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Sandy is now in her third month of pregnancy. She has been feeling the heat so her wallow has been replenished with water often. We've had a few days of tipping her water trough over and throwing the feed bucket around (with her food in it). Going off her food, a few tasty treats mixed in seems to of done the trick. Her taste buds have kicked in again now there just doesn't seem enough food in it these days, maybe a hole has appeared?







Just have to eat weeds.


Now at the stage of her abdomen swelling, she is starting to appear wider. With three weeks and three days to go (pregnancy lasts 3 months, 3 weeks and 3 days, more or less) the entrance to her hut needs to be sorted out by placing large stones, filling in with smaller ones and covering with earth. Sandy didn't think about how tiny piglets would get in and out again when doing a bit of earth excavation, a piggy past time that our pigs are so good at.


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  1. anita7 August 2013 at 00:07

    She's obviously at the blooming stage! I hope I'm around to see the new arrivals!

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