Dot and Burnie bonding thread

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I'm rather glad that neither of mine are face sprayers! Stanley does general rumblestruts not really aimed at anyone in particular, claiming the territory rumblestruts when I've spot cleaned (though he rather ruins the effect by then running around and squeaking with glee once he's done strutting) and sometimes he rumblestruts at Primrose if she's annoying him by nicking food etc (the daft thing usually puts up with a certain amount of food nicking and then rumbles to guard the bowl not realising it's now empty!)
 
Helen82 said:
I'm rather glad that neither of mine are face sprayers! Stanley does general rumblestruts not really aimed at anyone in particular, claiming the territory rumblestruts when I've spot cleaned (though he rather ruins the effect by then running around and squeaking with glee once he's done strutting) and sometimes he rumblestruts at Primrose if she's annoying him by nicking food etc (the daft thing usually puts up with a certain amount of food nicking and then rumbles to guard the bowl not realising it's now empty!)
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Made me lol. Empty bowl part🤣
 
Just a quick question, i was hoovering earlier, dot ran in her hidey and burnie kept trying to poke his nose at her and dot was yelping so loud i could hear it over the hoover! I'm having a hard time trying to work out whats good or bad?

Theres no biting, just little warning thrusts with the head no mouth opening lol. Do boars mellow with age?
 
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Skypipdot said:
Just a quick question, i was hoovering earlier, dot ran in her hidey and burnie kept trying to poke his nose at her and dot was yelping so loud i could hear it over the hoover! I'm having a hard time trying to work out whats good or bad?

Theres no biting, just little warning thrusts with the head no mouth opening lol. Do boars mellow with age?
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In our experience, Theo has mellowed very fast with married life! Maybe Burnie's worried you might hoover up his lady. Or he thinks she needs rescuing from the hoover. Theo stayed "on guard" in case eagles swooped down and stole his beloved until she almost wanted a divorce :)
Burnie was single, then suddenly married, he'll be really worried that Dot might leave as suddenly as she arrived! Imagine being a single guy for so long then suddenly the attractive lady neighbour is apparently your new wife. He probably cant believe his luck and wants to make sure she never leaves. He's out to impress with over-protective manly stuff!
And that really annoys ladies who tend to take a more pragmatic view like "oh there's a boy today" in the same way they view salad menu choices :)
 
PigglePuggle said:
In our experience, Theo has mellowed very fast with married life! Maybe Burnie's worried you might hoover up his lady. Or he thinks she needs rescuing from the hoover. Theo stayed "on guard" in case eagles swooped down and stole his beloved until she almost wanted a divorce :)
Burnie was single, then suddenly married, he'll be really worried that Dot might leave as suddenly as she arrived! Imagine being a single guy for so long then suddenly the attractive lady neighbour is apparently your new wife. He probably cant believe his luck and wants to make sure she never leaves. He's out to impress with over-protective manly stuff!
And that really annoys ladies who tend to take a more pragmatic view like "oh there's a boy today" in the same way they view salad menu choices :)
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Thanks thats settled my stupid mind now lol. He definitely does look like hes protecting her, as soon as i stopped hoovering he settled a bit, this is the 4th time ive seen him protecting
 
Hello @Skypipdot ive just caught this thread and Big Thanks for sharing this. I've found it very very intresting. I've never bonded piggies.
May I say with so much doom and gloom around how wonderful and well done you are doing.
Fantastic piggies and hoooomans. xx
 
I'm away from dot and burnie for 3 days now in Hexham! 😣But i think burnie is glad he wont have to guard dot. Little does he know I'm the reason he has her lol
 
Hmmm.... mine are not big on snuggling, but sometimes they take a nap together, or share a pigloo on a cold night. I guess it depends if they have "snuggly" personalities... my lot play together, eat hay together, squabble over veggies together, demolish carrot cottages and hay cubes as a real team effort, chatter to each other constantly, luck each other's ears, but... they are not particularly snuggly characters!
 
PigglePuggle said:
Hmmm.... mine are not big on snuggling, but sometimes they take a nap together, or share a pigloo on a cold night. I guess it depends if they have "snuggly" personalities... my lot play together, eat hay together, squabble over veggies together, demolish carrot cottages and hay cubes as a real team effort, chatter to each other constantly, luck each other's ears, but... they are not particularly snuggly characters!
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Dot and burn are a bit jumpy around each other if they make contact, just hoping theres no fall out lol. At the moment there will def be no sharing a carrot cottage
 
My 3 piggies are not snugglers. That's why they have loads of boxes/houses to choose from. At night, they all go up and sleep in the 2nd floor of the hutch. In the room of the hutch, there is a wooden house. One sleeps on top of the wooden house (on top of the house is a fleece), one inside it and one outside it on top of the hay (or sometimes by the food bowls outside the room. In the morning, you will definitely see different pigs in each locations.
 
anyar.dris said:
My 3 piggies are not snugglers. That's why they have loads of boxes/houses to choose from. At night, they all go up and sleep in the 2nd floor of the hutch. In the room of the hutch, there is a wooden house. One sleeps on top of the wooden house (on top of the house is a fleece), one inside it and one outside it on top of the hay (or sometimes by the food bowls outside the room. In the morning, you will definitely see different pigs in each locations.
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I think i will end up buying a bigger cage. Maybe a 160 freplast,
 
Skypipdot said:
Do you think theres still a chance they will get friendlier with eachother? Like snuggle together?
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Mine weren't snugglers for the first year or so really. Rupert lived for the first 10months in the rescue with males. Jess was desperate for g pig company as hadn't had much after being separated from her mum at a few weeks (another thread!) so she was all over him but think did his head in! So he liked to get away for peace!

He didn't like me much at first but soon realised when he came to chill on the sofa with me he got away from her for a rest! After a few months everything relaxed and now (5yrs on) I can't take one pig out of the cage without the other one without getting a good telling off!

And now we have all have sleepy snuggles on the sofa! Jessie's a crazy licker, that's why Rupert's eye hair looks odd!
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