Comments on: Potatoes and their uses, pt 1 http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2006/10/11/potatoes-and-their-uses-pt-1/ The trials and tribulations of a modern crofter Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:41:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Carol http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2006/10/11/potatoes-and-their-uses-pt-1/#comment-267 Carol Wed, 11 Oct 2006 20:46:52 +0000 http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2006/10/11/potatoes-and-their-uses-pt-1/#comment-267 Thanks for that. I can fully understand your reluctance to join anything else - just keeping up with the crofting is hard enough work! I shall give this lady your advice, and hopefully the piglet will be okay. :) Thanks for that. I can fully understand your reluctance to join anything else - just keeping up with the crofting is hard enough work! I shall give this lady your advice, and hopefully the piglet will be okay. :)

]]> By: stonehead http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2006/10/11/potatoes-and-their-uses-pt-1/#comment-265 stonehead Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:44:55 +0000 http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2006/10/11/potatoes-and-their-uses-pt-1/#comment-265 I'm often asked to join various forums, but almost always say no as I have enough to do with the croft, the boys, this blog, and the handful of forums I already participate in. So, thanks for the invitation but, no. As for the pig with the hernia, tell the keeper to get a vet to have a look ASAP. We had a boar with a hernia a year ago, had the vet out and his advice in that particular case was to continue fattening him up but to keep an eye on him. If the hernia got worse (and he told us what to look for), we were to have the pig killed as soon as possible. However, depending on the location of the hernia and its severity, the pig keeper may be advised to either take the animal for slaughter immediately or, if that's not possible, to have it put down. So, tell them to have a vet in ASAP. There aren't many vets who specialise in pigs these days, but the Dunnideer Veterinary Group in Insch certainly does. I’m often asked to join various forums, but almost always say no as I have enough to do with the croft, the boys, this blog, and the handful of forums I already participate in.
So, thanks for the invitation but, no.
As for the pig with the hernia, tell the keeper to get a vet to have a look ASAP.
We had a boar with a hernia a year ago, had the vet out and his advice in that particular case was to continue fattening him up but to keep an eye on him.
If the hernia got worse (and he told us what to look for), we were to have the pig killed as soon as possible.
However, depending on the location of the hernia and its severity, the pig keeper may be advised to either take the animal for slaughter immediately or, if that’s not possible, to have it put down.
So, tell them to have a vet in ASAP. There aren’t many vets who specialise in pigs these days, but the Dunnideer Veterinary Group in Insch certainly does.

]]> By: Carol http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2006/10/11/potatoes-and-their-uses-pt-1/#comment-263 Carol Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:17:20 +0000 http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2006/10/11/potatoes-and-their-uses-pt-1/#comment-263 Glad to see this - I shall be referring back to it in due course. In the meantime, a member over at NEEPS! (www.neeps.co.uk) is asking questions about a piglet with a hernia. If you know anything about this, and feel inclined, could you pop over and see if yu can give her a wee hand? TIA :) Glad to see this - I shall be referring back to it in due course.

In the meantime, a member over at NEEPS! (www.neeps.co.uk) is asking questions about a piglet with a hernia. If you know anything about this, and feel inclined, could you pop over and see if yu can give her a wee hand?

TIA :)

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