| Pigs, like us, are omnivores and will eat a wide variety of foods. Also like us, they need a balanced diet of fibre, energy, protein, vitamins and minerals to thrive. Feed will be your largest expenditure in keeping pigs, so it pays to get it right. Pigs, like all animals, must have constant access to clean fresh drinking water. As well as tipping the trough to make a wallow, pigs will also stand in the water trough and wash their dirty faces in it, so it needs to be checked regularly, cleaned out and refilled. a wild pig diet. The percentages are the diet composition by dry weight. • Roots 39% • Fleshy fruits 21% • Green parts of plants 17% • Forest fruits (mostly nuts) 7% • Corn (stolen from fields) 7% • Humus (soil) 6% • Animal matter (earthworms) 1% • Mushrooms 1% visite : http://www.pigfarm.co.in | |||||||||
Pigs at The Preserve will be wormed twice a year, vaccinated as needed and routine tusk and hoof trimming will be accomplished on an ongoing basis. Since the pigs will active and will have acres on which to roam and root, we anticipate that tusk trimming and hoof trimming will be needed only infrequently, if at all. Routine and emergency veterinary care is available locally on a 24/7 basis and quarantine facilities will be constructed within the next year to accommodate the care of any sick or injured animals. More advanced medical services are available from the partnering sanctuary's veterinarians as well as from the University of Tennessee School of Veterinary Medicine...both located within an acceptable driving distance from The Preserve. Pigs who become chronically ill, aged or in any way infirmed and/or who suffer long term decreased mobility will be relocated into a geriatric facility on The Preserve or transferred from The Preserve to a partnering sanctuary, which speciali...
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