Re: Chattering their teeth.

On Mar 31, 2:19=A0pm, "aje3...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <aje3...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> We have two male pigs and they started fighting about two months after
> we got them. =A0Their teeth would chatter, and sometimes the big one,
> Fudgems would jump at the little one, Petey. =A0Petey would do his
> special side jump attack usually pulling out some of Fudgem's hair.
> It wasn't a pretty sight. =A0.
>
> We bought a larger cage a few days later and put a divider in the
> middle to keep them separated. =A0On Christmas Eve last year (about
> three months after having them, about 4 months old), we thought we
> would put them back together. =A0They were doing really well in the play
> pen we set up for them and thought it would be ok. =A0Well, Fudgems
> attacked Petey and took a chuck out of his ear. =A0From that point on we
> can not put them together for more than a few minutes or else they
> will chatter their teeth and begin to fight.
>
> I would recommend keeping them separate for now and try to put them
> back together in a few weeks. =A0I asked the same question last year and
> was told that if two males live together they will have a big pow wow,
> and that should be it. =A0The one male will then be dominated. =A0This
> never happened with our two boys, plus we didn't want to see either of
> them get hurt any more.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> -aje3892

Also thanx for the idea to seperate the hutch into two rooms which I
have now done.  Now one has a room with a view and the other is in
economy.  :)
Megan