On Jun 20, 3:44=A0am, "Esther du Bois" <edb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> Hi I just rang the wildlife park where I bought the girls and he said
> yes they are 2 weeks old and have been weened. =A0He said they can be
> weened within 24 hours if you put a bit of milk in with their water.
> He said if I have any problems he will replace them free of charge but
> he wouldn't have let them go if they weren't ready. =A0He also said they
> mate as soon as they are born too.
>
> Megan
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> Well, that person obviously doesn't know anything about piggies. They
can=
not
> be weaned "on command" (no mammal can). They need their mother's milk so
> they get all kinds of antibodies against diseases (just like human
babies=
).
> And it is the mother that weans them, not man.
>
> Weaning simply means, that mom will less and less allow them to drink,
so
> they eat pellets and other things more and more. But this weaning will
> happen only after 2 to 3 weeks. Mom knows when they are ready to start
> making the transition from her milk to pellets. When they are about 3
wee=
ks
> old, mommy won't let them near her milk factory anymore and by then they
=
can
> (and should) fully live on piggie food, greens and veggies.
>
> And forgive me for laughing out very loud now. But mating right after
bir=
th?
> I think he gets some things mixed up. It is true, that the mother is
will=
ing
> to the male piggie, very soon after she gave birth. That is the reason
wh=
y
> their daddy (or any other adult male piggie) should not be allowed near
t=
he
> female when she's having her litter. Best is to remove dad a week (at
the
> latest) before mom gives birth. She won't really miss him. She is only
bu=
sy
> getting ready for her kids to be born.
>
> Baby piggies are ***ually mature in about 5 weeks (the girls) and 7 to 8
> weeks (the boys). So there really is nothing to worry about, that son
wil=
l
> mount mommy, or his sister(s) right after he takes his first breath of
ai=
r.
> This simply won't happen. When you have a litter with both girls and
boys=
in
> it, you can keep mother and all her kids together for 6 weeks, before
you
> need to separate the boys from the girls. Yes, I typed 6 weeks, no typo.
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In
> this way you play it safe and you avoid any "accidents" between brother
a=
nd
> sister(s) or mother and son.
>
> The last piggie I took home, Maycka, was pregnant. She had a beautiful
> litter of 3 babies: two girls (Hymba and Pip) and one boy (Beer, which
is
> Dutch for Bear). They all lived happily together until Beer reached the
a=
ge
> of 6 weeks. Since then, Beer has lived solo. Coming Tuesday he will be
> neutered and when he is no longer fertile (beginning of August), he will
=
be
> reintroduced in the pack and than he can start his job as a harem
leader.
>
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> Esther & the Bunch (Kayley, Zorra, Maycka, Beer, Hymba & Pip)
> To email me personally, please remove SPAMBLOCK
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Your explanation sounds more plausable. I probably misinterpreted
him.
Anyway, it's nearly a week since we got the girls and they are
thriving. They eat breakfast and dinner while on my lap. They're
like two peas in a pod.
Megan
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