tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post4774022280982298836..comments2024-03-16T12:45:12.251-04:00Comments on Raised By Wolves: PorceinsteinHeather Houlahanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13891198124130533198noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post-88565531948573154992014-12-31T11:35:00.069-05:002014-12-31T11:35:00.069-05:00This is what happens when you read one friend'...This is what happens when you read one friend's FB page, which directs you to their blog, which inevitably leads to Heather's. <br /><br />I also think the jaw gape is a flehmen response, but it's not just sexual. It's information gathering. I've seen it in my cats, which is how I eventually learned about it. They even use it on catnip to get a better hit. Human trackers open their mouths to both smell and hear better. Here's the wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flehmen_responseCynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10438365397044537734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post-5976296159902265042014-07-31T15:59:38.834-04:002014-07-31T15:59:38.834-04:00Pigs are not vegetarian dogs. Thinking of them th...Pigs are not vegetarian dogs. Thinking of them that way is good way to get killed. I've watched pigs, both wild and domestic, activilty *hunt* prey. They are scavengers at the best. Very intelligent ones. Orwell knew his pigs.Wendynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post-38735518175054304142014-07-31T04:10:22.590-04:002014-07-31T04:10:22.590-04:00That gaping looks like flehmen to me - getting pot...That gaping looks like flehmen to me - getting potential signals of sexual status into the vomeronasal organ.<br /><br />Think of pigs as dogs that eat vegetables - inquisitive, social, playful but not very predatory.Peter Appshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14285946080733212637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post-83299476969943511322014-07-29T11:08:59.022-04:002014-07-29T11:08:59.022-04:00They are unclean because they will eat anything, i...They are unclean because they will eat anything, including each other, if the opportunity arrises. Dead, live, diseased, still moving but to slow to get away...a pig will eat it. We keep their diets cleaner because it suits us as the above step on the food chain, not because they care at allWendynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post-82575851517264858862014-07-28T10:33:49.729-04:002014-07-28T10:33:49.729-04:00My late brother-in-law raised a dozen or so hogs a...My late brother-in-law raised a dozen or so hogs at a time on his small spread in Missouri. I remember a hog that learned to get through the electric fence -- it would start squealing in advance (ow! ow! ow!) and then charge under the wire.<br /><br />I think that they (like dogs) are "unclean" because they will happily eat human shit, given the chance.Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post-43599426090544516712014-07-28T08:33:09.483-04:002014-07-28T08:33:09.483-04:00Maybe George Orwell was actually a keen observer, ...Maybe George Orwell was actually a keen observer, and not just writing about the politics of the time?<br /><br />Rod WestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post-64485494595744834002014-07-26T07:02:45.962-04:002014-07-26T07:02:45.962-04:00My sons had a pastured pig business for two years....My sons had a pastured pig business for two years. No electricity in the barn this spring (usual mysterious farm snafu) = no electricity to the pig fence = no pigs this year. Though they made good money, I am thrilled. I hated and feared those things, even if they did have their charms, especially in their love for a hose filling their wallow on a hot day. With regard to their behavior with the electric fence: it's not that they didn't understand it. Rather, they are smart enough to know that they shouldn't generalize, and they were testing the possibility that the fence didn't work along the entire length. A fellow farmer here had a sow that would listen for the pulses, then quickly root in between each one. She couldn't be contained in anything but concrete. Try a feeder with lifting doors (for non-slop food) that they can continually access to help with the feeding issues. And let me know if you want any tips with loading for butchering...Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04479177289466582728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post-1150439359467127082014-07-24T16:36:11.158-04:002014-07-24T16:36:11.158-04:00Though they are yet small, I am respectful to the ...Though they are yet small, I am respectful to the point of being a bit scared. Because I know that I don't understand them well enough to predict them. And what I do understand has some menace.Heather Houlahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13891198124130533198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post-50014145054260368942014-07-24T12:25:21.729-04:002014-07-24T12:25:21.729-04:00The conclusion I've come to is that pigs are c...The conclusion I've come to is that pigs are close to true human as I ever want to see an animal. Self serving, manipulative, smart in how to use/abuse others..etc Yeah, basically your average human. My dogs also help me with them, and I encourage you to be extremely careful. I know too many farmers who lost good dogs, and good body parts, in a moment of complacence with pigs. Those moments were sometimes only a change of the pigs' mood for the moment.<br /><br />Wendynoreply@blogger.com