Mum and daughter sqeeking

[Logiebear]

I have a group of 3 sows. Chunky, Cookie and Ripple. Cookie is Ripple's mummy and they keep bickering. It isn't all the time but ripple gets left out at meal times and when they are curled up in their house cookie sqeeks at her and pushes her out of the house. It seems as though she is getting picked on by her own mummy. Is this normal or am I in danger of having to split them up?

 

[Wiebke]

How old is Ripple?
There is a time when mummy wants her daughter to go and make sure that the hierarchy stays intact. Any stick a piggy gets from above is handed down the ladder, so to speak.

I have noticed Taffy doing it with 11 weeks old Tegan as well, now that they are settling in a group.

 

[Logiebear]

Ripple was born in April so about 20 weeks.

 

[Wiebke]

I think mummy just wants to make sure at who's master in the house... Girls can be like that!

Tegan has become VERY good at screaming the house down, whether she's being nipped or not!

 

[Logiebear]

I hope it's as simple as that. Do you ever intervene?

 

[Wiebke]

No, I try not to - unless she is really trapped by one of the big ones and has no means of escape (like being stuck in the back of a pigloo). It is getting better now as they settle in that little bit more with every day. Taffy is less upset, so Tegan is getting a bit less stiff as well.