Males are mounting

[plantpet]

I've had my 2 juvenile males since July. The larger one is chasing the smaller around and mounting him. The smaller one seems terrorized, so I separated them. Is this behavior common? Can I expect it to repeat itself frequently, or is it just occasional? Any information would be appreciated.

 

[salana]

They are bratty teenagers. A larger cage, hidey houses with two exits to prevent the pig being trapped, two or three of everything, and a lot of patience will help. You might also get them a stuffed toy to violate.

Also try reading this thread:
https://www.guinealynx.info/forums/viewtopic.php?t=46468

 

[Ly&Pigs]

It's a very normal dominance behavior and they didn't need to be separated. That only causes more stress. The only time you should ever separate pigs is if there is bloodshed.

 

[plantpet]

Thanks for the help.

 

[clotho]

Are you positive they are both males? Just checking! Otherwise, as already stated, it's completely normal behaviour and not cause to separate. Good luck!

 

[Zipfelmuetze]

Mine do this all the time. The larger/older one chases the younger/smaller one around. There is so much room for the young one to hide or run away, but oddly enough he'll go back to the older one...It's almost like he is provoking him.

 

[PIGGYMAMMA495]

I went thru a very similar problem when I had the foster boys here.
Having a hidey house with more than one exit is a good idea as well as two of everything else someone stated. You can get one of them really small dish pans and cut a exit in each side.
Yes, it drove me nuts when they did that because there isnt really anything you can do, of course if there is biting and bloodshed then you would seperate of course.
Im not sure if you have any other piggies or not, but do you have a female housed near them? Sometimes if a male thats housed near a female will get aroused and take his frustrations out on his cagemate, mounting ect.
What I did was seperate the grid with a larger piece of coroplast so it's a out of site out of mind idea. Thought I would add that just in case.

Also if you have the room and ability you can try to make the cage a little bigger or give them some extra floor time to get them calmed down a bit.
I made a little mini piggy agility course and my pigs just love it. You can use little pvc tubes for tunnels, and make ramps, little obstacles for them. Of course make sure that its safe and sturdy. This allows them to get good exercise and of course I notice in return that afterwards they are much more calm and chilled out.
I hope that everything works out, although it's normal boy stuff!

 

[**salutations**]

I am having the same problem. I actually came here to post about it and saw this. It is constant, all the time, and both are doing it (one more so than the other). I adopted them from someone who could no longer care for them, and she did tell me that it happend-she just did not say how much. Since being with me I found out it is ALL the time-repeatedly, constantly, it really never stops. I really don't know what to do-they have 2 of everything and it is still happening. I am very discouraged about it. I don't want to seperate them-but I can't help but be a bit disturbed by how much it is happening-it is constant. While typing this it has happend twice.

 

[PIGGYMAMMA495]

I posted a reply on this thread and also subscribed to it as well.
Last night I recieved a email for a reply to this individual thread and it was from a poster with somthing like Cooker in the login ID name.
Did anyone else recieve this post to your email if you subscribed to it? IT was very rude and a gross comment that is not allowed on this forum.
When I read the post, I clicked on the highlighted link that was provided for the actual post page, and that particular poster and his post was not available in the topic at hand.
I was just wondering how can I flag or report his rude/digusting comment to a moderator if it only showed up on the subscription email and not on the actual post itself that it is pretaining to?
THANKS EVERYONE FOR THE HELP.

 

[PrayerWarrior]

It was already reported and deleted, and the person has been banned, I think.

 

[Percy's Mom]

salutations - Unless one of the pigs is getting hurt or is not able to eat or drink, leave them alone. They are figuring out dominance. If they did this at the first owner's home and are now doing it at yours, they are having to figure everything out all over again. 9.99 times out of 10, it is only disturbing to the pigs' people.

 

[**salutations**]

Thanks for the reply. I guess I am just worried that it will never stop-or even let up a bit. I have spoken with the previous owner since I brought them home, and she did confirm that it was something that they did ALL the time. They just seem to be so focused on it. If they did it constantly at her house (where they lived for almost 2 years), and now are doing it constantly at mine-I am thinking this will never end. Do I just allow it to keep happening? It seems as if they are bullying each other all the time-they can't even be semi close without it occuring.

 

[clotho]

salutations how big is your cage? The bigger the better when you have males. Hopefully you have at least a 2x4 grid cage. Perhaps making the cage bigger would help a little since the boys would be able to get away from each other more.