Little help please

[Mouse14]

She does not like being confined when there's so many places to explore in the house lol. She's grunting wanting in the living room. But she urinated too frequently for me to feel okay with that. She was litter trained as a baby but hasn't had a litter box to use in 8ish months

 

[Ferguson K]

Watch for her side's to get a sunken in, dropped look. You'll notice it more from the rear. If the babies are moving you still have a day or so. Once they're in the canal you will no longer see movement.

 

[Mouse14]

She's been a little sunk for about a day now. Up higher? Haven't seen quite as much movement this evening. I can't get her still enough inside to see how they are now that she's eaten dinner.

 

[Ferguson K]

The fact that she's eaten doesn't mean she won't go into labor tonight.

The biggest red flag is that you've said she's acting strange

 

[Mouse14]

Do their teats form a cone before they have them or could she have them with the way her teats are now?

 

[misfitmorgan]

We dont breed mini or PB so not sure on them but full size pigs definitely get more full looking with milk. If i was judging a full size on going into labor i would say she has less then a week but still a couple days out perhaps. I could be wrong though as i said no experience with prego mini/Pb pigs.

 

[Mouse14]

Well still no change, but she slept all night! I'm sure that's the best she's slept in a while with Chris being how he is. He doesn't know what to do with hinself. He humps everything -_- should I put a heated blanket under the other blankets at night or wait til she has them? I'm scared she'll chew the chord inside the blanket rooting and nesting. She has a 5 foot pool to birth in with some blankets. I meant to get straw but don't have a way to get it for a few more days! I'm getting nervous the closer she gets. Are pigs prone to mastitis or milk fever? What do I need to do in case something like that happens? Good meds to have on hand? @Ferguson K ?

 

[misfitmorgan]

Well still no change, but she slept all night! I'm sure that's the best she's slept in a while with Chris being how he is. He doesn't know what to do with hinself. He humps everything -_- should I put a heated blanket under the other blankets at night or wait til she has them? I'm scared she'll chew the chord inside the blanket rooting and nesting. She has a 5 foot pool to birth in with some blankets. I meant to get straw but don't have a way to get it for a few more days! I'm getting nervous the closer she gets. Are pigs prone to mastitis or milk fever? What do I need to do in case something like that happens? Good meds to have on hand? @Ferguson K ?

Im not @Ferguson K but yes pigs can get milk fever like most other livestock. The likelihood of your pig getting it being young and her first litter from what i gather is quite low...generally older animals are more prone to it. Typically treatment is CMPK as far as i know...you dont give that unless your positive its the problem though cause high calcium levels can stop the heart.

 

[TAH]

@Ferguson K actually had a pig have milk fever not that long ago.

 

[Latestarter]

I believe one of @Ferguson K s PBPs did get milk fever recently... but I don't recall all the details...

Edit: clicked away to listen to some cowbell songs and @TAH posted what I said above while my post sat in limbo waiting to be posted...