Dominance Question Female Piggies!

[AvrilA]

Hey! We have had out lovely girls for over 2 weeks now (they are 10 weeks) and they are settled with us nicely! However, since the weekend lily has been showing some 'bullying' behaviour - especially over who gets to sit in the corner! Lots of nose nudging and shoving and some high pitched squeezing from Loki :-( today lily actually leapt on lokis back until Loki ran away! Is this normal in girls as I thought boys had more of this problem? Should I intervene or leave them to it? Thanks for any advice as I did a search but my phones playing up at the moment!

 

[Wiebke]

Sounds like Lily is in season! Something that you will have to brace yourself for quite a lot, as a sows come into season about every two weeks.

Here is more about sow behaviour: http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/threads/sow-behaviour.38561/

 

[AvrilA]

Phew thank you! Just had a read through and it described her perfectly - I even asked my hubby today to check she wasn't a boy with all the leaping on Loki! Let's hope she calms down as she gets older! :-) x