[bluetooth18]

Good evening all

It was with great sadness I have lost my first pig (runt) 20 weeks old had just recovered from pneumonia and bad diarrhea but I could not get him to eat after this. We watched the weight fall off him despite all out efforts. Last few days were bottle feeding and trying in vain to find something he would eat but he wouldn't.

I now have a very skinny pig carcass and unsure as to what I have to do with it? Any ideas please I live in Northamptonshire.

Many thanks for your help

[Marches Farmer]

Do you have a local Hunt kennels?  We take fallen stock to ours and they charge a nominal fee.  If the animal has been euthanased by the vet you need to mark the carcase with something obvious like a big marker spray X. The  Hunt has the advantage over the fallen stock companies that it's open 7 days a week and you can get the carcase away immediately without it hanging around attracting flies and vermin.  Otherwise it's a fallen stock company - generally not expensive.

[Bionic]

When ours died the hunt wouldn't take it because we didn't know what it had died from. Fallen stock came, it cost us £35, but the were very good.

[bluetooth18]

That's great thank you so much. I have called and left a message with the local hunt.

Cheers

[Berkshire Boy]

Our local hunt won't take pigs, apparently their dogs don't like pork 

[shygirl]

ask your vet who the local knackerman is. im sure there is someone near to you. ours is very quick to collect and not expensive. (50p a piglet)

[bluetooth18]

All sorted at the local hunt. Thanks for your help everyone

[Eastling]

I've had two put to sleep in the last year. They were taken by the fallen stock man.The first was over a bank holiday and collected on the same day and charged nearly £200 she did weigh 250kg. The last one was £180 and she weighed about 80kg.

[Sasha]

Local fallen stock man charged me £6 for a 30kg pig earlier in the year.