[ScotsGirl]

We have 3 OSB weaners and over last week they have been less interested in food. They eat but keep following us and just push it about. They look well enough and growing but our last lot used to fight over their grub. They are about 16 weeks.


Any ideas or suggestions what we can add to entice them? Not keen on veg and reluctantly eat a bit of apple and banana. Is veg oil good for the,?

[Bionic]

I am a piggie novice but it does seem strange that its all 3. I had one OSB like this last year who went off her food. It turned out to be sunstroke. Has it been hot where you are?  The vet came along and gave mine an injection and she was fine a day later.

[ScotsGirl]

Yes it has been warm although breezy. They spend most of their time in the arc sleeping. They have been in pen 4 weeks and you would hardly know as seem to be just eating the grass and not really rooting.


I gave slightly less feed and a bit of soaked sugarbeet this morning and they seemed to like that.

[HappyHippy]

It might just be a change of food and environment that's causing it, but as Bionic says watch out for sunstroke and/or salt poisoning. As long as they've got access to plenty of water salt poisoning shouldn't be a problem, but you do need to keep checking their water when it's warm because this is when the pigs are more likely to tip their bowls to make a DIY wallow.
If they seem bright enough I wouldn't worry - could just be they're full from all the grass munching (they'll start rooting once they've eaten it all  )
HTH
Karen