attached a photo of the Lambada Boar.

Recently, during a cage clean, he came up to my hand, rubbed up against my hand using his whole body, then stopped. He then began to do his Rumblestrut at me and my hand while purring. 😂 I can’t with him.

Once I make some more space in the apartment, I’m going to seriously consider giving him another chance at a friend. I want to be prepared in case it doesn’t take that can at least have them live next to each other.

One more thing he does: he’s done this since he was a baby starting to eat pellets: he likes to make them wet and mushy before eating. Sometimes he does eat it dry with no problem, plus he eats his treats (Like the Vit C water cookies) without wetting it first. His teeth are fine, it just seems to be a preference for him. Well a preference that keeps his chin area constantly wet and messy 🤣🤣 Anyone else’s piggy do this?

Thanks everyone for your feedback! Also thank you for the laughs and smiles too! Much needed lately!
 

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Swansongxx said:
Thank you everyone for your replies! My deepest apologies for any offense I may have committed in laughing at this delicate art of displaying the boar’s manliness! I’ll even forgive the piggy who snitched on me to the Shop Steward, as I believe it was done in support of my boar, Wilbur. I have attached a photo of the Lambada Boar.

Recently, during a cage clean, he came up to my hand, rubbed up against my hand using his whole body, then stopped. He then began to do his Rumblestrut at me and my hand while purring. 😂 I can’t with him.

Once I make some more space in the apartment, I’m going to seriously consider giving him another chance at a friend. I want to be prepared in case it doesn’t take that can at least have them live next to each other.

One more thing he does: he’s done this since he was a baby starting to eat pellets: he likes to make them wet and mushy before eating. Sometimes he does eat it dry with no problem, plus he eats his treats (Like the Vit C water cookies) without wetting it first. His teeth are fine, it just seems to be a preference for him. Well a preference that keeps his chin area constantly wet and messy 🤣🤣 Anyone else’s piggy do this?

Thanks everyone for your feedback! Also thank you for the laughs and smiles too! Much needed lately!
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He is a very handsome piggy, as the saying goes, if you've got it, flaunt it! 😄
 
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