Girls Have Fallen Out

[Harry&lloyd]

For the past few days harry & Lloyd have been nipping at each other a bit more than normal but today Lloyd decided harry is no longer allowed to step onto the sawdust half of the cage. If she does she gets chased back onto the fleece and nipped at. Lloyd will happily go right up to harry and eat whatever harry has in her mouth or Harry's pile of hay. Anyone know if this behaviour is likely to be a permanent thing or just a tiff? I asked the vet when I took Nala & Katie in for a check up and he reckons it may be caused by the arrival of the 2 new girls.
Any advice would be welcome x

 

[Wiebke]

It sounds like a renewal of dominance behaviour. Hopefully, it will die down again once Lloyd has stopped feeling threatened in her position as top sow.