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MortyJojo

MortyJojo

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Just got home from the vet with my boys and they are fighting now, usually Jojo is dominat over morty but morty all of a sudden is being dominant over Jojo. Should I let them hash it out before I separate them?
 
It seems like the longer they are in the cage together the more Jojo reasserts himself
 
I may have made a mistake because I had to take Jojo out for a bath and put morty in the cage first then when I returned Jojo this all started
 
When you say fighting, what do you mean exactly? How is Jojo behaving?
 
Who is mounting and chasing? And is the other piggy letting themselves be mounted? Is the squeaking in submission?

You have to be careful with what you call ‘fighting’. What is happening is not that. Fighting is a rolling bell of fur.
 
Siikibam said:
Who is mounting and chasing? And is the other piggy letting themselves be mounted? Is the squeaking in submission?

You have to be careful with what you call ‘fighting’. What is happening is not that. Fighting is a rolling bell of fur.
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Oh I gotcha

so yeah not fighting then but morty chases Jojo and tries to mount him but Jojo gets away and then mounts morty and yes morty let’s it happen but then starts in the the rumble strutting and going up to Jojo like he’s going to mount and that all kept repeating
 
MortyJojo said:
Is this occurring because of putting the alpha in the cage last perhaps?
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Impossible to say for sure. It could be a factor, but maybe not. I have girl piggies and they exhibit dominance behavior when they are in season. I don't have any male piggies, but from what I've read this is normal behavior. It may quiet down a bit once they establish a hierarchy.
 
Leave them to sort things out. From what I remember, they are teenagers and these kinds of behaviours are normal. A change in territory can cause this. If they like each other and want to be together, they will sort it out and things will be fine between them (you will still see hormonal displays of dominance though).
If there is an underlying problem in their relationship that they can’t solve, then things will escalate. A full on, rolling around, fight is unmistakable - don’t ever put your hands in between them when they are fighting, use oven gloves so you don’t get injured - and sadly means the immediate and permanent end of their relationship.
 
Piggies&buns said:
Leave them to sort things out. From what I remember, they are teenagers and these kinds of behaviours are normal. A change in territory can cause this. If they like each other and want to be together, they will sort it out and things will be fine between them (you will still see hormonal displays of dominance though).
If there is an underlying problem in their relationship that they can’t solve, then things will escalate. A full on, rolling around, fight is unmistakable - don’t ever put your hands in between them when they are fighting, use oven gloves so you don’t get injured - and sadly means the immediate and permanent end of their relationship.
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Thankfully they had settled things after a few hours of being in the cage. I had to leave for a bit and came back to them sitting together and acting as usual 👍
 
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