hi all. i have a small poultry rescue out here in Belgium and sometimes we get a 'non-poultry' animal in. Today a 2 week old lamb has been brought in after her mother died. i know zero over sheep but the man said he had 2 choices, bring her here or put her to sleep, so of course i took her in...
my minipig sow gave birth nearly 3 weeks ago and all was well for the first week. she delivered 7 healthy piglets and one little runt that struggled for the first few days but pulled through nicely.
just over a week after birth, the sow rejected one of the piglets...i dont know if it was the...
one of our minipg sows is pregnant for the 2nd time this year, she had her last litter in march and looks fit to burst again. this would be her third litter..shes only three years old.
we didnt want her to have another litter but it seems by some miracle that the boar has bred her although...
my sow had a nest of 6 piglets 4 weeks ago, sadly one died at 2 days old but the other 5 are doing so well.
even though they are eating starter food for piglets, and all the scraps mum gets, they are still demanding a lot of milk off mum, and she's getting so thin im extremely worried. you can...
i have mini pigs and have never wormed them. ive always used the natural deterents (pumpkin seeds, garlic etc...) but think its time to worm them properely
i have a sow thats 25kg and a boar of 35kg..theres also a baby of around 15kg
can i use ivomec cattle wormer on pigs or must it be...
just been out feeding the piggies and i see one eye on my boar is closed, stuck shut even with sticky goo. he's not the easiest mini pig to catch and keep still........should i attempt to clean off the goo? can salt water be used to flush it clean?
12 months ago we got ourselves a gottinger....We were told he was castrated hence his 'good calm' nature so we went and got him a friend a little while later.
well 8 weeks ago our phoebe gave birth to 3 little pigs. we upped her food, seperated James the dad (who turns out to be not castrated...