Huge Poops

[Chewie&nibbles]

past few days I have noticed that one of my boars must be producing much larger poops than normal. I have been getting a mix of normal size and these much larger ones. Not sure which boy it is producing them so I had a check of them both but there was nothing obvious to see round their bottoms or bits. Both are eating and drinking normally. And there has been zoomies and popcorning today so they seem happy. Is this something to worry about? Should I change their diet? Or am I being a paranoid piggy mum? The photo shows the two very different sizes thank you

 

[Jesse's pigs]

Haha there has been another worried piggy mum who started a forum like this- don't know how to link it however but maybe it'd come up if you searched.
I wouldn't worry as like with any animal their poop can change. My boar Mo does huge poos that often baffles me as he is only small! in fact, the image you've shared looks a lot like Mo's. I worried because my friends piggies do poos that are roughly the same size as hamsters! Usually a poo is unhealthy if its colour changes or it becomes clumped/unnaturally shaped. Hope this helps.
Here's a pic where a few stray poos are visible

 

[Claire W]

It was me who recently started a thread on huge poo

I have been reassured that it is nothing to worry about as pigs poo can vary in shape and size so long as you're not seeing abnormal shaped poo, soft poo, tiny poo

Gigantic Poos!

 

[Chewie&nibbles]

Thanks ladies, that's put my mind at rest.....I guess one of my boys really is a lean mean pooping machine! Xx

 

[Cocoteemin]

I've had an un-neutered male, a neutered male and five girls(I currently have 4 ladies), it has been my experienced that un-neutered males have the biggest poops, no idea why.

 

[VickiA]

Boars do produce bigger poos than sows, generally speaking. The first time I cleaned out a friend's boars I was shocked by the size of the poos.

 

[chesca_27]

Oreo's poops are a similar size to your pig's bigger ones .

I wouldn't worry.