Dot and Burnie bonding thread

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Been itching to log in all day to see how they are doing. It's been a very busy day, mostly piggie veg shopping!
I am so pleased they are doing well together. As others have said sleeping seperately is normal don't worry. They will take a while to get used to each other being there but it's so good for them to have a friend.
 
Mine have odd and quite random sleeping habits... mostly they prefer to sleep alone but we have a pigloo that can just about fit fit 3 and sometimes we find Jezebel, Piggle and Theo, or Clover, Puggle and Theo, or Jezebel, Clover and Puggle, sleeping together! Jezebel wont share a hidey house or tolerate being in a big cardboard box with either Piggle or Theo if she's awake, but I think in the cold weather the warmth of her floofy pants lures everyone in at night...
 
Its veg time soon, and i got some corriander for them. I'm going to put it in the middle of the cage and see what happens.

One of the water bottles started leaking last night, so i only have one . Is this ok ?
 
I have just been watching burnie and dot, she seems to be dominating the cage. Burnie seems to have gone all shy and hiding. He just walked over to dot and she just had a little go at him. Not a bite but like a little lunge forward at him . Anything to be concerned about?
 
Probably just married life, maybe he left the toilet seat up or didnt put the bins out lol :) Puggle lunges at Theo a lot but not with teeth, just gestures and nose poking, it seems to mean "your constant presence is annoying me but dont you dare think of going anywhere else mister" or sometimes "why arent you listening to me? I am trying to discuss our relationship but all you do is sleep and eat hay!"
 
I hope burnie will settle in, dot is making me laugh shes the one who i thought might struggle sometimes but its ended up burnie being unsure. Atleast hes being friendly. I think if I'm right, burnie wants to be dominant but dot isnt allowing it
 
Unsure but friendly are very good qualities in a man who has a bossy wife, I'm sure my husband would agree! Husboar Theo is constantly unsure but usually friendly, its a good dynamic with an assertive female. I hope they settle, Dot might think there's a lot to negotiate and be defensive about if she's not used to sharing a cage, Burnie might think its simpler its just like boss/not boss-but my ladies have subtle hierarchies like boss of this hidey but not that one, boss of the hay vs boss of the veggies, boss of the hideys at night but not in the afternoon, etc.
 
PigglePuggle said:
Unsure but friendly are very good qualities in a man who has a bossy wife, I'm sure my husband would agree! Husboar Theo is constantly unsure but usually friendly, its a good dynamic with an assertive female. I hope they settle, Dot might think there's a lot to negotiate and be defensive about if she's not used to sharing a cage, Burnie might think its simpler its just like boss/not boss-but my ladies have subtle hierarchies like boss of this hidey but not that one, boss of the hay vs boss of the veggies, boss of the hideys at night but not in the afternoon, etc.
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Lol so complicated little fluff bags
 
My pair must be a bit strange as pretty much joined at the hip, if you find one the other's squished up next to them (even in the tiniest space!). Jess is very much the dominant of the pair, Rupert's a very submissive (and lovely) guy so suppose it's easier to just let her do what she wants! Pinches food out of his mouth and he just finds another bit! Bless him.
The only time that ever changes are on heat days, even then he's not too bad but suppose those smells are hard to resist!
 
I think by now they would've made it clear if they didn't want to live together. Willow still tries to dominate Honey and be too pig (as she gets older) but Honey just tells her off and puts her back in her place. When Honey had her operation Willow very often was standing there rumbling at Honey and Honey just ignored her and let her do her thing but as soon as she felt better, Honey was back to being top pig 😂
 
dannif_piggies said:
I think by now they would've made it clear if they didn't want to live together. Willow still tries to dominate Honey and be too pig (as she gets older) but Honey just tells her off and puts her back in her place. When Honey had her operation Willow very often was standing there rumbling at Honey and Honey just ignored her and let her do her thing but as soon as she felt better, Honey was back to being top pig 😂
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The only thing is, Burnie isnt an adult yet. So can things change?
 
Skypipdot said:
The only thing is, Burnie isnt an adult yet. So can things change?
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He may try to reassert top pig, but I wouldn't have thought anything too drastic. Dot will more than likely just put him back in his place and that'll be it. I'm not experienced in bonding though so it may be worth waiting to hear someone else's thoughts on this. I highly doubt it though
 
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