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| First time with pigs in my car |
I'm getting my stories out of order here, but the boy piglets born April 7 have been in need of castration for a few weeks now. In the true spirit of book learning, I reread the appropriate passage in
Hobby Farms: PIGS, bought scalpels and iodine, and enlisted Scott as pig restrainer. What the book didn't reveal, is how much fat you need to cut through to reach the desired organs. I must have put a half inch deep slice in the poor guy (not Scott) before I gave in to his persistent shrieks (also not Scott) and gave up.
At the invitation of our vet, I loaded two of my boar piglets into a large cat carrier and took them to town for professional treatment. Within a few tense moments, the new barrows (castrated boars), the vet, and I were all bleeding slightly and the job was done. Now, the rest of the boar piglets are for me to do. Soon. If I can get Scott to help.
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