More remodeling... still no signs of happy pigs.

[wiggley_narco]

*sigh*

I noticed today that Narco has a cut on HIS ear, too... and two small marks on his face, one above his mouth and one below. They're not bad; they don't look near as bad as Wiggley's ear, but still.... I'm so worried.

I haven't really gotten to check out York today, as he is pulling that "oh gosh oh gosh can't let the big monster catch me run run run!" stuff today... he's older than the other 2 boys, but he moves a lot faster and it's almost impossible to catch him. So I'm going to try again later and take a look at him.

The cuts on Narco and Wiggley don't look new--they're scabbed over and seem to be almost healed. So I have no way of knowing whether they're working it out or still going at it.

Do you guys think it's time for a buddy bath? Would that help this situation? And if so, do you think I should include York, even though he just had a bath 3 weeks ago (by himself)?

Please help. I'm losing my mind.

[wiggley_narco]

So I was in the middle of typing up a long, drawn out post about how I found a cut on Narco's ear today and a little place above his mouth. I said the looked like old cuts that had almost healed, though, so maybe things were getting better.

They're not.

In the middle of ending that last post I ran like a madwoman to the bedroom in response to screaming and loud banging.

In I walk to find Wiggley standing in the middle of the ramp with a mouthful of Narco's hair.

I'm off to Wal-Mart to buy a cheap-o shower sprayer thing.

Into the bath tub they go.

I WILL HAVE HAPPY PIGGIES.... even if I have to scare them to death.

[Tophica]

Good luck. My piggies still occasionally have a go at each other but they have never been bitten so hard that they have bled. I hope everything works out for them.

[steve_and_pigs]

Originally Posted by wiggley_narco

In I walk to find Wiggley standing in the middle of the ramp with a mouthful of Narco's hair.

I may be reading to much into it, but perhaps the ramp is involved? I don't know because I don't have multiple males. Do they play/fight king of the hill over things like ramps and lofts?

Is the ramp wide enough for them to pass each other on the way up/down?
Again, I'm not sure if that matters. Just a possibility. They could be getting head-to-head on the ramp, and having a stand off. You would have to catch them to confirm this.

He could have also been on the ramp just because he was chasing after nipping/biting.

[wiggley_narco]

Originally Posted by steve_and_pigs

I may be reading to much into it, but perhaps the ramp is involved? I don't know because I don't have multiple males. Do they play/fight king of the hill over things like ramps and lofts?

Is the ramp wide enough for them to pass each other on the way up/down?
Again, I'm not sure if that matters. Just a possibility. They could be getting head-to-head on the ramp, and having a stand off. You would have to catch them to confirm this.

He could have also been on the ramp just because he was chasing after nipping/biting.

No, it's not just the ramp. There's enough room on the ramp for them to pass by one another (it's quite wide). I've seen them go at it several times on the bottom floor... in a pigloo, in a corner, at one of the food bowls, in passing in the middle of the cage.... they come head to head with one another, teeth start chattering, and then they're nipping at each other. Sometimes they're locked together for less than a second and go their separate ways, sometimes they stay locked together for a few seconds, and sometimes they just repeatedly try to lock onto one another.