Rumblestrutting at everything!

[Piggie mama]

Hi all, I got two beautiful male piggies in August this year, one is a year old and the other is about 7 months, I adopted them and they'd lived together even before me, the older one is definitely the dominant one and the younger never challenges him, however my older piggie constantly rumblestruts, at everything, sometimes even the food bowls, but especially when my other pig enters the same space as him, they have had no incidents of fighting and youngest one responds to the rumblestruts but weeping and running off or simply ignoring it. They both eat fine and interact with people well. They live on two 2ft by 4ft cages that are joined together so they have access to both and get time in a 5ft by 3ft run every week.
Is this behaviour normal? Please help.

 

[JEFF&JOJO]

I am no expert but it all sounds pretty normal to me!

 

[Bill & Ted]

Yes this sounds like normal behaviour to me. You clearly have a dominant piggie and an underling. The only time you would have to separate them is if fighting brought blood. Boars are strange, what we would think is awful behaviour to a cage mate is quite normal for them. Your underling is fine, he knows the rules and as long as he doesn’t challenge them you will have no problems. This arrangement is great for them, boars need plenty of room, so one can get away from the other if necessary so things can cool down. Always use open ended tunnels and snuggly hides so no one is cornered.

Oh and to the forum, there are lots of guides, some on boar behaviours

 

[Wiebke]

Hi all, I got two beautiful male piggies in August this year, one is a year old and the other is about 7 months, I adopted them and they'd lived together even before me, the older one is definitely the dominant one and the younger never challenges him, however my older piggie constantly rumblestruts, at everything, sometimes even the food bowls, but especially when my other pig enters the same space as him, they have had no incidents of fighting and youngest one responds to the rumblestruts but weeping and running off or simply ignoring it. They both eat fine and interact with people well. They live on two 2ft by 4ft cages that are joined together so they have access to both and get time in a 5ft by 3ft run every week.
Is this behaviour normal? Please help.

Hi and welcome!

You have two teenagers with younger boy at the peak of his testosterone output; it is currently literally singing through his veins!
The behaviour is perfectly normal for the age. It is mild dominance behaviour and nothing to worry about if that is as bad as it gets.
Things are going to settle down a bit more once both boys have reached a hormonally more settled adulthood with just the occasional hormone spike.
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[Piggies&buns]

I have two boars and they love nothing more than a bit of rumblestrutting, a good run around the hutch and then a nap!

 

[Posyrose]

Yes; it's absolutely normal in my experience and not just for teenagers.

 

[Swissgreys]

Welcome to the world of teenage boars.

Our Eddi is less into rumble strutting these days (he is almost 3), but Harry (8 months) is at the peak of his hormonal madness and is at it non stop.
When he runs out of things ot rumble strut at in his cage, he goes to the bars and bites them and screeches until Eddi comes over and they rumble strut (through the bars) at each other!

 

[Piggie mama]

Yes this sounds like normal behaviour to me. You clearly have a dominant piggie and an underling. The only time you would have to separate them is if fighting brought blood. Boars are strange, what we would think is awful behaviour to a cage mate is quite normal for them. Your underling is fine, he knows the rules and as long as he doesn’t challenge them you will have no problems. This arrangement is great for them, boars need plenty of room, so one can get away from the other if necessary so things can cool down. Always use open ended tunnels and snuggly hides so no one is cornered.

Oh and to the forum, there are lots of guides, some on boar behaviours

Thankyou! I was getting worried they wouldn't be able to stay together but there's no fighting and I often catch them curled up together when they sleep its just the rumblestrutting!