Boy Gp humping...

[BonkeyMollocks]

...the new baby all the time!

They get on fine, no fights so far (only been home together since lunchtime). Happy to share food/hay/sleep close/groom etc but ours is constantly on the hump!

When he is doing it he is making a rumbling sound.

I know its normal behaviour for them to hump, turns out our original is a dominant one and the baby seems is mellow, but its at least every 5 mins when he does it. Baby just runs away, but I'm worried it will become annoying/ painful for him eventually.

They have plenty of space/hay/food, should I leave it a while and see how they go? Do i try and stop it? Is it so much humping normal?

On the hopefully plus side there is no bickering or biting!

[70isaLimitNotaTarget]

Gawd I wrote a huge post and it got vapourised

[70isaLimitNotaTarget]

OK. First- congratulations on baby piglet

Did your breeder advice you to quarentine him? (Most rescues do for 2-3 weeks but they don't know what their pigs might be bringing in)
I'd be tempted to side-by-side their cages for a while at night, just to get them used to each other.
Does he have an residual smell of his mum or sisters or was he with other boars?
You might need to bath him (or bath both so they smell the same) Or you can disguise the smell (IIRC lavender or Vicks but check first what age to use it safely)

[70isaLimitNotaTarget]

Humping is normal. Females do it too.
Mainly a dominence expression .As is the Rumblestrutting (purring, stiff body. Throaty purr like a tiger not the happy brisk purr)
Our circle round ,nose to tail, GP1 nudges GP2 in the bum, but no biting and it's usually when they are in a small space like the washing basket.
They might do a face-to-face who can get their head higher.One backs down and walks off

[70isaLimitNotaTarget]

If they do squabble try to let them sort it out. You can give them a squirt from a water spray if it gets Ott. But if you do need to seperate, use a towel dropped between them, you don't want to risk a bite.

Make sure neither of them can get in a situation where the other can trap it.So boxes with two exits or a wide enough doorway (easy with cardboard boxes)

[70isaLimitNotaTarget]

Baby will be mellow because it's all brand new. Older one will rock between delight at a GP friend and indignant because there's an interloper.
But the delight will win. TBH humans can't speak guinea-pig can they? I know when we are at work our boys have each other. They don't sit together or sleep close and there's always a "You ate my parsley you greedy toad" but they need each other. Even if it's just to complain to each other about what a dreadful mum I am

Must go and give the pooh machines supper. (only a bit.they've had grazing time today)

[70isaLimitNotaTarget]

Oh and details needed please.
Colour, coat type etc.

[BonkeyMollocks]

Thanks trying and failing to pretend that I'm not stupidly excited

No quarantine, all her pigs looked healthy and well. I was very nosey But I will be keeping a very close eye on them for a while. She was very helpful and I asked a stupid amount of questions and her answers made me happy :)
Took him along and she just put him in the run with the others and he did the rest, picked a lovely little man.

They are already in together, they travelled home together fine. They seem happy but original big pig seems very protective and bossy of new little pig. I do wonder if this is insecurity due to being kept on his own for to long I don't really want to split them up unless compleatly necessary.

I may try a bath if it carries on , will have to read up, I am a piggy novice and learning fast!

I think they are happy, when big pig leaves little pig eventually, little pig chases him and bites his bum , and they are happy sharing food and they sleep next to each other, but I am a bit worried about the excessive humping. More for the possible damage that could be caused by big pig to little pig

He was with about 5 other boars when we went over there. She told me he had left his mum a few weeks ago.

[BonkeyMollocks]

Blimey, in the time I wrote that, you wrote more

I'm not sure on the proper coat colours yet, he is smooth with a kind of banded different browns, light and darker, with a bit of white on his face.

No confrontation yet but big pig hasn't stopped rumblestrutting tis ruining my tele

@ Pooh machines! Very accurate description!

[DoesItWearingWellies]

The rumblestrutting can also be because the pig is turned on, especially if he is kind of shifting his weight between his back legs and giving his bum a wiggle. DDs pigs often get confused between being excited and excited.

Wrt being humped, I think it is more distressing than painful, although I know being squished by someone twice the size could be rather painful! However, things should settle down as they get used to each other.

Baby pig sounds pretty :)

[RandomMess]

I had females. when single female got young female friend she was also very protective of her and bossy!!!