[Gpdd] HEALTH: Baby Truffles to stay at the vet's

[ME]

I used to try to mask the Baytril taste, but then I ended up with  
more of something they didn't like ... so now I just chase it down  
with something they like with a strong taste ... like cranberry  
juice.  The last thing I tried was grape juice (I didn't have anymore  
cranberry, so I thought it might work ... turned out the pig liked it).

I've been hand feeding and giving meds for years ... trial and error  
at first ... too bad the Internet wasn't as prevalent back in the  
early days ... but my pigs taught me how to give them the best chance  
for survival.  I used to wait until they lost about 100 grams before  
I start hand feeding (3-5 times a day) ... but now I start  
supplementing (2-3 times a day) when they've lost about 30 grams.   
Right now, I'm hand feeding dry pellets to Grace for 10-20 minutes  
every 4-5 hours three times a day (plus her meds about an hour before  
her first feeding and an hour after her last feeding) ... not so much  
to feed her, but to encourage eating since she seems to eat after  
I've given her meds or fed her.  It's our private time of the day.

Strange thing, though.  When I was having these multiple private  
times with Liberty, Harmony started acting up ... mounting the others  
(especially Liberty) and being a general pest.  One day I told my  
husband I didn't understand why she started doing it so aggressively  
and he told me she was jealous.  It was then I realized that I had  
been spending so much time with Liberty, hand feeding her every 2-3  
hours that I hadn't been handling the others.  Funny, since Harmony  
never seemed to want to be picked up ... she still doesn't ... but  
now I make it a point to hold everyone everyday ... and the incidents  
have subsided quite a bit (though she still acts the pest every once  
in awhile).