Recent content by fgradowski

Hmmmm. Well, I guess I'll see how the hair around his back and shoulders grow out. We also clipped a lot of mats out. So when that grows back I should be able to tell if he does have that natural curl or if he is more a mixed breed. Right now I check him everyday for any hay or poos that might...

Oh wow! I recently 'adopted' one of my fosters as a sanctuary piggy. He's a 6 year old texel. He was full of mats that had to be cut out and his hair on his back and shoulders is thin and short. My friend with the rescue was able to cut some of the mats out before passing him along to me, so I...

Both instances of injury to my pigs happened before I brought the fosters in. The fosters were introduced to everyone a couple times during floor time. By the time I added the older one to my cage, the problem piggy had been separated for days already. And the other foster is in his own cage. So...

I should also note that he has always been like this, but the problems with yanking on the divider have worsened since I took in two foster pigs. One of those fosters is in the other half of the cage with my pigs. He is a very tame senior. My crazy pig had to be put up during floor time because...

He was with them for about 6-8 months in a 2x6 with a small 1x2 loft. My Edison is older and very tame. My Jameson has calmed down a lot and usually tries to avoid the crazy one.

So I've had this pig Watson for a little less than a year now. He has always been hyper and crazy, but lately it's taken an even worse turn. Within two weeks he managed to attack and bite both of his brothers in one of their eyes. He has been separated since. He constantly yanks as hard as...

Here it is right now. I think it's looking pretty good.

It appears to be just below his eye. I can see what looks like a tear in what looks like an eyelid. What kind of pain meds can I get and where do I get them? The cage was separated immediately following the injury. They had never been best of friends, but since moving and upgrading to a 2x6...

Here's a quick photo: It looks really shiny and wet because I had just applied the ointment.

Also bpatters, can I just get those drops at any pharmacy? I was looking up eye injuries and it seems that most injuries are treated by a vet with drops and ointment. I couldn't find any injuries that looked like his though so that's when I decided to make a post. I just checked him out this...

It's actually not any smaller. He was just laying down for a nap in the second photo and had his eyes closed just a little.

Here is his eye as of right now:

Two of my boars decided to get into a fight about something yesterday and one of them got bit in his eye. I've been putting antibiotic ointment on it. He can still see out of it and move it around. It did obviously hurt him for the rest of the night. He seems to be in less pain today. Here's a...

My extra cage parts arrived today. That was super fast. I went ahead and added a 1x2 section on and threw a towel down. The coroplast and extra fleece are still on the way. I haven't seen Edison hiding in the hay bin at all since I added on. I haven't heard fighting. Although I did just hear...

I have bought one set and made the other based off of the dimensions from the one that I bought. I'm flipping between websites and it appears that a "piggy patio" sized flipper should be the right size...I hope.