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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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Wiebke

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.
 
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