She's so fat!

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Lily is huge, I mean really fat :o She was a bit on the large side when I got her but she's even bigger now. :red I don't think I over feed my pigs because Petal isn't fat and they never eat a full bowl of food in a day, maybe half if that. They get lots of veggies though, especially if we have a roast dinner and have lots of carrot peelings and broccoli :)) She gets exercise everyday but not all day like they get in the summer because it's so cold outside (they have to come indoors for a bit but I turn the heating off) They get exercise for at least an hour a day and get cuddles everyday but do they need more exercise time? She's huge! :x
 
Patch is the same! He never empties the bowl, even with the 2 little ones to keep him company, but he is now ENORMOUS! Steve dropped him on my lap and I had a dead leg from him!
 
My piggies vary from 1 kg to 1.6 kg but they are not fat. Just small and big.

Take a look at how she moves, does Lily's tummy get in they way at all? Look at how the spine length relates to the width, (put the piggies side by side and look down on them from above to compare) she may simply be big boned and growing into it. Basically, if she is getting genuinely overweight then this won't do her any good health wise and you'd need to take steps. But she may simply be growing into herself. My 1.6 kg piggie is the one in my avatar and she isn't fat, just a lovely big cuddly handful!
 
:)):)) My Martha is exactly the same, a chunky mamma, doesn't eat that much, but still has a big girth.... just like her mummy!;):red:))
 
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