My pigs are lethargic, not eating, and unusually quiet. What's wrong?

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Hi I have 4 pigs (I think almost a year old, almost ready to be butchered) only problem is that 3 out of 4 are lethargic and hardly eating or drinking and won't move around. Normally they yell at me to feed them and are very loud and noisy and they just sit there quietly now. Kinda creepy. They have been wormed with safeguard though. Pet's info: Other | Unknown - Other | Male | neutered

Jeffrey Milner · Accepted Answer

As you probably already know if your pigs are sitting there quietly when you try to do something to them then it's safe to say that something is probably very wrong. I would first try and get us a temperature on them see if they are carrying any sort of fever and I would also look to see if they have any sort of skin lesions. Regardless of what the cause of the current problem is I'd say that it is probably not safe to eat or butcher these animals at the moment. You can contact a local veterinarian that deals with swine and see what they think but in all likelihood they will probably want to administer an antibiotic. If they do then you will have to wait the withdrawal prior to butchering and selling these animals for meat. I would also be curious to know if they have any sort of diarrhea as many swine illnesses cause this.

My pigs are lethargic, not eating, and unusually quiet. What's wrong?

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