Author Topic: sun tan cream (Read 6921 times)

Eve · « **Reply #15 on:** April 11, 2011, 10:50:05 pm »

Coloured sun cream - fab! Now we can recognise them by their ears only - usually the only thing still visible after a roll in the mud!

We could name them Pinky, Blueboy, Greengirl...

Somehow our pigs always end up with just the top of their ears, that most vulnerable bit, without mud - maybe one of those pigs from a 500-strong farm can explain to them how it's done!

Beewyched · « **Reply #16 on:** April 11, 2011, 11:01:14 pm »

Imagine the size of a wallow for 500

I don't know of anyone with a herd that size keeping them outside - maybe that's how they get over the sunburn issue

ambriel · « **Reply #17 on:** May 02, 2011, 09:34:46 pm »

OK another daft question coming up, maybe: is there anything I need to watch out for in the ingredients list that should be avoided for pigs?

Beewyched · « **Reply #18 on:** May 02, 2011, 09:42:17 pm »

Not a daft question - one I hadn't thought of asking tho - just assumed that human sun screen would be ok for pigs

SallyintNorth · « **Reply #19 on:** May 02, 2011, 09:58:59 pm »

Quote from: Beewyched on May 02, 2011, 09:42:17 pm

Not a daft question - one I hadn't thought of asking tho - just assumed that human sun screen would be ok for pigs

errr... in theory, humans should be less likely to eat anything that's put in front of their noses!

(We had a rescue dog once, she'd nearly starved and so that was the excuse we made for her manners. Her first rule of life was, "If I can swallow it, it might be edible. If it doesn't come back up, it was.")

Beewyched · « **Reply #20 on:** May 02, 2011, 10:06:09 pm »

Oh bless - thankfully she ended up with you

Hilarysmum · « **Reply #21 on:** May 03, 2011, 09:55:08 am »

oooh thats so sweet.

Eve · « **Reply #22 on:** May 03, 2011, 01:01:37 pm »

Oh that poor dog, she's so right in her attitude!
We've never seen the sun cream causing rashes or anything, so just any should be fine. Good question, though!
We've also used baby oil on dry pig skin, again with no ill effects.