Normal for pigs?

[oscar54]

Hmmm,
Well I introduced my baby to my other pig and some weird things happened.
First of all, my baby kept popcorning everywhere while the other just rumbled and followed. There was also this weird stench coming off one of them. And since my baby is so tiny compared to my older one, he kept walking under him and im scared he's going to get hurt.
Is this ok,
Any Suggestions??
PLEASE HELP!!

 

[morrigan]

Popcorning is normal. And since he's still a baby, he would thought that one of them is their mom. Just like with my other baby male pigs when I transferred them to the male cage. As for the stench. I'm not pretty sure about it.

 

[tashagurl]

males admit an odor when they rumble strut. I dont know if its for the other males( territorial/dominance) or for the females(mating). There is nothing wrong with your pig that is causing him to stink like that.

 

[cavylover]

OMG i hate that smell.it almost smells like rotten street signs (if thats possible) lol.

 

[tashagurl]

Yea it is not a very nice smell.

 

[LiciaMommycott]

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OMG i hate that smell.it almost smells like rotten street signs (if thats possible) lol.

What the heck is a rotten street sign? Every place I've lived, street signs are metal and how would they rot?

As for what you're seeing, I've got the same thing. I just got a baby (Tiger) and when we went to introduce them, the baby dashed across the couch and ran right under the big one (Kipper) and looked like he was going to sleep. They now hang out a lot in the cage and Kipper rumblestruts around the cage like the BMOC. My only concern is that he may be keeping Tiger from the food so I've added a couple of grids as a sliding divider so I can separate them and give Tiger a chance at uninterrupted food and water. At first I only propped up the grids but Kipper would pull them away with his teeth so he could get to the baby. (He just rumbles and nudges and then sits close to him - no fighting). Now I've got them zip-tied in on one side with a more secure sliding section.

They tend to always lie next to each other so I feel a little guilty separating them but until the baby is steadily gaining weight, I will keep doing it. I've started weighing him daily on my Weight Watchers scale - glad that thing's finally getting used ;-)

P.S. The avatar is Tiger