Raising a piggy in India
(you can get alot of hays and grasses from india just if you go walking down the streets and check in some stalls and the best place to get a graas is from and hindu temple (mandir) it always gives you fresh and pure (free of pesticides) grasses
Since they are only 1 month they can have alfalfa but they also need a grass hay like timothy or orchard. They should also have veggies like different lettuces(not iceberg), romaine,red and greenleaf. Green bell peppers, tomatoes, cilantro, parsley, endive, escolerole, lots of green leafy veggies.
I hope this helps.
I hope this helps.
i have seen Aspen in alot of pet stores but when i asked they said aspen is bad for piggies and that hay is the best bedding i will buy it next time i go to get equipment.(like tomorrow)
Pet stores give out a lot of bad information. It could be they meant cedar shavings are bad. Kiln dried pine is OK as well, but you have to make sure it is kiln dried. So go with aspen.
Hay is food. Grass hay 24/7. Alfalfa until they are 6 months as well and then just the grass hay. So both is good right now.
Hay is food. Grass hay 24/7. Alfalfa until they are 6 months as well and then just the grass hay. So both is good right now.
Dildar, I hope you don't think me rude saying this, but could you perhaps ask your questions in a separate thread?
I'd like to restrict this thread to questions that apply to raising pigs in India.
The questions you have and products/veggies that you use will be different than the people living in India, so the advice you are given may not be helpful to them, and vice versa.
I'd like to restrict this thread to questions that apply to raising pigs in India.
The questions you have and products/veggies that you use will be different than the people living in India, so the advice you are given may not be helpful to them, and vice versa.
Ag, awesome research! Just be careful, and make sure the Bermuda grass you are buying is actually Bermuda. I had gone to a nursery here in Bangalore, where they were selling Bermuda grass. I took a few leaves of the grass and compared the pictures to various Bermuda grasses on the net, and it was not the same stuff.
Try to see if you can get it in flats, maybe? So you can also grow that yourself, and avoid contaminants or pesticides?
Pooja, 100 kgs may not be so much, if it is split amongst a few users on this forum (provided you have space to keep it, of course). We easily go through 10 kgs a year, and would go through much more if I didn't keep such a close eye on making sure it wasn't slept on or peed on (I have to bring it from the US, so it's too valuable for that!). What company were they offering again? If you are in touch with them, and not hesitant to do business, see if they are interested in carrying Oxbow. I have a form with me for companies interested in distributing Oxbow supplies.
All the best to you and your piggies! Put up some pictures!
I'm sure that pictures of your cages would also be helpful to future piggy owners, in case they need to be creative and use supplies easily available in India.
Try to see if you can get it in flats, maybe? So you can also grow that yourself, and avoid contaminants or pesticides?
Pooja, 100 kgs may not be so much, if it is split amongst a few users on this forum (provided you have space to keep it, of course). We easily go through 10 kgs a year, and would go through much more if I didn't keep such a close eye on making sure it wasn't slept on or peed on (I have to bring it from the US, so it's too valuable for that!). What company were they offering again? If you are in touch with them, and not hesitant to do business, see if they are interested in carrying Oxbow. I have a form with me for companies interested in distributing Oxbow supplies.
All the best to you and your piggies! Put up some pictures!
I'm sure that pictures of your cages would also be helpful to future piggy owners, in case they need to be creative and use supplies easily available in India.
k and i know they meant aspen because they showed pine and cedar mixed shavings recomended those and i said no because i have read about rabbits hamsters guinea pigs ect. and all of them said one of them were bad.
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