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    Piglet help!

    Yes!My little guy did that today! Sooo glad...so much easier having them eat out of a pan. I added some baby rice cereal to make it a little thicker. Seems to like it! Thank you!
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    Piglet help!

    Hi - well we turned a corner late yesterday thats for sure! He was very inactive (unusual) after the suspected aspiration, this lasted for about 12-14 hours. And then late last night, I switched to a syringe which I very carefully administered tiny deposits inside his mouth - I also added rice...
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    Tick treatment for pigs with babies

    Thank you! I have some food grade DE but have never used it - do I just powder all over? And do I just do it once or say every day?
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    Tick treatment for pigs with babies

    Thanks for your reply. The brown dog tick does not carry or transmit Lyme disease. They are in a very large open dirt run and have wooden shelters with wooden floors. They do not have bedding - here in Hawaii it doesn't really drop below 70 degrees, so they are fine without, However, since the...
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    Tick treatment for pigs with babies

    I have three hand raised adult wild pigs (here in Hawaii) and now two (five day old) babies. For the first time I have noticed ticks on the both the adults and the now the babies. The only tick here in Hawaii is the brown (dog) tick. I wanted a recommendation for treating the pigs -...
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    Piglet help!

    Hi - I am in Hawaii, I have three adult pet wild pigs that were all hand raised and one of them had three babies on Dec 13th. All three nursed the first day. Then day two one was pushed out and was not nursing while the other two thrived. He could barely stand, the other two were bouncing...
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