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Just brought the pigs home Friday, theyve hardly touched their food. We do a handful of pigs every year and am familiar with diets and sanitary conditions. They had a one hour ride to my house, and the night before had traveled over 14 hours by truck with hundreds of other pigs.

I realize acting sooner than later is the smart thing to do, but as for them not eating over the weekend, could stress be a strong possibility??
 
Are they drinking water? You might try adding some Jello to their water. Could be a big difference in the water they are used to.
 
I trust you have them together? If you've isolated them they won't eat much. But together they should be trying to eat each other out of house and home.
 
They are being kept together. They actually are sipping some water, I will try adding some jello. Hopefully once they feel more comfortable in their new home things will change. Thanks
 
(quoted from post at 21:18:33 08/22/10) Just brought the pigs home Friday, theyve hardly touched their food. We do a handful of pigs every year and am familiar with diets and sanitary conditions. /quote]

Is the water or feed in any way tied directly to metal water pipes or anything that could in some way be connected to the building grounding system?
We had pigs quit eating because had stopped drinking due to getting shocks from a faulty building ground/neutral current.
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You got to get them eating. First of all fresh clean water. 2nd. try anything you can think of. Raw eggs, pig weed, grass, tomatoes,sweet corn.
 
Are you on city water??? We have had a little problem when we would move pigs from my place to my brother"s. He has city water and they where not use to the chlorine. It took them several days to really get going. Also how big are they. If you got some late weaned pigs then you might need to be using different feed than you are used to using.
 
It is normal for pigs to not eat for a while after being shipped, just not this long. Try adding something sweet to the feed. A little molasses could work, or just regular corn syrup. Also try mixing their feed with some water in a pan. That is what we do at our commercial sites. We have pans that we mix feed and water. They will eat it up fast. We still provide dry feed and slowly wean them off the wet feed.
 
First thing that came to my mind was 'how hot is it'? But if it's really hot they will drink but not eat.

Buick's idea is very valid. If the water is coming from a pipe that's hooked to a water system there could be a slight chance of stray voltage. Hogs can sense a fraction of a volt.

I used to buy feeder pigs that traveled in a truck for up to 20 hours and usually they'd lay around and sleep for a day but the next day they'd be up-and-at-em. I have a hunch they will start going for the food and drink pretty soon. Hogs aren't that fussy. Jim
 
They will be fine. I would add some electrolytes to the water so they don't get too dehydrated.

Actually, I'd do nothing for another day or so, especially if it is hot. They will eat at night when it cools off. We will have a few problems with them tanking up on the first cool day after several hot days and will often lose a few--maybe 2 out of 1000.

If it is hot, make sure they have shade and CLEAN water. If REALLY hot, they need a sprinkler on them. I set mine to 4 minutes on and 20 minutes off.

How big are they? Did they have an antibiotic before shipping?

(5000 pigs/yr)
 
They need positive image reinforcement, Tune in an old tv for them, oprah or rosie reruns will get them eating!
 
Thanks alot for the response. I actually did buy some vitamin/electrolyte mix today and mixed it in their water. As well as gave them some new grain.

The weekend weather was beautiful, high of maybe 80 and not humid. Sunday night, today (monday) are cooler and rainy. Tomorrow will be rainy as well.

They took a few sips from the electrolyte water and took a few bites from the grain, then went back to lay down. I"ll be waiting another day or two. Thanks again
 
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