Pig with bleeding

[misfitmorgan]

For the poo problem, no idea honestly. Every 2hrs was only for the first week i think, at 3 weeks old she should be fine on feeding 3-4 times a day. So i would wean her from every 2hrs to every 3hrs for 2 days and then to every 4hrs for 3 days and then every 5hrs for 3 days then start on every 6hrs. She should have started eatting solid food at 2 weeks old...feeding her every 2hrs might make her not wanna bother. For the amount she should be getting about 8ml per lb of body weight far as i can figure.

 

[Mouse14]

We started muhsing food at 2 weeks and giving it 3x a day with milk the rest of the time. Should she be getting solids at every feed? How old does she need to be when I cut back her milk intake? When I feed her solids I cut it back so she doesn't get too bloated. I've only been mushing maybe 12 pellets at a time. I'm holding off for 3 hrs right now and she's very unhappy with me lol

 

[Mouse14]

 

[misfitmorgan]

We started muhsing food at 2 weeks and giving it 3x a day with milk the rest of the time. Should she be getting solids at every feed? How old does she need to be when I cut back her milk intake? When I feed her solids I cut it back so she doesn't get too bloated. I've only been mushing maybe 12 pellets at a time. I'm holding off for 3 hrs right now and she's very unhappy with me lol

If you can it's best to leave food down all the time, we dont wet feed but also dont feed pellets. Generally when they start drinking water and are eating solid food well we take them off milk. Keep in mind these are commercial size meat piglets i am used too. I'm imagine potbelly pigs are the same but i dunno for a fact.

 

[Mouse14]

This piglet is definitely not the same size as my girl was or her litter! Could that be from the fact that she was inbred? (Boys have neuter apt for late April) she's a month old today and still so tiny!

 

[misfitmorgan]

I dont think it is from inbreeding, you usually dont see effects from inbreeding for a few generations. She might just be small because she had a rough start or maybe she was always going to be a smaller pig, its hard to tell.

 

[Mouse14]

Okay because she only weighs maybe 2 lbs lol. I'll weigh her later today.

 

[Mouse14]

Compared to my 4 year old lol. He thinks her rooting is the funniest thing ever

 

[mysunwolf]

Yeah, inbreeding depression is a real problem but this seems to be more severe than in that case. I would keep feeding her replacer in a bowl as often as possible and keep trying to get her size up!

 

[Mouse14]

I weighed her today and she's 2 lbs. She will be 6 weeks Monday. She eats pellets really well. She's been eating them without being soaked for at least a week now.