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| Crazy Bird Lady | Aug 22 2011, 10:28 PM Post #121 |
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Well I thought that the pigs ate slop and that is a watery meal with veggies and potatoes and stuff. I've only ever seen this very thin slop fed when I watch tv shows. |
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| Tishrei | Aug 22 2011, 10:38 PM Post #122 |
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Maryann, You're thinking of pigs that are being raised to be slaughtered. The food that we feed pet pigs is designed to keep weight down, provide full nutrition for a long life. It's a dry food so it really should be watered down. Pigs destined to be cut up and put in pretty packages in the supermarket are not fed with the idea of keeping them healthy. Actually, the food fed to those poor souls is a special formula designed to put weight on them as fast as possible. It's specially formulated for pigs destined for slaughter. |
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| Crazy Bird Lady | Aug 22 2011, 11:32 PM Post #123 |
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Well here is something I read regarding that in a book I have. Pigs that were slated for slaughter were given coconut oil as it was a cheap oil that they thought would fatten them up, but it had the opposite effect. It made them lean. It is touted now as a weight loss ingredient now for humans. Something in that oil, organic of course it sgood for us and allows us to lose weight without trying. The theraputic dose for humans is 3 tbsps a day. Not sure for pigs. Also all dry food is made up of mostly grain that is fattening. What is ur pig kibble made of, what are the first 5 ingredients? I have my dog on homemade and for a treat, he gets a handful of a holistic hard kibble that is grain free as grain is a cheap filler.
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| Tishrei | Aug 22 2011, 11:59 PM Post #124 |
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Hi Maryann, Here is a link to Mazuri and the ingredients in the baby potbelly pig chow. Click here for link. The only other food that I would be willing to feed her is Heartland food but I have to order that. The shipping costs more than the product. I supplement her food with vegetables and some fruit but I am limiting the fruit because of the sugar content. These animals can put on weight faster than anything I know and it's a bit*h to get them to lose weight. |
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| VIOLET12 | Aug 23 2011, 04:19 AM Post #125 |
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I don't know what to say to all that banter. But Tish .... you seem to know ur stuff and have everything well thought out and under control. ha ha ..... I had a big long story and hit the key board with my elbow and knocked out the whole thing I wrote. Oh well. |
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| Tishrei | Aug 23 2011, 05:02 AM Post #126 |
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Vi, Everything is coming back to me from my days with Tulip and my days helping out with rescues. Kosha is going to benefit from all that I learned. I wish I didn't have to figure it out on Tulip. I'll never ever forget that sweet pig -- EVER. She's on my mind now more than ever. On to something else and this is kind of funny. When I had Tulip, people asked me all sorts of odd questions when they would see me walking her. Well, the odd questions are starting again with Kosha. Today something funny happened at the park. I overhead a couple of people say that was "one huge guinea pig." They started following me and kept talking about that "guinea pig." Finally I stopped and turned around and told them it was not a guinea pig but a potbelly pig and that it had no relation to guinea pigs. I was very polite but that was just weird. |
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| VIOLET12 | Aug 23 2011, 01:36 PM Post #127 |
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I'll say. Don't you just wonder .... what other peoples lives are like if they don't even know what a "Pig" is???? |
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| Tishrei | Feb 13 2012, 03:24 AM Post #128 |
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There's a way to measure a pig's weight wihout putting them on a scale. It's really accurate within 3%. This is how you do it (I used to do this with Tulip). You measure behind their front legs around their girth and square it. Then you measure from right behind their ear to where their tail starts. You then multiply that number by the squared number and divide that total by 400. That gives a pretty accurate weight. I did that with Kosha today. She is now 36 lbs. She was 12 1/2 lbs on the day of her spay so she's put on about 23 lbs. A growing little piggy. |
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| VIOLET12 | Feb 13 2012, 02:39 PM Post #129 |
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She needs a bowl of ice cream with some nuts on top to celebrate! |
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| cspags | Feb 13 2012, 10:21 PM Post #130 |
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Lucky Kosha she is going to love life on the farm |
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