Hi all,
I was wondering if any of you could help me understand what I'm seeing my girls do. I've only seen them do it once each and with no apparent causation either time. Clover did it first only a few days after we got her, about two months ago, she was standing perfectly fine and then all the sudden she kind of started moving in a front to back motion, pointing her nose out and then pulling it back in, it wasn't very fast and she only did it until I intervened. And now only a few minutes ago I caught Pixie doing the exact same thing in her pigloo, I watched for a second or two, got worried, picked up her house, she then stopped jerking/rocking and relocated to another place to hide. She's now fine, asking for food and annoying her sister, per usual.
What's going on with them? I know this has only happened twice and it doesn't seem to do any apparent harm, but I just want to make sure this isn't something to be terribly worried about. It's not like she was gasping for air or taking deep breaths - she was just standing there doing it for maybe 4 seconds, her breathing is perfectly fine. She's not swaying when she walks and she's not lethargic at all.
The best way I can describe it is how a cat will begin to move its body when it retches? Like something is possibly being worked up the throat. Yet, following both occurrences the girls have been fine. No gagging or anything.
Should I be worried? Have you seen your pigs do this?
- thank you!
I was wondering if any of you could help me understand what I'm seeing my girls do. I've only seen them do it once each and with no apparent causation either time. Clover did it first only a few days after we got her, about two months ago, she was standing perfectly fine and then all the sudden she kind of started moving in a front to back motion, pointing her nose out and then pulling it back in, it wasn't very fast and she only did it until I intervened. And now only a few minutes ago I caught Pixie doing the exact same thing in her pigloo, I watched for a second or two, got worried, picked up her house, she then stopped jerking/rocking and relocated to another place to hide. She's now fine, asking for food and annoying her sister, per usual.
What's going on with them? I know this has only happened twice and it doesn't seem to do any apparent harm, but I just want to make sure this isn't something to be terribly worried about. It's not like she was gasping for air or taking deep breaths - she was just standing there doing it for maybe 4 seconds, her breathing is perfectly fine. She's not swaying when she walks and she's not lethargic at all.
The best way I can describe it is how a cat will begin to move its body when it retches? Like something is possibly being worked up the throat. Yet, following both occurrences the girls have been fine. No gagging or anything.
Should I be worried? Have you seen your pigs do this?
- thank you!
