Worry pigs

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Do your pigs worry?

Mine seem to worry about everything. I adopted them as grown up pigs so they haven't known me from being babies.
I talk to them before I open the shed door and their hutch so that the know I'm coming. As soon as they see me they all look worried even though I am going in to feed them and give them hay or pick them up to pay out in the run, which they love. Only once have I made them endure something horrible and that was having claw's trimmed by another more experienced pig owner and on one was hurt.

They see me 3 times every day and all get picked up at least once a day. Every time I clean them out (every other day) I put them in the run so they don't experience too much disruption.

They are such nervous little creatures and they worry about everything.

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Mine worry that I'm not going to feed them I think. Keep up the routine and yours will soon ;)
 
How old do you think they are? How long have you had them? Do you know their background(s)? Sorry for all the questions just wondering if there is a actual reason for them to be like this, not that it is unusual. It will take time for them to get use to you, especially since you have adopted them as adults. :)
 
the only time mine seem to be worried about anything is if i appear and make them jump so I call them and tell them mums here and i never stand over them I always drop down to their level they are in runs on the floor my poor old knees suffer for it though :D
 
I dont think I've seen Squeak worried yet, apart from when I fill up her dry food and she maybe worrys whether i'm going to forget her salad and veg lol hehe
 
Only had the pigs a few months. But I do look down on them as I open the top of their hutch which is a lid. Maybe it is the looking down thing. That's why I always talk to them on entering the shed and opening up. There are a few crazy 'feed us, feed us' whweeks that go on though too. Yes they probably just need more time.

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:) Guineas seem to prefer to be on a level with you. I have a tier of cages and always put the timid pigs /new rescues at eyelevel. But they'll get to you opening the lid. I always say to people that they should give the pigs at least 2 weeks to adjust to their surroundings and become as placid as they were on leaving here. Some settle quicker than others though. I've found that background doesn't have an effect on every rescue pig, though it does on the minority of individuals. As you said, time :)
 
Smudge is a right old worry-pot. Had her from 8 weeks, she's 6 months now, but you would think I was after her with the frying pan the way she shudders and hides away all the time! I've been bringing her in even more lately for cuddles, I wrap her in a towel and we sit and she gets stroked, I offer her a titbit but she never eats it (eats plenty with the others though), she lays there as stiff as a poker but tonight for the first time she was making little noises when I was stroking her that meant she was enjoying it! Hopefully we'll get there, but some of them sure play hard to get don't they! :)
 
Oh I am glad you started this thread! Tilly is a worrier I cannot think why, my boys are too but they had a bad start in life so I completely understand them. Tilly I think may have left her mummy too early so this may have something to do with it, she doesnt like to be touched I have started to spend more time with her and gradually she is getting used to it she will have to as she needs to have baths and to be brushed.
 
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