New Friend For Scooby

[Esstina2]

Scooby is four months old and was not accepted by my two old sows so I have acquired a baby girl friend for her and left them to bond on neutral ground. I woke yesterday to find them top and tailing in the snug basket so assumed bonding had been successful and moved them both into a new large cage last night. just fed them their greens and Scooby is shoving the baby out of the way a fair bit and shooing her back into the hidey. have now put in two feeding bowls as she cant hog them both at the same time. is this normal behaviour only it seems a tad bullyish.? thank you

 

[Wiebke]

Scooby is four months old and was not accepted by my two old sows so I have acquired a baby girl friend for her and left them to bond on neutral ground. I woke yesterday to find them top and tailing in the snug basket so assumed bonding had been successful and moved them both into a new large cage last night. just fed them their greens and Scooby is shoving the baby out of the way a fair bit and shooing her back into the hidey. have now put in two feeding bowls as she cant hog them both at the same time. is this normal behaviour only it seems a tad bullyish.? thank you

Please remove any hideys with just one exit during the dominance phase. Pushing an underpiggy around is normal behaviour. You can find out more about the dominance phase and expected behaviours in these guides here:
Illustrated Bonding / Dominance Behaviours And Dynamics
Sow Behaviour

But great that the bonding has worked out and that Scooby has got a new friend!