Fussy Pig!

[JoBo]

As you may remember my daughter Megan adopted her lone piggy Jasmine at the beginning of the school holidays from Bramley Cavies Rescue. Jasmine had chosen to be a lone pig, so we thought she would be the perfect pet for Megs.

She has settled in well in her new home, but oh my goodness she is the fussiest pig i have ever come across. She is very praticular about food and refused to eat the Optimum Wagg pellets that i feed my other pigs, so i have had to start to buy in the flakes for her instead. She will hardly eat any veg at all unless its the bags of spinach or curly kale. She wont really eat carrots unless Megs chops them up to tiny peices.

I am not sure if she is like this because she has no feed competition with any other pigs, therefore she does not have to grab and eat as quickly as possible before the other pigs get it.

I was worried about her weight cause she feels quite a lot lighter than a lot of my pigs. I weighed her today and she is just over 1000g so not as bad as i thought.

I have put her in the garden today seeing as the wind has dropped quite a bit and she is happily nibbling on the grass as you can tell from the photos.

She is such a beautiful pig xx

 

[Amanda1801]

Might be worth getting her teeth checked out for peace of mind if nothing else?

 

[sport_billy]

Awww beautiful Jasmine, what a fuss pot! Your twin pig Cookie send her love x x

 

[Saysie]

Aww she is beautiful, what a lovely face x)

 

[Wiebke]

She is as amuch a beauty as a character! Single piggies are often much fussier eaters.

 

[Sharon.Mackay]

She is so pretty, i love the brown patch on her face. Jasper still isnt a great lover of his veg although he does eat much better now, he adores hay and eats more since we got Dexy (i think he worries he wont get any otherwise ) I agree that some pigs are just fussy. Jasper wouldnt eat carrots, but i learned recently that he will if they are chopped a certain way, i think its cute!

 

[ghostbusterbunny]

Single piggies tend to be quite fussy because they haven't got somepig else to expand their tastes with - so they can be quite set in their ways and only eat certain foods. I've found that the more piggies you have the more they can be tempted to eat because there will always be one that'll give it a go, like it, and teach the others that it's reeeeeeally yummy!

At least she's getting some veg and food - even if she is a fussy madam! |)

She's gorgeous x)

 

[Rosierum]

Such pretty markings x)

 

[Posiesparkles]

Awww beautiful Jasmine, what a fuss pot! Your twin pig Cookie send her love x x

I was just about to say how similar she looks to the lovely Cookie x)x)

Misty used to eat anything and everything when she had her sisters but now she is on her own she has become fussier, because she can I suppose malletheadmallethead

Nice to see her again, hope Megs is enjoying piggie mummyship too (does that make you a granny?! :p)

x

 

[BellasMummy]

Similar thing happened with my dog when she lost her friend. Because there was no longer any competition for food, she became fussy about eating. She sometimes doesn't eat her breakfast until the evening and all of a sudden she wouldn't eat anything hard, so she has to have soft puppy treats now!
Jasmine is very pretty

 

[piggieboys]

I love her markings shes stunning x)x)

 

[Glynis]

awwwwwww Jasmine you're such a gorgeous girlie x)x) ( i was hoping the update would have one of her lovely mummy again x) Hi Megs xx>>>)