Rumbling and sinking to the ground when stroked....why?

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Hi all, I was wondering if one of you very knowledgeable people might be able to shed some light on the behaviour of one of my boars, Squeak.

A bit of background....Squeak's approx 10 months old, castrated since April, and he lives with one younger sow (approx 6 months old), Coco, who is definitely the boss! He and Coco are the very best of friends.....they are most definitely well bonded.

Squeak is very bold, confident and utterly cheeky......he doesn't appear to be scared of anything and he'll sit and stare at you until you give him the attention he deserves (LOL!). He has such a massive personality....can you tell he's my favourite out of my five piggies? rolleyes

He absolutely loves being stroked but doesn't like being held or being on my lap, so I tend to just stroke him while he's in the cage or while he's free-ranging; he'll sit for ages for a bit of fuss, bless him!

The behaviour that intrigues me is that he often rumbles when I stroke him, and he sort of flattens himself to the floor......he sinks down onto his belly, pushes his head forward, narrows his eyes and rumbles.......very similar to the normal rumblestrutting movements, but no 'strutting' (so to speak).

He obviously isn't scared or worried about being stroked, cos he does this while he's free-ranging and can easily get away from me. Also, he keeps coming back for more! LOL! So I assume that the rumbling/flattening is 'happy' behaviour; if he wasn't enjoying it, there's nothing stopping him from scarpering.

I've never known another boar that does this, and my other boar, Pudding, doesn't do it (same age, also castrated, also living with lady friends).

Has anyone else ever seen this?

Tracey
 
He loves being stroked and he's thoroughly enjoying it - it also turns him on a bit, sexy beast. Boys! Only one thing on their minds at that age.

Suzy x
 
Suzygpr said:
He loves being stroked and he's thoroughly enjoying it - it also turns him on a bit, sexy beast. Boys! Only one thing on their minds at that age.

Suzy x
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My sow Pumpkin (RIP) used to do this when she got her bum tickled ?/ Does this mean she was turned on? and is that normal for sows?
 
LOL - well you were the one tickling her bum! Yes girls can do it too, especially when they are in season, which is every 17 days.

Piggies are very instinctive animals and if they find being stroked or tickled pleasurable (for what ever reason) they will indulge themselves fully.

Suzy x
 
Anything to make my pigs happy i guess.... :))
 
Suzygpr said:
LOL - well you were the one tickling her bum! Yes girls can do it too, especially when they are in season, which is every 17 days.

Piggies are very instinctive animals and if they find being stroked or tickled pleasurable (for what ever reason) they will indulge themselves fully.

Suzy x
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:)) Dottie does this too, oooh i love finding out these funny facts about piggies! They are so special x)
 
My little Diego does exactly what yours does, lies right down and rumbles. I thought he was mad at ** - even though he looked happy and relaxed! Now I know he is just being sleazy lol! x
 
My little Poppy RIP was still doing this even up to the day she passed away aged 7 :)

She used to sleep far more, & in the open & I would tickle her side & curly belly & she would give her little rumble but then stretch herself out so I could tickle her more lol :))
 
To chilwell, my others purr quietly occasionally when being cuddled, but the noise Squeaky makes is much louder and all the other movements are very like when he rumblestruts (apart from he's not 'strutting' :)))

LOL @ deeandnick....sleazy piggies! :red
 
My Skittle used to do this all the time, you could could tell he loved it and his back leg would' kick out in a half jerk popcorn, which usually pre-empted a loving nibble for me to carry on.
I usually put my hand in a 'rock' gesture, so that he would rest his chin on my knuckles whilst my pinky and index wiggled his ears :0
 
Teejay said:
To chilwell, my others purr quietly occasionally when being cuddled, but the noise Squeaky makes is much louder and all the other movements are very like when he rumblestruts (apart from he's not 'strutting' :)))

LOL @ deeandnick....sleazy piggies! :red
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Lol kinky piggie :))
 
What have I started.....none of us will look at out piggies in the same way ever again.....hehehe! @)

Tracey x
 
Darwin goes so flat and leans over he sometimes almost rolls over!

Gus just lies down but they both love being fussed!
 
Rose does this, she flattens and almost rolls over so you can tickle her tummy! with a fairly loud rumbling noise! Lily flattens a bit but doesn't purr as often as Rose, she's more likely to squeak!
 
Yoshi does it too, and he does the lying down popcorn and freindly nibble - very funny and supercute. :))
 
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