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hils78
I have just seen in a pet shop a young pig with a missing ear. What would the implications of this condition be. She looked perfectly healthy & popcorned........
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baby-wilson
aww poor baby :-\ i have no idea sorry hills 
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Beaney
I have no idea either - but poor little thing!
Did it look like she had perhaps been in a fight and had it ripped off or was it just missing?
Did it look like she had perhaps been in a fight and had it ripped off or was it just missing?
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hils78
Not sure if genetic or not - she was v small & i didn't look recent.... brb gotta go & get mini me!
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Beaney
Sehnsucht said:
;D What are you like!? ;D
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hils78
The inner ear bumpy bits (technical eh?!) were all exposed. I asked if I could take a look & it looked perfectly healthy. Unless the ear was ripped off when she was a new born I doubt that it is a recent thing as she was only about 8 - 9 weeks old at a guess. She didn't mind being touched there either.
I thought that a good name for her would be Elvie - LV Lugless VanGough!
I thought that a good name for her would be Elvie - LV Lugless VanGough!
starshine
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It is a birth defect - usually caused by in breeding.
I had a large group of foster pigs a couple of years ago and all of the Mummy pigs had no ears at all.
One of them lives with her 3 daughters at my Mum's house and she is perfectly happy and well thankfully as are her girls - she just looks a bit odd bless her!
I had a large group of foster pigs a couple of years ago and all of the Mummy pigs had no ears at all.
One of them lives with her 3 daughters at my Mum's house and she is perfectly happy and well thankfully as are her girls - she just looks a bit odd bless her!
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Wow never heard of before :o
Hey Shaz you better chat to Beaney let her know that you're a cool person eh O0
Hils how do you come up with these suggestions Cute name for her tho :-*
Hey Shaz you better chat to Beaney let her know that you're a cool person eh O0
Hils how do you come up with these suggestions
Cute name for her tho :-*
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My addled brain works in strange ways!
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Nah not addled 
You have a wider thought span than me for names
You have a wider thought span than me for names
Glynis said:Wow never heard of before :o
Hey Shaz you better chat to Beaney let her know that you're a cool person eh O0
Hils how do you come up with these suggestions
nah I'm not cool,just mental
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tawny
poor thing, i suppose you would just have to be careful and keep a watch for anything getting stuck in the ear or causing an infection. baby has a cleft lip and quite often gets it all scabby but it doesn't effect the way he eats ;D or fights
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