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Old 04-15-08, 08:35 pm
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Re: Won't eat new hay! What can I do?

Weight loss can be gradual, and so you dont notice it without weighing. I am not saying that he would be loosing weight after not eating hay for 2 days, but with an older pig in particular weighing is ESSENTIAL! Alfalfa shouldnt be given to adult pigs. If he doesnt want to eat it he isnt going to. But what I am getting at, is (granted it could just be that he doesnt like the hay) that he could be unwell and a weight loss would back that up. Start weighing weekly now, you just need a kitchen scale and a piece of paper to record it on.
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