Little help please

[babsbag]

@Ferguson K Would you used a bottle like a kitten uses?

 

[Mouse14]

This piglet is probably a little under a lb. The rest are for sure a lb aside from George. He's small too but not bony like her. It's seriously like she's being starved to death. I think that's the only reason she took as much as she did. She did manage to suck the syringe down multiple times so I didn't have to. Should I have gone with a bottle instead of syringe? What kind of bottle?

 

[babsbag]

Can you move her up to the front while they are nursing and just push one of the bigger ones out of the way for a little bit?

 

[Mouse14]

No bc they just knock her out of the way. They're way stronger than her

 

[babsbag]

Hopefully @Ferguson K will answer but I think a bottle that is used for kittens or puppies. Look at the size of her teats and then decided which bottle is better. You can get them at Walmart and maybe at Tractor Supply as well. You have to put the hole in the nipple with a hot needle.

 

[Mouse14]

Yeah the kitten bottle would be the best bet then. Her teats are under an inch long

 

[Mouse14]

She was sucking so hard she had the milk pouring out! The bottle definitely needs to be got quick! I can't wait to see her plump up like her siblings

 

[TAH]

 

[babsbag]

Isn't she just adorable. I have no idea how much to feed her but I would go slow so she doesn't get sick from too much food too fast. The only thing I can compare this too is raising kittens so maybe I am just crazy and pigs can't overeat. What are you feeding her? I raise kittens on goat's milk, but do they make a pig milk?

 

[Mouse14]

I have her on some multi-species formula from TSC. It's for calves, foals, baby pigs, lambs, goat kids, llama and alpaca crias, fawns and elk calves it's ultra 24. It was really pricy imo lol but worth it if she starts filling out.