S
spudnik
I'm becoming increasingly worried about my little sow meeka, shes 1 year old today and i just weighed her again as i thought she looked a little frail.. i weighed her on october 20th and she was 600g, ive just weighed her again today and she's 500g.. which is a significant loss in weight in such a short time, she eats up all her veg eagerly, they have a constant supple of water/dry food/ mixture of different hay and they also have hay in with them in their sleeping area during the day and i top it up at night to keep them warm.
she lives in a stone outhouse/shed and in there to sleep in they have a big wooden house, which i cover with two layers of folded blankets (so are quite thick) and i put their big fiddle stic at the entrance so its extended as there are 5 girls who all live together that is covered by the blankets too, i put hay in the house and and under the ramp and night and during the day.
Me and my mum think maybe she is using up all her energy keeping warm.. but saying that lola who is 3 months younger than meeka is a lot fatter, all my other girls ahave a good layer of fat on them and keep warmj easily, but meeka is just skin and bones and I'm really worried. i just gave her some baby food just so she has something warm in her tummy as its really cold here today, she took that then had a bit of brocolli stalk, she eats her veg with no problems..but I'm just wondering what else i can give her to try and bulk her up a bit and keep her warm? as all my other girls are coping fine.
I'm not sure if she'd going the same way shakey did, shes a lot like him in looks/personality/shape and size he lost a lot of weight and became withdrawn and wouldnt eat.. but meeka is still eating fine and is very much her lively little self, I'm just worried and need to get her to gain weight, please help me!
she lives in a stone outhouse/shed and in there to sleep in they have a big wooden house, which i cover with two layers of folded blankets (so are quite thick) and i put their big fiddle stic at the entrance so its extended as there are 5 girls who all live together that is covered by the blankets too, i put hay in the house and and under the ramp and night and during the day.
Me and my mum think maybe she is using up all her energy keeping warm.. but saying that lola who is 3 months younger than meeka is a lot fatter, all my other girls ahave a good layer of fat on them and keep warmj easily, but meeka is just skin and bones and I'm really worried. i just gave her some baby food just so she has something warm in her tummy as its really cold here today, she took that then had a bit of brocolli stalk, she eats her veg with no problems..but I'm just wondering what else i can give her to try and bulk her up a bit and keep her warm? as all my other girls are coping fine.
I'm not sure if she'd going the same way shakey did, shes a lot like him in looks/personality/shape and size he lost a lot of weight and became withdrawn and wouldnt eat.. but meeka is still eating fine and is very much her lively little self, I'm just worried and need to get her to gain weight, please help me!