Pig with bleeding

[NH homesteader]

My friend has his sows separated by hog panels but the piglets all run through them until they're too big to fit through the holes. It's hilarious co-parenting, they'll yell to their kids when they think it's time to come "home". I think he has two he will keep together to farrow because they're best buddies.

 

[misfitmorgan]

Yep ours do the same thing. Yell for their piglets and you will hear the piglets racing back to their mom. i feel a little bad though when they get stuck because two or three thru to fit thru the pass thru a once. We used to go get them unstuck but figured out it just freaked them out more most times so they unstick themselves now and we chuckle at the silliness of pigs.

 

[Mouse14]

We lost one. Brought the others inside. It's definitely gonna be touch and go with them

 

[Mouse14]

I have a feeling we are going to lose all of them. I have a really bad feeling they didn't get enough colostrum from mom yesterday

 

[Mouse14]

Can they use goat colostrum or big no no? I'm calling around and no one has any for pigs

 

[misfitmorgan]

Goat colostrum would be ok though not ideal. You could try all species colostrum formula but again its not ideal.

Sorry you lost one, it does happen.

If you have not fed them yet get some formula into them.

 

[Mouse14]

We are down to just one. I got kid colostrum formula but she had already pooped so I'm guessing she got SOME of mommas milk. She's doing great so far. She drank 9ml of milk when I fed her. How much should she be drinking? She's taking a syringe but not a bottle, just like Boots did

 

[Mouse14]

She's shaking a little but she won't sit still long enough to feel heat from the pad or lamp!! She finally sat still! She's been all over since she ate

 

[misfitmorgan]

I dont really know how much small breeds eat, full grown piglets will eat around 40ml per feeding. We could perhaps break that down by weight? Full size piglets are around 4-5lbs when born and your little piglet is say a pound or two?

40ml/5lbs = 8ml per lb approx
40ml/4lbs = 10ml per lb approx

So if she is a pound 9ml seems about right. Try to feed her again in 30-60 minutes.

If she is still shaking you can rub her with your hands to make some friction on her skin and help her warm up.

 

[Mouse14]

She fell asleep. She's a tad under a lb I do believe. She definitely wasn't getting enough milk because the two black ones were smaller than the white and black ones. But the two females were also the black ones. Should I wait until she stirs to feed her? She stopped shivering when she got settled.