I was given two young sows ,Stars and brownie, sisters about 2 months old, a week ago. They've got a nice 5 foot hutch, which was handed over at the same time with a food bowl and a blue water bottle, and live in the garage.
For the past few days they would not drink any water, I've been giving them cucumber and lettuce to cover the lack of drinking water. I've tried everything from lowering the water bottle, moving it around the hutch, completely fresh water every day, and even given them a bowl of water (which was pooed in). Nothing not a drop was touched. Yesterday the Run for outside was delivered and I had purchased a clear small water bottle for this. Just for the sake of it I added the new water bottle to the hutch and they drank out of it! Obviously blue is a boys colour and not for girls!
After reading around we got them wooden houses, cardboard tube, hay house, and wooden chew balls. They spent 5 minutes exploring the new items and then ran to a shoebox with hay in it, both spend most of their time in it, or running around it. I'm sure they would have simply preferred a couple of shoeboxes, the next favourite item is the cardboard tube, I've not seen them in a wooden house yet.
We have had them out for floor time, they both seem very attached to my daughter and push each other out of the way to be sat closest to her. Everything was going well and I though I would give stars a cuddle on my lap, which she promptly wees on me as soon as I had her on my knee. As I'm getting my self cleaned up my daughter has them both, no issues, as soon as I pick Brownie up she then wees all over me.
For the past few days they would not drink any water, I've been giving them cucumber and lettuce to cover the lack of drinking water. I've tried everything from lowering the water bottle, moving it around the hutch, completely fresh water every day, and even given them a bowl of water (which was pooed in). Nothing not a drop was touched. Yesterday the Run for outside was delivered and I had purchased a clear small water bottle for this. Just for the sake of it I added the new water bottle to the hutch and they drank out of it! Obviously blue is a boys colour and not for girls!
After reading around we got them wooden houses, cardboard tube, hay house, and wooden chew balls. They spent 5 minutes exploring the new items and then ran to a shoebox with hay in it, both spend most of their time in it, or running around it. I'm sure they would have simply preferred a couple of shoeboxes, the next favourite item is the cardboard tube, I've not seen them in a wooden house yet.
We have had them out for floor time, they both seem very attached to my daughter and push each other out of the way to be sat closest to her. Everything was going well and I though I would give stars a cuddle on my lap, which she promptly wees on me as soon as I had her on my knee. As I'm getting my self cleaned up my daughter has them both, no issues, as soon as I pick Brownie up she then wees all over me.
know that feeling well, piggies are tubes on legs - poo and wee machine. Sometimes worth putting a towel down at lap time can save the legs from getting too wet.