Luna must be over weight!

[rip_ernie]

She is huge! I have never seen a pig that bulky before,she has a dewlap aswell, she eats quite alot with her hutch mate Princess Pepper but Prncess isn't as big

 

[Jane]

How much does she weigh? Is she loads overweight or does she just look it? Better to have a fat pig than a skinny pig though

 

[rip_ernie]

two saturdays ago she weighed 680g, she wighs the most out of all my pigs

 

[daftscotslass]

If she is fully grown and weighs that - are you sure? My heaviest sow is 1200g. I know several people with sows even heavier than that!

 

[rip_ernie]

I'm definatley sure about it, althoug, this weight was taken a few days after losing a 3 bub litter :'(

 

[Hannah_lg]

my holly is big I'm sure she is bit over wight but she sticku up hair aswell so that dont make her look any slimmer either but my holly has allways beening bigger than her sister meggie and meggie is a week older than holly

 

[bunpig]

i would be worrying that she's underweight not overweight :-\

 

[kellyandpiggies]

i would be worrying that she's underweight not overweight :-\

Same here - how old is she Beth?

 

[rip_ernie]

about a year old.
She gets PLENTY of food, it's not like I under feed her ?

 

[kellyandpiggies]

no-one has said that

It's just that she seems rather small for her age - more underweight than over.

 

[rip_ernie]

Sorry, i'm just worried about her now, what is the best thing to do to get her weight up?

 

[daftscotslass]

If she has just given birth then it may take a while for her to recover and put the weight back on. She will most likely have lost some bone density due to the developing babies so make sure she has a good balance of vegetables. I adopted an adult sow (Lucy) who weighed 700g when I got her, probably due to calcium and vitamin deficiency now she is a heftier 1150g. It will probably take time for her to regain the weight but I would weigh her a couple of times a week to make sure she isn't losing any.