Hi Lindsay
It is a bit early for mating. But that is partly because the males normally return from hibernation earlier. I suspect hogs which have been over-wintered may be confusing the old hog ways, in that female hogs who’ve been over-wintered may be released earlier than the hibernating females would have naturally returned. Also there is the non-hibernators – so it’s possible that some hogs may mate earlier. Although, if it is mainly hoglets who have chosen not to hibernate it may be a bit soon for them. So things are becoming complicated!
But the good news is that you have 2 hogs there – that’s brilliant! If they are both quite young it wouldn’t be so surprising that they were close together – hoglets seem to like sharing and they may not have grown out of that yet.
Hopefully some more hogs will eventually appear, so fingers crossed for some hoglets later on, one way or another!
