Piggie social skills
Congrats! It took me some time to get a harmonious herd of boars, but it is possible! The best way I found to keep the most dominant one from bullying is to have more houses/hides than there is pigs. Its so funny how it works with personalities, my alpha is a small Abyssinian but has such a Napoleon complex 😆 Good luck!
- GrannyJu1
- Supporter in '21
My baby is doing the same - won't eat parsley, alfalfa hay, but will eat the pellets. She does eat the KMS timothy hay and pellets, and eats lettuce but won't eat other veggies that I can tell. She's almost too big to fit through the grids now, so I can start separating the adults from Dusty. Maybe then I can get her to eat the pellets undisturbed, and find out for sure which veggies she is and is not eating. I do know she won't eat the parsley.
He's 5 weeks old now and growing by the day! Took him and our other pig in for check ups and they are both very healthy!
He has started to eat a little parsley, loves peppers, doesn't know what to do with a tomato. But he never touches the alfalfa hay or the pellets. Can he get enough calcium from only veggies?
He has started to eat a little parsley, loves peppers, doesn't know what to do with a tomato. But he never touches the alfalfa hay or the pellets. Can he get enough calcium from only veggies?
You can also give some high-calcium foods (like parsley) during lap time. For some reason, this makes it much more appealing, at least for my pigs. It also means the older pig won't get it. If you just leave it in the cage, he'll probably end up eating some and getting more calcium than he should, and the smaller one will get less.
Thank you everyone for your input! He's quickly learned to enjoy parsley which we give him at each meal - he's also learning to eat as fast as possible because the big pig tries to steal it!! We give him his bell pepper to keep him distracted!
Took both pigs in for check ups and both are healthy!
Took both pigs in for check ups and both are healthy!