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Post by ed on Sept 27, 2017 5:33:04 GMT -5
Good morning to all- It's not what you think. We've been away from home for the past year and in the mean time, Daisy, who is a pig, has not had her hooves trimmed. This might not seem to be a problem to those who don't keep pigs in the house, but it is. Her front hooves have grown too far out, and she is not a good piggy at all about letting anyone trim them. In fact, she's a very bad piggy about that. We will either get a vet to come out to the house- Daisy hates travelling in the car a lot, and she screams the whole time she's in transport, or we'll find some way to sedate her so we can trim her hooves ourselves. Maybe a few beers? Anyway, she needs to be trimmed. I don't recall seeing any piggy pedicure services being advertising around here. good day to all-Ed
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Post by butterfly on Sept 29, 2017 12:13:22 GMT -5
Ed, I'd love to see some pictures of Daisy! I've never had a pig for a pet; I'm firmly a dog person, but I'd love to see Miss Daisy!
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Post by Drifter on Sept 29, 2017 12:41:25 GMT -5
What an interesting pet to have! How long has Daisy been part of the family? How big is she? I don't imagine she's happy walking around on overgrown hooves.
I raised a full sized pig once. It was such an intelligent animal. Would follow me all over the yard, being nosy as to what I was doing all the time. Sometimes, I'd wake up to it standing at my back door waiting for me. Was pretty smart figuring how to get out of the barn stall he was placed in at night. I enjoyed his company. But, I didn't make a good "farmer".
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Post by chinadoll1981 on Sept 29, 2017 17:26:20 GMT -5
My grandfather raised pigs on farm in Taiwan... I remember as little girl, very big pigs! I was never allowed in pens as they were territorial and would knock one down... I did play with the little piglets as they really enjoy attention!!
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Post by ed on Sept 30, 2017 5:23:19 GMT -5
Good morning to all- Pigs are much cleaner than dogs and cats, and they are considerably smarter, too. Our pig learned the difference between inside and outside and what happens at each place very quickly.
She goes for walks- or more accurately, waddles- on her leash, and we do have people stop and laugh at us walking our pig.
She lives in her crate in the dining room, and she loves pasta days when we make homemade pasta for meals. Her crate is below the countertop where we put the past machine, and she does her part to help by cleaning up all of the stray stands of pasta that fall into her crate.
We raised and processed many,many hogs on the farm, but I don't Daisy is any danger of becoming bacon at this point.
If someone can tell me how to post pictures here, I will try to send some Daisy pics.
good day to all- Ed
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Post by Drifter on Sept 30, 2017 8:06:33 GMT -5
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Post by ed on Sept 30, 2017 10:14:09 GMT -5
Good morning to all- I tried to send some pictures, but the files were too big- that's a problem I have a lot- thanks- Ed
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Post by louie on Oct 1, 2017 5:53:13 GMT -5
ed, sounds like your pig is quite the character. We also raised pigs and goats on our small farm and I must say they were extremely smart animals!
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Post by Sunkist on Oct 1, 2017 19:54:39 GMT -5
Good morning to all- I tried to send some pictures, but the files were too big- that's a problem I have a lot- thanks- Ed Try this: www.gimp.org/It's free, and amazingly easy to use. All you need to do is choose a picture from your desktop, and do the "scale image" process. |
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Post by 2old on Nov 3, 2017 9:01:37 GMT -5
Good morning to all- I tried to send some pictures, but the files were too big- that's a problem I have a lot- thanks- Ed The fact that pictures of a pig are too big, for some reason, does not seem surprising!!!  Was taking our dog for a walk a few weeks ago. We took a little different route through a residential neighborhood. Saw a couple ladies in their front yard giving their pig a bath with the hose. The pig had a leash on and was seeming to really enjoy the hosing off. I've heard of many folks who have pigs for pets. Agree with Ed in that they are supposed to be easy to train and are quite smart. Growing up on a farm, the pigs were muddy and dirty and 'squealy' and had one purpose... BACON!! |
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Post by ed on Nov 10, 2017 15:45:43 GMT -5
Good evening to all-
We're making progress. It takes two people, but we are getting Daisy's hooves trimmed-slowly.
Here's how it works: My daughter scratches the pig's back. The pig collapses and then my daughter scratches the pig's belly. The piggy goes limp and unresponsive from the scratching. I grab the heavy-duty hoof clippers and grab a hoof and open the jaws of the clipper as wide as they go. then I clip about a half-inch of hoof off, and the pig wakes up. She hates the "clip" sound the trimmer makes.Then she grunts, rolls over on her feet and starts looking for something to eat.
We get one hoof clipped at a go.
Good evening to all- Ed
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