'rumblestrutting?'

[Abbie]

I have two male piggies. They have been living together for about 5jsh weeks!

While sitting with my guineas today I noticed one of them has been rumblestutting(?) I think it's called? He was lifting one leg up at a time while shaking his hips, close too my other guina!

Is it good? Bad? Do I leave him to do it? Is there anything I need too do?

I've never seen this kind of behaviour before in my piggies! So I don't know what to do!

Thankyou!

 

[PiggySmitten]

This thread should help you http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/threads/dominance-behaviours-in-guinea-pigs.28949/

My experience is not as great as many others but sounds like dominant behaviour but not anything you need to do about it.

 

[Abbie]

Thank you very much!

 

[AbiS]

It is just dominance behaviour while they figure out who is the boss. Am surprised you haven't seen them do it before. My boys are at it regularly throughout every day - they are 15months old and still haven't worked out which of them is dominant! In fact these days they just turn it into a game with a whole load of popcorning thrown in!

 

[Wiebke]

Rumblestrutting is very normal behaviour; some boars do it all the time!

 

[Abbie]

Thanks a lot guys! I know I can't be with my piggies all day everyday, but Id only just noticed it!

Glad too know it's normal behaviour!

 

[theoretikos]

My boys seem to rumblestrut constantly. It might be their favourite activity lol