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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: Tricky Trev on January 31, 2012, 08:23:59 pm

Title: Flaky Skin
Post by: Tricky Trev on January 31, 2012, 08:23:59 pm

Our OSBs are 6 months old and have a flaky, dry skin at the moment, there are no signs of mites, and we are wondering if this is normal and if there are any treatments we should be using on them.
Any information would be appreciated   :pig:

Title: Re: Flaky Skin
Post by: princesspiggy on January 31, 2012, 09:25:53 pm

are they going to slaughter?
if ur worried, inject them with panomec, that does internal and external parasites.

Title: Re: Flaky Skin
Post by: robert waddell on January 31, 2012, 09:28:39 pm

if you inject them you will have a withdrawal  period :farmer:

Title: Re: Flaky Skin
Post by: Fowgill Farm on February 01, 2012, 09:09:51 am

Pigs do get hairier in winter and i find mine shed skin too from being inside in drier conditions, give them a good scratch or stiff brush to release the flakes, let them shake. You can also give them a rub over with a smear of pig or baby oil  and i find a couple of tablespoons of cod liver oil a week in their feed helps too.
hth
Mandy  :pig:

Title: Re: Flaky Skin
Post by: Tricky Trev on February 02, 2012, 09:25:14 pm

Thank you all for the advice, our pigs are fully inoculated and we are keeping them for breeding, we have taken on board your suggestions and I will be purchasing some cod liver oil for them.  Thanks again  :pig:

Title: Re: Flaky Skin
Post by: Eastling on February 04, 2012, 10:17:13 am

Now this is going to sound mad but... we have two guilts for breeding and in the summer i have used an exfoliating mitt with some goats milk soap from plumbseverywhere, then applied the cheaper version of E45 cream! works a treat

Title: Re: Flaky Skin
Post by: BadgerFace on February 04, 2012, 12:13:54 pm

Eastling, your post made me smile  ;D Piggy Spa treat  :thumbsup: :pig:

Title: Re: Flaky Skin
Post by: Barrett on February 04, 2012, 03:33:25 pm

I fear your crackling may taste a bit like a chemist :o

Title: Re: Flaky Skin
Post by: Eastling on February 04, 2012, 03:55:30 pm

They are for breeding not eating! We don't have kids so must be a substitute!  ;)

Title: Re: Flaky Skin
Post by: FiB on February 04, 2012, 04:35:30 pm

lol - mine looked a bit flaky at one stage and I did contemplate rubbing some vegetable oil on their skin (bit of a massage!!) but thought they might start trying to eat each other.  I did pour a little over their feed for a few days though (hope that was not a bad thing to do).  They are beautiful now!! Well I think so.

Title: Re: Flaky Skin
Post by: Eastling on February 04, 2012, 09:35:10 pm

lol glad i'm not the only nutter! ;D