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QUESTION: "hi mam..
my female saw has just given birth to new piglets 3 days ago, n surprisingly just after 3 days she is judging my male pig to mate.........my question is , is it is good to allow her to mate now ??..."



ANSWER: Female pot-bellied pigs can get pregnant again within hours of giving birth, so it's not a good idea to let them mate now. My suggestion is to get the male neutered, and he will live happily with your female. The babies can impregnate the mom when they are as young as 8 - 12 weeks, so get them neutered quickly, too. Most vets will give a small discount for doing multiple animals at once. There's a list of vets who see pot-bellied pigs here: http://www.petpigs.com/vet_list/map.html

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QUESTION: hi , i am facing a problem , the mother pig is killing her piglets by mistakely sitting and laying on them, it is not possible to keep an eye over the pig whole day...............is there any other way to get rid of this problem.

ANSWER: Set up a warm Creep Area where the piglets can go but Mom can not. This is a separate area, right next to Moms stall or bed, sectioned off, with an opening that is small enough for the piglets but too big for mom. One corner of the Creep Area should be heated, so the piglets have a choice of staying in the warm section or moving to a cooler spot. Encourage the piglets to sleep in the Creep Area.

In a barn setting, the creep area can be set up with wire mesh stapled to a wooden frame. Heat lamps and straw can be a deadly combination, so use blankets, towels and such as bedding in the Creep Area. Position and aim the lamp so that one corner of the Creep Area is quite warm, but the rest of the area is a few degrees cooler.

Inside a house, anything from a plastic laundry basket to a playpen set directly on the floor (no legs) works fine.

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QUESTION: is there any way i can number my pigs..........how do farms pigs were marked.......how to number them.......

Answer
Yes, the safest and easiest way is to use one of the special animal paint sticks or crayons. Both valleyvet.com and jefferslivestock.com carry inexpensive permanent and temporary animal markers. In rural areas, feed mills or Farm and Fleet type stores might carry these. In suburban areas, veterinarians sometimes have them on hand.

Farm pigs are marked with tags and ear notches. Both are ugly, and the tags can be torn out of the ear. The USDA accepts tattoos and ear tags for farm hogs, and microchips on pot-bellied pigs, as identification.

http://www.valleyvet.com/ct_product_group.html?cguid=44EA3A57-2C53-435E-AA09-B86

http://www.jefferslivestock.com/ssc/products.asp?CID=2&mscssid=8LL88K06HSHQ9GP7A