Willow sticks

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I bought some willow sticks for my girls & they totally ignored them - not even a nibble! Haven't tried the balls though.
 
I saw these too!

Thinking it would be a treat for the boys, I bought them 1 of the willow balls each.

Their reactions:

- Georgie = a little bit of a sniff and nothing
- Patch = climb over and belly flop, it is no longer a ball, instead it is a willow pancake!
- Choccy = a nibble and then pee'd on it malletheadmallethead
 
My ditto loves apple tree sticks, (can eat any type of fruit tree bark such as apple orange pear tree) cheap and cheerful straight out of my dads garden and keeps him occupuied :-)
 
mine are not interested in their willow sticks either :))
 
Sent Lisa for some, while in asda... as it's " WINE Wednesday " :))
 
Guess mine had other ideas than most of the piggies on this forum :red :))

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This was the willow ball two days ago. Think I may need to go Asda again :)).
 
Careful with the fruit tree sticks. I gave mine a cherry branch, but then read that the bark naturally contains arsenic. Apparently apple is the safest for pigs.
 
Anything from the prunus genus should be considered unsafe due to cyanogenic glycosides, a precursor to cyanide (that's any tree that bears fruit that has a stone). Apple, pear and other seed bearing fruit trees are safe. Willow, obviously, is also a safe wood.

My pigs prefer freshly cut willow sticks and happily strip the bark off but they're not bothered by the dried ones.
 
Tango is obsessed with willow sticks. He likes to pick them up and do Darth Maul impressions :(|)
 
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