Sick Micro Mini Piglet Care
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Pleases READ All of this: This 10 day old male micro piglet has one of the pig Failure to Thrive Syndromes which occasionally and randomly strike new piglets, usually boy piglets, marked by them wandering off, getting lost plus extra friendly behavior with people and a skinny look which you just can't mistake, as you can see here. We have finally perfected how to usually save these otherwise "said to be hopeless" cases. Nutrition is the only thing that works, the right nutrition, and her it is:
Hero weighs a just over a pound here at 10 days old (he made it through fine. He's a very healthy 5 month old now). We give them special care and nourishment to pull them through this tough challenge. In cooler weather we keep newborn micro mini piglets in a clean, comfortable insulated pig shed under a variable heat lamp for their first couple of weeks.
This little guy (Hero - don't you love his mask) is so excited to see me walk into his shed with a mixture of Nurse-All, colostrum, vitamin-C, minerals, molasses, BUT, Raw honey was the missing nutrient which started really pulling these syndrome piglets through, fed every couple of hours at first. You can see and hear how excited he is. You can also hear other micro sows in the background munching on grass hay with only a little bit of alfalfa for even more vitamins and minerals.
Superior Nutrition, for young pigs and adults, feeding primarily grass hay, fruits and veggies and only a few of the better pig pellets has become our signature at Pig Haven Mini Pigs for concentrating on mini pig health first, which impacts size too. Do Not starve your mini pig! Watch their weight, feed and supplement accordingly. Feed your mini pig a healthy diet and you might benefit from copying part of that too.
We have abandoned the ever-popular, unhealthy, "top experts" recommended "More mini pig pellets" diet which made our first mini pigs grow too big too. We have found better mini pig pellets, but none truly healthy. They contain corn and soy which do a fantastic job fattening up farm pigs for market, which is Not our goal here. Health first. Nutrition first. Genetics next. A well selected and fairly inexpensive mini pig will end up often under 100 lbs as a 5 year old adult. Micro pigs are only a bit smaller, not tiny as adults.
One legitimate mini pig rescue had the two sizes of mini pigs (mini and micro) on a very nice past silhouette logo to show realistic size expectations (not tiny). Sadly, it seems they too were pressured by the "top experts" to abandon that very nice logo. Nutrition gets downplayed by many "top experts" often running a few of the not so legitimate rescues which attract the larger genes and overfed, unhealthy mini pigs, creating their own big fat problem which they ceaselessly cry about rather than giving out good info and healthy nutrition advice. There are problems (con artists?) at opposite extremes of this mini pig issue on adult size and health. A 200 or 300 lb adult mini pig has very poor genetics and we can also guarantee you they are being overfed unhealthy foods too. We have seen siblings with the same genetics and youth size end up quite different in size and health. The big ones' owners did not follow healthy feeding advice but switched to the dominant "top experts" on the internet and fed accordingly.
If you want a very healthy adult mini pig under 100 lbs, or a "micro" (or by any other name) under 60 or even 50 lbs, start with good genes and always feed optimally. You should Never pay anywhere near $1000 for a smaller size advantage. Watch for extremist claims on both sides of the piggy isle. Feed right and your piggy will thank you!
Micro Mini Piglets are fun, fun, fun. They vary in size and personalities. Mini pigs are very trainable, smart, cuddly, snugly and lovable. Pigs do the darnedest things. Yes, we sell minipigs advoc8tomm@yahoo.com 435-713-5927
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