Mikatelyn
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi!
I have 2 boars from the same litter, named Bandit and Bolt. They are 6 months old.
They get along well, and I thought Bolt was the dominant one, but in the last month or so I'm wondering if Bandit has now become the dominant one. Can they switch heirarchy?
Reasons why I think Bolt might be dominant:
-Bolt will sometimes take food from Bandit
-Bolt will tend to hunker down with food and not run away
-when Bolt comes in to take treats, he will sort of bodily push Bandit out of the way (although Bandit seems to have learned how to do that and started doing it back to Bolt)
-when they do their chin-up stand offs, Bolt seems to be facing Bandit more directly while Bandit's head is more tilted away
-Bolt tends to be in the lead for any piggy trains around their pen
Reasons why I think Bandit might be more dominant
-recently I noticed Bandit taking food from Bolt's mouth
-Bandit seems to start rumble strutting before Bolt does, and he seems to rumblestrut more than Bolt
-recently noticed Bandit forcing Bolt's chin up
-he sniffs Bolts bottom a lot more than the other way around
-Bandit tends to arrive first to get treats from the humans, so tends to eat first
I've never seen any humping or chasing.
If one is already in a hidey, the other one running up to the hidey just stops. Either he doesn't go in or they rumblestrut past each other in slow motion.
what do you guys think? Does it sound like Bandit or Bolt is top piggy?
I have 2 boars from the same litter, named Bandit and Bolt. They are 6 months old.
They get along well, and I thought Bolt was the dominant one, but in the last month or so I'm wondering if Bandit has now become the dominant one. Can they switch heirarchy?
Reasons why I think Bolt might be dominant:
-Bolt will sometimes take food from Bandit
-Bolt will tend to hunker down with food and not run away
-when Bolt comes in to take treats, he will sort of bodily push Bandit out of the way (although Bandit seems to have learned how to do that and started doing it back to Bolt)
-when they do their chin-up stand offs, Bolt seems to be facing Bandit more directly while Bandit's head is more tilted away
-Bolt tends to be in the lead for any piggy trains around their pen
Reasons why I think Bandit might be more dominant
-recently I noticed Bandit taking food from Bolt's mouth
-Bandit seems to start rumble strutting before Bolt does, and he seems to rumblestrut more than Bolt
-recently noticed Bandit forcing Bolt's chin up
-he sniffs Bolts bottom a lot more than the other way around
-Bandit tends to arrive first to get treats from the humans, so tends to eat first
I've never seen any humping or chasing.
If one is already in a hidey, the other one running up to the hidey just stops. Either he doesn't go in or they rumblestrut past each other in slow motion.
what do you guys think? Does it sound like Bandit or Bolt is top piggy?