09-13-2018, 04:10 PM
I agree, the Pig Advocates League is doing amazing things here. I think they will find homes for all the pigs. They are also getting the females spayed. For some of those girls it must be a relief to stop having litter after litter.
How did this happen? I am sure their owner meant well when she took in the initial herd of pigs. If she had spayed the females or kept them separate from the males the numbers would have stayed low. Once the litters started happening why didn't she separate them at that time.
People are strange. They can see animals multiplying, but they seem unable to do the simple thing of removing the males. They must know that the animals are breeding. It is as if they hope the breeding will somehow stop on its own. They act like they are powerless to stop it.
I was involved with a hamster situation years ago. The people bought one dwarf hamster from a proper pet store. Then they came across a whole litter and they brought home 4 more and put them all together. A few short months later they had 50 hamsters. They went back to the pet store almost to complain(the pet store only sold them one hamster). The pet store called me and I went to their house and sorted the hamsters out. I gave them some spare cages so we could separate all the males. They never had another litter after that.
The woman with the pigs was in the same mess, but she didn't ask anyone for help.
How did this happen? I am sure their owner meant well when she took in the initial herd of pigs. If she had spayed the females or kept them separate from the males the numbers would have stayed low. Once the litters started happening why didn't she separate them at that time.
People are strange. They can see animals multiplying, but they seem unable to do the simple thing of removing the males. They must know that the animals are breeding. It is as if they hope the breeding will somehow stop on its own. They act like they are powerless to stop it.
I was involved with a hamster situation years ago. The people bought one dwarf hamster from a proper pet store. Then they came across a whole litter and they brought home 4 more and put them all together. A few short months later they had 50 hamsters. They went back to the pet store almost to complain(the pet store only sold them one hamster). The pet store called me and I went to their house and sorted the hamsters out. I gave them some spare cages so we could separate all the males. They never had another litter after that.
The woman with the pigs was in the same mess, but she didn't ask anyone for help.
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Catherine
