Humping Piggys :-/

[Becky87]

Hi I'm just after some advice, my two boys seem to be humping each other alot of the time, I'm just wondering if this is normal? They especially do this when having floor time they both start pop corning around chasing each other and rumbling which is great to see as they play together but then the humping starts & can carry on for ages, they only get cross with each other now and again the teeth chattering starts, not sure what to do with them?

 

[sport_billy]

Yes, humping is normal from boys, it is dominance behavior.

Here is a link to some information threads http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/threads/dominance-behaviours-in-guinea-pigs.28949/ and http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/threads/boars-a-guide-to-successful-companionship.76162/

We recently had a thread here on this issue but regarding 3 boys http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/threads/help-boars-humping.116416/

How old are your pigs?

 

[Becky87]

Glad its normal,We had them from a pet shop in march so we have had them for months and they were babies when we had them, i dnt mind them humping its just one of them always seems to have boar 'glue' stuck in his fur & i find it hard remove, any ideas how i can calm them?

 

[the boys]

i just let them get on with it. I had my boys out for floor time in the garden and in the lounge yesturday and all it was...hump hump hump hump hump....literally
I feel sorry for the humpee which is hutch...they did eventually calm down.

if I feel its too much for hutch I take him out of the situation for a hug just to give him a bit of a break (whether that helps or makes things worse I dont know)