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Hi there,

Just lately, the girls seem to have been getting on each others nerves a little bit, no fighting or blood drawn but some heated discussions, however i have been keeping a close eye on them and noticed that if Minnie nudges Toffee even gently just to budge her out of the way of the food for example, Toffee will randomly twitch/popcorn so that her bum is in the direction of Minnie and squirt wee at her! (little ) I assume this is some sort of dominance behaviour......? But on another occassion i noticed Minnie, erm cleaning Toffee's little girl flower area, so i dont know whats going on and what i can do to stop it!

What i really want to know is why is Toffee doing this, she has never done this before only in the last 4 or 5 days!

Thanks
 
my girls particularly fluffly will pee on anyone that goes near her bum, to tell them literally to pee off :)
not sure about the clenaing part though sorry.
 
When I had a girlie trio Misty would try to hump the others when in season - and it was continuous! Storm would wee on Misty as a %$&* off warning - it worked! Not seen the licking - is she ok? Storm and Misty were not a close pair but when Storm wasn't well Misty snuggled up to her and tried to look after her. Don't want to worry you though, doesn't sound the same, but that is my only experience. x
 
They are both fine and are not close either. I just wondered why she has suddenly started to do it!
 
Hmm, a new one on me. Revenge for being wee'd on?! I am sure someone else had this on here - will try and find thread for you xx
 
Maybe eating fresh poo? A few years ago we went through a period of about 5 days when pitch(rip) just would not leave putt alone and was constantly sniffing and licking her bits. In the end we thought she may have been eating putts poos for the probiotics and was desperate for a fresh one!

It ended after 5 days and never reoccured.
 
That could be a possibility i suppose, i will keep an eye on them, i just hope this spraying behaviour is going to stop!
 
I imagine she in in season as she has been mounting our poor boy Lilly a fair bit (nuetured) not that he minds of course!

I will keep an eye on everything and keep you posted!
 
Hey Toffee,

My piggy Dottie often aims and pees on Mabel :)) it's generally when she's getting annoyed at Mabel for rumbling near her and it always works to keep Mabel away! It always calms down after a few days suggesting that one or both of them were in season...

I started to bond my girls with Finley on Sunday and by the end of it he was covered in pee, particularly from Mabel. It's just a 'pee off' sign! She got it in his mouth at one point, the look on his little face was priceless! It worked though, he stopped in his tracks! It should calm down in a few days :)
 
When Marble is in heat she will really try and hump poor Peronel. She has taken a liking to licking her and Amelia Janes private areas too. They are sisters so many the smell or look alike to her. It is all very odd.
 
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