Sorry...not the nicest word but I couldn't think of another more fitting! My beautiful Sir Scruffy ^-^(an 8 mth old sheltie) has recently had his two young sons move in with him. One has been doing a bit of rumblestrutting so I'm thinking he might be trying to assert some dominance? Anyway a few days ago I noticed a hard lump crusted on his lower back, then another lump a day or two later. I have since discovered that this is Scruffy mounting the wee boy and ...well..."stuff" is happening! > If anyone gets my drift with this and can give me some advice it would be much appreciated! The 2 boys are being rehomed in the morning and I'm a bit concerned as to how I'm going to explain this to the new owner! However, I have got a new baby 'boar'friend for Scruffy and I'm a bit worried that the same thing might happen. I'm not yet ready to have Scruffy neutered, as I'm a bit fearful of this, but perhaps this is the only thing that will solve my dilemma. Has anyone else had this happen with any of their piggies? And what have you done? Thankyou
i remember that the pet shop woman said they do have like seasonal changes, like female animals and humans, yknow it might just be him not being able to distinguish male and female
neutering him will not change his behaviour in any way. in piggies all it does is stop them having babies.
it sounds like your piggy is doing this to assert dominance. especially if the other boar has been rumbling at him. in our house we have 4 boars (housed in two pairs). one set does just what your piggies do.
the other set which belong to me do this all the time but it doesnt seem to cause them a problem (and in their case I'm pretty sure its not dominance ;D)
Two of my boys do this to eachother all the time. I wipe it off with unscented baby wipes. Not much you can do and neutering wont change the behaviour. He is just enjoying himself, little rascal ;D
Sounds like they're just working out dominance. As long as they're not hurting each other(biting, hair pulling, etc.) I'd just let them do their thing, though I've never had any personal experiences.
Thankyou all...I must say I was a bit concerned that it must be something in the family cause our labrador mounts every dog he comes across! :smitten: Believe me...they dont get it from me! The 2 wee boys went this morning and with red face I had to admit to the new owner what the crusty lump was..he thought it was hilarious! :laugh: So far the new addition to the cage hasn't come under "fire" so to speak, so hopefully there want be any more bad behaviour from Sir Scruffy, but he is doing alot of rumblestrutting though, will this always happen? It doesnt bother me but I hope it's not worrying the little one, in saying that, whenever Scruffy calls the wee one (that I have named Teddy) goes runnning to him so that must be a good sign
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If anyone gets my drift with this and can give me some advice it would be much appreciated! The 2 boys are being rehomed in the morning and I'm a bit concerned as to how I'm going to explain this to the new owner! However, I have got a new baby 'boar'friend for Scruffy and I'm a bit worried that the same thing might happen. I'm not yet ready to have Scruffy neutered, as I'm a bit fearful of this, but perhaps this is the only thing that will solve my dilemma. Has anyone else had this happen with any of their piggies? And what have you done? Thankyou 
