Piggies are fighting - I have had to seperate them :-(

[Jacs]

Looks like it has come to the stage I was dreading and my two piggies, charlie and Freddie have had a fight luckly i was there when it happened or it could have been nasty

I have been watching them both closely for the last couple of weeks and tonight i have had to seperate them twice as they went full on at each other. I let them both calm down and give it one last try and straight away there went at each other so I have put put Freddie in a temporary home for tonight and tomorrow looks like I will have to go and buy him a new home and I am going to put the cages next to each other so they can still see each other. I am so upset it has come to this but even just the last few hours of them being on there own they are much more relaxed than i have seen them both in weeks and they not even bothered the other is not there.

 

[piggyme234]

How old are they?

 

[Wiebke]

BUG HUG

I am so sorry, but their behaviour shows that you obviously did the right thing. Puperty is such a difficult stage. If the character combination doesn't work out, in the end there is nothing you can do.

 

[Jacs]

How old are they?

They 5 months old.

I have been out and got Freddie a cage today and put them next to each other there a little nervous getting use to there new situation but they seem more happier as the last couple of weeks of stress neither looked happy but they have seen each other through the bars they go to each other now and again and then go and play again so I think them both having their own space will be much better for them both.

 

[Wiebke]

I hope that in time, you can get them used to have shared run/lawn time, but I would not push it anytime soon as long as they are not out of the hormonal woods.

 

[kimberlie]

I know how you feel, I've had to separate two of my boys because of the same problem. Now I have 3 big cages in my bedroom (luckily my other boy pair get on) Who'd have boys ay!?

I'm hoping once my youngest comes out of his hormonal stage to try again, and if not I'm debating getting 2 girls to keep each of them company. This might be an option for you too if they start to seem like they are lonely.

Glad your piggies seem happier though you did the right thing.

 

[Jacs]

I am sorry you have had to seperate your two boys too.

At the moment getting more pigs is not an option for me I cannot risk the possibilty of having more pigs that will not get along.

Both my pigs seem happy as their cages are next to each other and their have been 'chatting/squeeking' threw the bars and but having their own space and both are much more relaxed now the whole bickering and fighting is out of the question as they weren't happy the weeks leading up to the fight. I am also getting another indoor run for them so both runs can be next to each other so there still see each other at play-time but haven't got the contact.

It seems at the moment they have a love-hate thing going on and there can tolerate each other as long as there don't have to live with each other and there is some bars between them

 

[Astral Heart]

I had 6 pairs of boys, now just five because Jeffrey and Fudge decided that they hate each other. They have always had this weird love hate relationship going on for the past 2 years. Fudge just doesn't tolerate any of Jeff's behaviour these days. I try to introduce them to each other after they have calmed down, Jeff starts humping Fudge like there's no tomorrow, cue Fudge getting miffed. Lots of raised chin action, circling and chattering. Fudge then backs Jeff up in to a corner, so I intervene because I have seen what these two can do when angry at each other. Then there is the other side to their relationship, where they snuggle each other and get really upset if one is taken away from the other. *sigh*
Right now they are caged separately but next to each other so they can still talk and touch noses. I may try again with them because they have done this before and got on brilliantly for months, then all of a sudden there's this random fit of annoyance from one or the other. If this is the end to their love/hate relationship then they will just have to spend it as neighbours, as they are doing currently, rather than house mates. Boys hey.