gay piggie or is this dominance? video included

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Warning slightly disturbing video...

Last night my boys were making ALOT of noise so i went to see what was happening. One was constantly chasing the other to try and hump him.

It was very different to their normal dominance behaviour, which normally just lasts couple of minutes, but this time one pig wanted to hump the other, and only was trying to do it from the back!

I am sorry for being brutally honest, but i even saw his man thing came out as he 'attacked' the other one.

i took a quick video so somebody can advise if its normal, after 10 mins it didnt stop, so i went to get the 'victim' out, and he seemed to be stressed, he didnt move for ages :(


please advise if this normal?

 
It's completely normal behaviour. It looks like the big hormones have arrived! You will see a lot more of it over the enxt 10 months old.
Please separate of there are bloody fights with bites to face, ears or the rump. Use a towel if you break up a fight so you don't get accidentally bitten.

Please give each boy a hidey, bowl and water bottle at each end of the cage with hay in the middle, so noone can go possessive and start a fight that way. Provide as much space as you can.
 
Good luck with the boys........ whee had to separate our boys, but they lived beside each other with a divider, they spent all their time wheeeking and chatting all day!
When ours got older they settled a bit so whee did let them have playtime together :)
 
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