i have had my piggies for about 9 weeks now and ive only seen them drink water about once! is this ok. are they getting water from the fruit and veg they eat?
not drinking water!
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Michele
Thye will be getting their water from the vegs espeically if feeding cucumber melons lettuce. My girls were the same until about a year ago when they reach 4 now they drink lots.
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teabag
Hi Dannyr,
Don't worry...its not really a problem. They get plenty of water from the fruit and veg they eat. My pigs don't generally drink that much. Only if they've had a lot of dried food or if the weather is warm.
How do you put the water in the cage? Is it in a bottle? Do they pay if attention when investigated their territory? If they do i wouldn't worry, when they need to drink they will. And remember, you can't watch them all the time...they will drink if they need to...
Zoe.
Don't worry...its not really a problem. They get plenty of water from the fruit and veg they eat. My pigs don't generally drink that much. Only if they've had a lot of dried food or if the weather is warm.
How do you put the water in the cage? Is it in a bottle? Do they pay if attention when investigated their territory? If they do i wouldn't worry, when they need to drink they will. And remember, you can't watch them all the time...they will drink if they need to...
Zoe.
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flm1977
My oldest piggy doesn't drink all that much either but like theothers have said, he'll eb getting from his veggies.
I also make sure I give him cucmber etc just to be on the safe side
I also make sure I give him cucmber etc just to be on the safe side
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Hesperus
I've never seen my piggies drink much (unless it's hot or they've had a lot of dry food.)
I think they must sneakily do it when I'm not watching, because they've never had any dehydration problems!
I think they must sneakily do it when I'm not watching, because they've never had any dehydration problems!
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BlueRose120
mine drinks alot bur there has been a couple times where he wouldn't I could tell, the water level hadn;t gone down, but when I scrubbed out the inside of the bottle (no soap) and refilled it he started drinking again. Just my experience.
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