Baby Pigs Eating & Drinking age?

[Lolaa]

Ok so the baby pigs are 1 week 3 days old and already drinking out of the water bottle? They were eating from day 2, they were having little samples of pellets and munching on hay.

I thought this was very young for pigs to be doing this, am I right or just being paranoid?|)

 

[claremw92]

Ok so the baby pigs are 1 week 3 days old and already drinking out of the water bottle? They were eating from day 2, they were having little samples of pellets and munching on hay.

I thought this was very young for pigs to be doing this, am I right or just being paranoid?|)

THAT IS FANTASTIC....!
perfect, clever little piggies....
x

 

[Wiebke]

No, it is absolutely normal, but yours are certainly cued up if they can already use the bottle!

Please remember that guinea pigs are roamers, so pups need to be able to keep up with the herd and survive on their own from as early on as possible - that is the trade off for the extremely long pregnancies and the comparatively small litters. The quicker the pups can integrate with herd the higher the chances of the herd as a whole thriving and not attracting any predators.