The British Kunekune Pig Society

Hi!

As my piggies only go to the loo in one corner of their sty I was wondering how often the clean bedding / straw should be removed completely and started a fresh?

Thanks!

thanks guys for all your advice - his eye is looking a lot better, but I'm keeping watch on it and will take a trip to the vets straight away if it starts to look worse again...

if I change the bedding (to help prevent this happening again) what would I use instead of straw?

Thanks!

Hi! In the last month there's been 3 occasions now where I've had to remove straw bits from stanleys eye. :cry: He's looked to have a sore eye and when I've looked he's had bit's of straw stuck in there which I've had to remove with tweezers. He had something in his eye two days ago, which I eventua...

oh and what age is past weaning!??? sorry

is it to do with their poo?

mine have the same large patch so will prob need doing every 6 months then..

thanks wendy!

hellooooo!

just wondering at what age piggies can come off the worming injections and onto the liquid / tablets?

what other sort would you recommend?

I don'treally want to take mine to the vets if I can avoid it...

what decides how often pigs should be wormed?

thanks so much!

alls well!

I just put Stan into a "belly rub trance" and managed to fish out a big piece of straw out of his poorley eye! No doubt it'll be right as rain in no time now! Whoop!
Phew!

ahhh thanks! both his eyes have little moisture lines under them as if they've been streaming but his left eye is almost closed this morning :( will try to get a good look in it today, he was a bit wriggly yesterday.. Pam is fine, so obviously something Stan has just picked up, but if it;s both eyes...

hi (again!!!) noticed today that little Stanley had a bit of a weepy eye and it was half closed.. bathed it with a little distilled salt water and I'm going to keep my eye on it, to see if it improves with me cleansing it.. but if anyone has any other advice, do let me know... :D thanks! ps oh and a...

hmmm was thinking of applying for a walking license, on the off chance I may want to walk my kunekune... (I probably won't end up doing it) but wondered if anyone had and advice? Do they wear a dog harness? Does anyone out there walk their pigs? Or is it just a silly novelty thing you see on the tel...

thanks Claire!

Thought it may have been a no no!

Will try keep them away from it!

err Pam and Stan seem to have taken a liking to the ivy growing up the wall in the garden.. is this ok for them?

I thought it was only goats that could get away with munching on ivy???

thanks!

oh phew!

If it's not the tortoise eating the cat poo, it's the dogs eating pig poo!

Whatever next!

thanks!

Ralph and Bertie (my dogs) love eating Pam and Stan (my kunekune)s poo!

Is it ok for them? Of course I pick up as much as I can to deter them, but they keep finding hidden plops int he pig patch!

Apart from making their breath smell, is it bad for them???

thanks!

eeewww pork scratchings! :( And it's good to rub mud into their backs when it's hot as a sunscreen right? They don't seem to "wallow" much in the mud patch... Blimey they eat a lot of weeds though - the pig patch is nearly bare! hehe Oh I love it when they "laugh" - must try get a recording of it to...

reallyy?????

you mean the yellow (ish) bales of straw you get from the farmer???

you mean the stuff you put in ponds to get rid of the algea is just "normal straw"???

no way!