Pigs at war!

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Forgive me if i am a little slow but I am new to this site so am still learning my way around. We have 2 girls called Delia, the brown one, and Nigella the white one. Delia is Nigella's mum and we re-homed them 3 years ago from the RSPCA, when Delia was 7 months and Nigella was 3 months. They have been fine although Delia is very shy and hates being touched much, but they are very close and hate being apart. They lived in the house in a large indoor hutch over the winter and since we moved them back outside into a new 4 foot by 1 foot hutch Nigella has started to bully Delia. I caught her tonight with Delia pinned into a corner with Delia shreaking and trying to hide and it is horrible to see. Do we need a bigger hutch? They have always got on and obviously Nigella is claiming the Alpha role even though she is the baby, just not sure what to do now, don't want poor Delia to suffer!
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Diane ?
 
Hiya and welcome. :)

I would say the hutch is too small the requirements are 4ft x 2ft. They are probably getting on one another's carrots. They will be fine hopefully I would get a bigger hutch as soon as you can and monitor the situation from there.

Good luck!

Louise
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probably need a bigger hutch. They aren't fighting so it's nothing at all to worry about, probably Nigella will stop bullying Delia once she knows Delia is not challenging her for leadership.
 
A larger hutch would be good, but anytime I change anything or move my boys they do this all over again. A new house restarts the fight for alpha male/female regardless of whether the other pig is trying to claim it. It may be b/c things are moved around too much or don't smell the same. Get a water bottle and give them a spritz of discipline when you catch them in the act.
 
They are probably getting on one another's carrots- ROFL!
Good advice given so far bigger hutcch and a new territory means a re-establishing of dominance hopefully a bigger house with more space and they wil settle down ;D
 
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