I've had my trio of ASFs since the end of October... Everything's been fine and they've been producing extremely well. I just looked into their tub this morning and I noticed that one of my breeder girls is sleeping in a corner by herself. I looked a bit closer and noticed that she had 3 smaller circular clumps of fur missing. The missing clumps are big enough that you can see the skin and there is some dried blood.

My only idea as to how this occurred is from what I noticed while I was inspecting the missing clumps. The male went over to her and mounted her from the side. She simply closed her eyes and sat still. He proceeded to "groom" her. I've seen him do this many times to both girls. They just sit still and he looks like he is cleaning them.

Is he "grooming" them? Or is he hurting her? I noticed a very small amount of fresh blood after he was "grooming" her... so what do you all think???



Ps. I hate my male... He's an aggressive little bugger...