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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: Tammy on January 01, 2018, 11:02:57 pm

Title: Senior pig
Post by: Tammy on January 01, 2018, 11:02:57 pm

Hi can anyone shed any light on why my senior - 11yrs old - Tamworth cross boar might have gone off his food. At first he wouldn't eat his pig nuts so I tried changing them, no luck. So I tried him with various things and he will now eat a couple of rounds of bread with jam or peanut butter and a couple of cooking apples or pears before going back to lie down on his bed as he is sleeping a lot more. Any advice or ideas on other things I could try feeding him with would be greatly appreciated.

Title: Re: Senior pig
Post by: harmony on January 02, 2018, 09:42:21 am

You need a vet. He isn't eating for a reason. Is he drinking?

Title: Re: Senior pig
Post by: Marches Farmer on January 03, 2018, 08:58:23 am

Vet.  At 11 years old it may be that his time has come. 

Title: Re: Senior pig
Post by: Rupert the bear on January 03, 2018, 10:04:41 pm

Any news ?