[Gpdd] Rainbow Bridge: Losing a piggie

[ME]

I don't use Critical Care.  I did for a few years, but found that my  
pigs preferred the mash I made out of their regular feed.  I haven't  
put Grace on a mash since she's eating normal food ... pellets, hay,  
veggies.  I'm just hand feeding to supplement and keep her thinking  
about eating and keep her energy up ... it's something I just picked  
up over the years.  I just hand feed her some dry pellets for about  
10 minutes 2-4 times a day ... just enough to get her going ... it's  
also a time I can monitor her attitude, make sure she still has that  
attitude.  Often, right after I put her back, she goes off to eat and  
drink.  I also use the veggies, spaced out evenly between the hand  
feedings, in the same way ... she shares the veggie time with her  
friends, then she goes off and eats pellets and hay.  I've found the  
supplementing often keeps the illness from getting worse, and it  
definitely helps them keep a fighting attitude.