THE FARROWING SOW
NO INCLINATION TO EAT. A REASSURING OPINION. Many pig-owners worry because a sow shows no inclination to eat for some considerable time after farrowing. There is nothing to be gained by trying to force the animal to eat. A sow in good flesh (writes an English authority) will frequently show no sign of hunger for twenty-four hours or more after farrowing. In most cases a drink is needed more than food, and should always be offered, but no alarm need be felt if it is refused. The slight sickly feeling that the sow experiences soon disappears where a healthy animal is concerned, and she is ready for her meals again as usual. She should not be given extra rich food for a day or two after farrowing, with the idea of keeping up her flesh should she have a large litter, and still less if she has been rather poorly during pregnancy. Such a change of diet often works great mischief Regular feeding, it should always be remembered, is worth any amount of irregular treatment and sudden deviations from the usual course of things at more or less critical times.
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Waipa Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 1687, 17 November 1925, Page 7
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193THE FARROWING SOW Waipa Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 1687, 17 November 1925, Page 7
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