Constant Humping

[Mandy_Louise]

Hi!
So we have two Male piggies (Sooty and Sweep), brothers and are 16 months old. They live together and can go days being absolutely done, other days Sweep non stop humps Sooty, chasing him, climbing on his face etc etc. I know this is normal behaviour but on the days where it’s bad it’s constant, and Sooty really squeals which makes me feel like I should do something?
But also when Sweep does leave him alone for 5 minutes Sooty goes over to him as if to say why have you stopped?!
I thought now they were over a year old this may have calmed down.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Wiebke]

Hi!
So we have two Male piggies (Sooty and Sweep), brothers and are 16 months old. They live together and can go days being absolutely done, other days Sweep non stop humps Sooty, chasing him, climbing on his face etc etc. I know this is normal behaviour but on the days where it’s bad it’s constant, and Sooty really squeals which makes me feel like I should do something?
But also when Sweep does leave him alone for 5 minutes Sooty goes over to him as if to say why have you stopped?!
I thought now they were over a year old this may have calmed down.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!

Hi!

Boars can still suffer strong hormone spikes as adults; yours are just coming out of the teenage months.
However as Sooty is not behaving like he is feeling bullied (keeping as much distance between Sweep and himself) and is just complaining/submitting loudly, I would not worry too much. The bond sounds like it is still functional.

 

[Mandy_Louise]

Hi!

Boars can still suffer strong hormone spikes as adults; yours are just coming out of the teenage months.
However as Sooty is not behaving like he is feeling bullied (keeping as much distance between Sweep and himself) and is just complaining/submitting loudly, I would not worry too much. The bond sounds like it is still functional.

Hi!
Thanks for the advice, a lot of the time they are fine but when it does happen its constant and sounds horrible and I think it’s that more than anything that makes me feel bad.

 

[PigglePuggle]

The squealing is probably submission squealing, Sooty is acknowledging that Sweep is the boss, so it sounds like he's quite happy with the situation. Boys will be boys (and girl piggies hump each other quite a lot too) but if Sooty isnt fighting back and still wants Sweep as his friend it sounds ok x

 

[Sophie B]

I love their names, my grandparents’ budgies have the same name!

 

[Mandy_Louise]

I love their names, my grandparents’ budgies have the same name!

Thank you! Had to be done as Sooty is the golden brown and Sweep is a greyish black haha!