re-introduction HELP!

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Mel105

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So after a couple of weeks apart I made a bigger cage and put my boys back together ... they seem to be ok but I need some clarification...
I read the boar guide on what is signs of aggression and what isnt ... basically they go through the dominancy thing, chasing eachother round, mounting, slight teeth chatting, swinging of bottoms, raised hackles, nose offs, some nipping but not much ... They have been together now for about two hours and they go through the above behaviour then they calm down again and go back to eating and in between the above behaviour then seem to be popcorning ... is this a good sign? is the above behaviour normal or should I think about seperating them I just need some clarification on whether they are ok to remain together through the night ? :S
 
I would want to observe this behaviour longer so I would either watch all night or seperate but thats just me!
 
Thank you so much, I continued to watch them til around 2am and they had a disagreement and begun rumble strutting, loud chattering of teeth so I seperated them and decided to try again today because I had all day to watch them. They seemed ok for a couple of hours but then it kicked off again and they started rumble strutting, loud teeth chattering, so I left them and continued watching them closely and then Twix lunged at Rolo and Rolo returned the lunge so I threw a blanket over them immediately and seperated them. They now have a divide down their cage and they both seem a lot happier, they still talk to one another and they can see eachother too I think they were just agitating eachother too much ):
 
Aw, sorry to hear this :(
Sometimes, piggies will take a dislike to each other suddenly or battle for dominance which causes heartache for us slaves :(
How are are the little ones ?
 
Both of them are fine now they are chirping to eachother quite happily from what I can hear (: I know it's so sad because Twix was so lonely for the two weeks they had to be split. Atleast now they can see eachother and talk to eachother again (: luckily I seperated them before any injuries occured that would of broken my heart to see them hurt eachother I'm just glad all is calm now :D Although, Twix managed to escape earlier I came into my room and he was hiding behind the rabbit cage I had to grab him before he broke into it ahah!
 
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