Haskins418
Exploring the pasture
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Hello! This is my second year raising pigs. Last year we had no problems and I guess we were lucky...cause this year we've been having problems with our pigs who we picked up from what seemed like a reputable breeder. He had many litters of different ages in a large commercial farm. Both pigs have been having diarrhea on and off from the start. They have been acting,eating and drinking normally all along, however. It keeps getting better then coming back and I haven't changed the feed except giving some kitchen scraps. I dewormed them with Ivomec about three weeks ago. The guy we got them from gave one of them a shot of penicillin as well (it cleared up for a short time after that). Now one of them has red, watery eyes with discharge an it seems like he's not gaining weight. Again, he's acting normal. We just put them out on pasture yesterday hoping that this will clear some of the confinement issues. They are loving the pasture but still having diarrhea, and now this with the eye discharge. I don't know what more we could do besides giving more ivomec or penicillin which I don't really want to do. We are going to change the food because it's the only thing that has remained constant. I also wonder if it's the bedding we put them in because some of it is moldy. Help! What do you think could be the problem and are there other natural ways to deal with something like this? I am afraid they have some obscure commercial pig virus that won't go away.