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Post by rayandsuebrown on Apr 19, 2012 22:27:54 GMT
Thank you to all whom has helped me... After speaking to professional Peruvian breeders, I was taught how to feel foetus...water balloons sacs in the womb. So she is four weeks like I expected...I believe she has 2 or 3 sacks. Her tummy muscles are tight now too! I felt them, now I am leaving her to be and only picking her up once weekly for weight checks and grooming her show coat. So she is currently eating Timothy Hay, Oxbow Adult pellets, red peppers,dandelions, outdoor grass, lettuce, Oxbow vitamin c tablets, anything that I am doing wrong besides the hay? I am going to separate her at 7 weeks into her own cage so I can bring her into my bedroom. I am leaving their room door open when my cat is outside so she can get used to seeing me around so often. Also Wilma our newest extremely young piggy is on pregnancy watch...we got her from a pet shop, where she was housed with another bigger piggie...which I think was a boar, because the lady at the pet shop only pointed to Wilma and said that she was a female, and didn't say anything about the other one. Wilma is only 6 weeks old...this store is bad, and also sold me a female piggie at 2 weeks old! But she's 5 weeks old now and healthy... Help!!!! We have homes for the boars...keeping only the sows...sons school is setting up to take 2-3 boars.
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Post by Kayleigh on Apr 20, 2012 15:34:07 GMT
Sounds like you are doing everything right. Although the only thing i dont do is feed vitamin c tablets of any form. My pigs like many others get the correct diet so i dont need to add vit c. Some still choose to add this, But for me and my pigs over the past 10 years havent needed it.
I would avoid feeling the foetus ect now, just make sure shes fit healthy and happy. Plenty of hay, food and veg.
The wait now begins!!
And whats wrong with your hay?
And as for your youngest pig, its very unlikey she is pregnant. I think 2 weeks is just a little too young. Iv never experienced or heard of a sow being pregnant under 5 weeks of age.
Keep us posted
Kayleigh
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Post by rayandsuebrown on Apr 21, 2012 16:49:08 GMT
Kayleigh, you misunderstood...i have two younger sows...one who is 6 weeks....that's the one i question from the pet shop and i have another 5 week old, who was sold to me at 2 week's old..from the same pet shop!..then I have Pebbles whom is 8 months old....also...I hope that the 6 week old isn't pregnant because I wanted to eventually pair her with my Peruvian boar...but she's gaining about 25g, every two days? Also, I am leaving Pebbles alone, no picking up or feeling...just for weight checks weekly and grooming the show coat. Also, I had to separate Pebbles from the other sows...she was bitting them! She's never did that. She can still touch noses through the bars but she has her own space. I use Timothy hay....should I use the alfalfa hay instead? I am using the Oxbow Adult Guinea Pig food since I haven't been able to locate any other formula...that's why I am giving the extra vitamin C made by Oxbow. What you think I should do? So I will keep updated on Pebbles and Wilma...
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Post by Kayleigh on Apr 22, 2012 17:41:05 GMT
Timothy hay is perfectly ok to use, My pregnant sows get meadow hay and a handful of readi grass. The oxbow guinea pig food should contain an aduquate amount of vit c for your pigs too. And it sounds like you give them a lovely selection of fruit/veg again they will get vit c from that too.
I have recently rescued a 11 week old sow and her mum and sisters. They were all housed with around 6 boars. I had expected all to be pregnant but thankfully the youngest is not. So you may be lucky and the younger ones may not have been caught. It is however very common for young pigs to gain weight quickly. My rex pups who are only 2 weeks old today are packing on the weight, but its because they are growing and feeding well.
The only thing you can do is watch and wait.
Best of luck
Kayleigh
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Post by rayandsuebrown on Apr 25, 2012 1:04:04 GMT
Kayleigh...really starting to think Wilma is pregnant, as much as I don't want her to be....gaining tremendous weight almost as much as Pebbles and feeling like Pebbles, when I thought she was pregnant around 2 weeks along. Pebbles is 5 weeks along now and her weight gain is 55-60g, every two days...Poor Wilma, she's turning to be all stomach! I should know soon, as I have had Wilma f9r 3 weeks now... Maybe another week I will be positive....I will be gone out of the country until the 6th of May.
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Post by rayandsuebrown on May 25, 2012 18:57:19 GMT
Update: Wilma is the size of a house, she is definitely pregnant...and Pebbles is due any day now. Pebbles now lives in a cage by my bedside table.
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Post by piggylover on May 25, 2012 19:09:14 GMT
Have you got any photos
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Post by Alice Rose on May 27, 2012 10:29:29 GMT
That's terrible of the pet shop! =( Hope things go okay, looking forward to photos of the babies =)
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