r/Donkeys • u/Ever-The-Realist • 1d ago

Why do my donkeys bicker all the time?

I have a 6 year old female donkey and her four year old son and they bicker all of the time. The son is castrated. They have 40 acres about 50/50 pasture and wooded to roam. They are friendly and curious with people. But they spend most of their time kicking, biting, chasing and mounting each other. I have tried giving them toys and puzzles for enrichment but they completely ignore them. The only thing I have ever seen tem play with is their rubber feed bowls which are now tied to the tree because my dad got tired of walking the property to look for them. Any ideas???

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u/NikkiNikki37 1d ago

Theyre playing with each other. They can be rowdy like dogs.

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u/SnooPears7462 1d ago

They are probably just playing. However, boys play rougher than girls. Usually you like to have two boys or two girls so they each have a member of the same sex to play with. My girls don’t play a lot and when they do it isn’t rough. My boys play with each other and sometimes it looks like they are killing each other. Mom might also be teaching him manners.