Couldn't Stomach The Neglect, So Many Questions...

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:)) Q I love it! Excellent.

Yeah, the time difference is awkward at times for our overseas members, but we do have some overnight coverage from our US and AUS members.

I am so glad she is doing well, great you have heard a little wheek by the sounds of it. You and Q are doing really well. I do hope we hear alot about her over the forthcoming months.
 
Hello and welcome to the forum. Q is very lucky to have been rescued by you, you are doing very well. Piggies are very shy and take a while to get used to new situations but she sounds like she is settling in well. You've had lots of brilliant advice so there's no need for me to add anything. I look forward to hearing more about Q in the future.
 
Lovely little Q... she will settle in time.. had my girls nearly 5 months and they still run off when i want a cuddle.. x
 
Jthomp26 said:
4. My veterinarian I saw gave me a care sheet, and like all sources I've found, it says to feed fresh greens (not iceberg or bibb, etc.). However, her care sheet recommends free choice on fresh greens, which I have not seen anywhere else. She said that she's a little underweight, and she said that GP usually won't overeat.
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I gather that usually - no, they don't overeat on greens. Our rescue say they've never of such a thing in all of their operation.

However, I know for sure it happens - our first boar, an adult rescue with (it seems) a hungry background, happened to go nuts for fresh food. He'd eat and eat, until nothing was left (or as close to nothing as he managed after fitting most of it into his sizeable frame) - to the point of being miserable in the corner and wheeking softly from being overfull. Sometimes he was being miserable on my lap, while I was frantically trying to figure out what's so intermittently wrong :D

Three years he's spent with us did nothing to get rid of the "stray's mentality". No free-feeding of greens at the first wheek from him, the only way to avoid problems was rationing the amount of greenery in his day! Dry pellets, on the other hand, were eaten with full composure and perfect self-control. Go figure. Oh, and grass was fine, too. I guess that with all the chewing involved in grazing he got too tired to overeat - or maybe his "fullness control" worked better while running about out in the pasture?

Thus, it is unlikely, but possible, considering Q's background. Just keep a look out :)
 
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