OMG!! I'm getting so much grief about trying these pellets ( not from this site btw ), but some people are acting like I'm poisoning my pigs. I have people saying these pellets are BS and alfalfa WILL cause bladder stones, and the pigs will lose muscle mass, and I'm starving them.
All of the pigs dropped a bit of weight, but I was expecting it as they were transitioning, and also going without the mollases, and other nasty fillers. Mario is our biggest pig, in fact he's very big, he was the most resistant to the pellet change, and he did drop 60 grams in 2 weeks which dId scare me, but he is a pig who could afford the loss, and he has now started eating the pellets.
I have a friend telling me Mazuri are the best pellets as it's what they use in zoo's, and the pigs love them. When I looked them up it's no wonder the pigs love them, they are loaded with filler crap.
I don't want to give up on this new diet yet, the doc says the adjustment, understandably, doesn't happen overnight. I just wish people would stop acting like I'm killing my pigs, I love them all dearly, and just want whats best for them. Ok, that's it.....rant over. I just hope I'm on the right path, and can one day tell the nay sayers......see!! It does work.