Bert&Ernie2021
New Born Pup
Hi All,
I’m new to this forum and am seeking some advice.
I have 2 piggle boys, Bert and Ernie, I got them at the end of November last year and it was estimated they were around 10-12 weeks old. I purchased them from pets at home so they had been housed together with about 2-3 other male piggles. Now I know that just because they were housed together for a few weeks in pets at home it doesn’t necessarily mean they would be compatible, however when we brought them home for about 2 months everything was fine, we then had a 2 day period about the beginning of feb when the dominance stage kicked in and there were a few nips that Bert caused to Ernie on his back end that did shed a little blood, I went back to pets at home for advice and they gave me a calming spray to use in the cage and advised a clean their sweat glands so there wasn’t a build up of scent there, this appeared to work for about a month then about a week and a half ago things escalated, and Ernie ended up with more scratches and bites (blood drawn) on his back end (luckily none on his face, ears or mouth) and Bert eventually got him on his back so I’ve had to separate them.
The weird thing is, they are obsessed with each other still, when Ernie is out for floor time he is constantly hovering around the cage and laying down near it and vice versa with Bert when he is out and Ernie is in, it’s almost like they miss each other.
Now I should mention that Bert clearly seems to be the dominant but Ernie just will not fully submit, Ernie has never attacked or bitten back at Bert but he was non stop rumblestrutting when Bert was near him when they were together.
Is the the end of the road for their relationship for ever? Or when they’re through this very hormonal teenage stage in a few months to a year will there be a chance of re-bonding? At the end of the day I just want them to be happy.
Thank you in advance
I’m new to this forum and am seeking some advice.
I have 2 piggle boys, Bert and Ernie, I got them at the end of November last year and it was estimated they were around 10-12 weeks old. I purchased them from pets at home so they had been housed together with about 2-3 other male piggles. Now I know that just because they were housed together for a few weeks in pets at home it doesn’t necessarily mean they would be compatible, however when we brought them home for about 2 months everything was fine, we then had a 2 day period about the beginning of feb when the dominance stage kicked in and there were a few nips that Bert caused to Ernie on his back end that did shed a little blood, I went back to pets at home for advice and they gave me a calming spray to use in the cage and advised a clean their sweat glands so there wasn’t a build up of scent there, this appeared to work for about a month then about a week and a half ago things escalated, and Ernie ended up with more scratches and bites (blood drawn) on his back end (luckily none on his face, ears or mouth) and Bert eventually got him on his back so I’ve had to separate them.
The weird thing is, they are obsessed with each other still, when Ernie is out for floor time he is constantly hovering around the cage and laying down near it and vice versa with Bert when he is out and Ernie is in, it’s almost like they miss each other.
Now I should mention that Bert clearly seems to be the dominant but Ernie just will not fully submit, Ernie has never attacked or bitten back at Bert but he was non stop rumblestrutting when Bert was near him when they were together.
Is the the end of the road for their relationship for ever? Or when they’re through this very hormonal teenage stage in a few months to a year will there be a chance of re-bonding? At the end of the day I just want them to be happy.
Thank you in advance