Hi this is my first post in here
I’ve had 2 male GPs since August bought together and homed in a 5x2 c&c but they also have free roam downstairs. They never seemed to get on and one showed signs of dominance after maybe 2 weeks and the other accepted it and never challenged it. Over the last 6 weeks or so the dominant behaviours have become quite extreme, not only humping and strutting but nipping fur pulling not letting the underpig eat even though we’ve 3 bowls not letting him drink out of either bottle, not letting him in any of the 3 cuddle cups and the separate hay room we attached at the end of the cage and also not letting him leave the cage!
I weighed underpig and he’s lost a bit of weight and I noticed patches of fur all over had gone. I immediately separated with a divider for the night while I pick up a temp cage. Since separation the underpig has had the best naps I’ve seen him ever have, he’s eaten very well and popcorning all over the floor and generally looks happier. The other piggy seems a bit annoyed by being separated and is rumbling through the bars and biting them. Underpig at first was whimpering as he does but he soon stopped when he realised he couldn’t get to him.
Is this a dysfunctional bond? And where do I go from here? These are my first GPs
I’ve had 2 male GPs since August bought together and homed in a 5x2 c&c but they also have free roam downstairs. They never seemed to get on and one showed signs of dominance after maybe 2 weeks and the other accepted it and never challenged it. Over the last 6 weeks or so the dominant behaviours have become quite extreme, not only humping and strutting but nipping fur pulling not letting the underpig eat even though we’ve 3 bowls not letting him drink out of either bottle, not letting him in any of the 3 cuddle cups and the separate hay room we attached at the end of the cage and also not letting him leave the cage!
I weighed underpig and he’s lost a bit of weight and I noticed patches of fur all over had gone. I immediately separated with a divider for the night while I pick up a temp cage. Since separation the underpig has had the best naps I’ve seen him ever have, he’s eaten very well and popcorning all over the floor and generally looks happier. The other piggy seems a bit annoyed by being separated and is rumbling through the bars and biting them. Underpig at first was whimpering as he does but he soon stopped when he realised he couldn’t get to him.
Is this a dysfunctional bond? And where do I go from here? These are my first GPs