Well, as some of your active TFO members know we added a new breeder male to our colony several months back. three of our males, the three largest and most active breeders have been fighting. Prior to our new addition, Alfa, absolutely no fighting displayed among the original three males. We have witnessed both Homer and Cowboy engage Alfa on a regular basis, actually even both at the same time. Just a word of history and past observations, we have had as high as seven big males and sixteen females together in the past and never any issues. One observation is Alfa gets confused and has mounted Homer, resulting in Alfa getting flipped off and over. Leading up to the above pictures, Alfa was mating the female and Homer started ramming Alfa after the mating was completed. Actually Cowboy also, at the same time was pushing Alfa while Homer was ramming. When this got really bad I ran outside and intervened, preventing Alfa from getting flipped over. Homer followed Alfa for about one hour ramming him from the rear, as if he was pushing him away from the area. At the end, they both just looked at each other face to face and begin to browse on the wet grass and weeds, like nothing had just took place. Interesting further observation is that our smallest and least active male, Sampson, has been way standoffish from the bigger and more active three. This has been a very interesting and active breeding season.
Here they are after the fight!
Here they are after the fight!
