GinGinGin
New Born Pup
Hi, I have had my two male pigs for 18 months, they’re about 20 months old (or thereabouts). When I first got them, the larger white pig was very dominant - I was advised the behaviour he showed was normal while they established dominance and after a while they settled down and lived very happily together for a year.
Over the last few months, the smaller brown pig has really started bullying the white one. It’s not constant - they still live “happily” together, sharing a large hutch more or less peacefully, but too often for my liking the brown one just starts relentlessly chasing the white one as in the video I’ve attached. It actually seems to be worse when I put them in their playpen - it’s huge, a lot bigger than their hutch which I thought would give them more space and make the bullying less frequent!
I check the white one regularly and no blood is being drawn, I just feel so sorry for him having to put up with this. He never fights back (that I’ve seen), he removes himself but then he goes back and the bullying starts again!
Can anyone give me advice please? Like I said, I understand that establishing dominance is perfectly normal but I thought (incorrectly?) that by this age it would have calmed down. If anyone has words of wisdom I would be so grateful - I don’t want to separate my boys but of course I will if that’s going to be best for them.
Thank you!
Over the last few months, the smaller brown pig has really started bullying the white one. It’s not constant - they still live “happily” together, sharing a large hutch more or less peacefully, but too often for my liking the brown one just starts relentlessly chasing the white one as in the video I’ve attached. It actually seems to be worse when I put them in their playpen - it’s huge, a lot bigger than their hutch which I thought would give them more space and make the bullying less frequent!
I check the white one regularly and no blood is being drawn, I just feel so sorry for him having to put up with this. He never fights back (that I’ve seen), he removes himself but then he goes back and the bullying starts again!
Can anyone give me advice please? Like I said, I understand that establishing dominance is perfectly normal but I thought (incorrectly?) that by this age it would have calmed down. If anyone has words of wisdom I would be so grateful - I don’t want to separate my boys but of course I will if that’s going to be best for them.
Thank you!