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More baby piggies. That should be fun and and I hope she is a good mama. And being picky about new owners is something a good breeder always does. Good for you.
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Try stressful lol! I'm up for the challenge I suppose. I'm just concerned about deformities :/ being picky may lead to me not getting rid of anymore though, which would suck but I'd be okay with it. I'm pretty attached to Spot and Peppa anyways. Boots I had mentally prepared to rehome in November but that person fell through. She's one in really looking for a new home. I have a potential buyer but we will see. 
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The single hardest thing for me about keeping animals is when I have to sell any. I hate not knowing what's going to happen in their future. The best we can do is try to find the best homes we can. Good luck.
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It really is! I hate the not knowing. I've thought about puppies from years past even. Two of them I can see whenever, but I'm not close to the man that is interested in one of them at all. He's a friend of my step father's.
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So Peppa had piglets! Apparently she was farther than I thought. She had just 4, but she's being the world's worst mother. She's refusing to come inside even when they squeal their hearts out. She just grunts and keeps eating or going to the creek. I just discovered them this afternoon and one had a wetter cord so I'm guessing she had them around 9 or 10. 2 are fat and 2 are thinner. I still have milk replacer from when my momma had her babies (7 months old) Is it still good? I won't be giving any of them any today since they need colostrum the first day but omg. I'm scared they're gonna die because mom doesn't even care about them
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She had them in the barn around the other pigs so I brought all the babies inside for the time being with it being cooler outside.
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If you stored the replacer in the fridge or freezer yes it is fine. If you stored it on a shelf ust smell it and make sure it doesnt smell sour and it should be fine still.....thats assuming it is a powder replacer, if it is liquid anything unopened should be fine still.
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It's powder and I had it stored under the cabinets. There's not a load of it left. What does bad replacer smell like?
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It smells like it did in the beginning. But it's a little more clumpy
