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Title: looking for help with pot bellies???Orkney
Post by: trebor on March 31, 2009, 02:52:15 pm

 :-\ please help me with info on pot bellies pleease!!!!

Title: Re: looking for help with pot bellies???Orkney
Post by: Pigtails on March 31, 2009, 07:25:50 pm

 :-\My husband has a pot belly, I have him on a diet  ;)

Title: Re: looking for help with pot bellies???Orkney
Post by: Hilarysmum on April 01, 2009, 06:42:27 am

Your husband or the pig? :pig:

Title: Re: looking for help with pot bellies???Orkney
Post by: Hilarysmum on April 01, 2009, 06:43:11 am

Hello welcome Trebor, you will find this forum the friendliest and most helpful on the web (imo)

Title: Re: looking for help with pot bellies???Orkney
Post by: Pigtails on April 01, 2009, 09:44:30 am

Quote from: Hilarysmum on April 01, 2009, 06:42:27 am

Your husband or the pig? :pig:

My husband,Lol

Title: Re: looking for help with pot bellies???Orkney
Post by: trebor on April 01, 2009, 09:15:07 pm

Can anyone with a serious answer please help.I wasnt aware this was a womens chatroom!!!

Title: Re: looking for help with pot bellies???Orkney
Post by: Hilarysmum on April 02, 2009, 07:45:05 am

Sorry  Trebor.


  You can treat a pot belly just like any other pig.  Dont overfeed, keep 2 unless its indoors as a pet.  Although if you do keep your pot belly indoors the following link might be very helpful. 


http://www.lacef.fr/postbox-contents/contents.html             scroll down to second article Buying your Pig

Otherwise  "Keeping Pigs" by Andy Case a cheap book which has become invaluable to us.  I think he even has a section about feeding potbellies.  Mine has been borrowed so cant check at present.

Hope this helps.

Title: Re: looking for help with pot bellies???Orkney
Post by: Pigtails on April 02, 2009, 09:59:39 am

Quote from: trebor on April 01, 2009, 09:15:07 pm

Can anyone with a serious answer please help.I wasnt aware this was a womens chatroom!!!

I apologize profusely, consider my wrist slapped.

Sorry, I cannot on this occasion advise.
Best of luck though,  :)

Title: Re: looking for help with pot bellies???Orkney
Post by: trebor on April 05, 2009, 09:48:59 pm

Thanks for your repliesand photos,much appreciated. :pig: