Providing research pigs with enrichment objects can encourage species-typical behavior such as rooting and foraging. The authors gave pigs hard plastic 'foraging balls' that resembled enrichment ...

Behaviors such as rooting - when a pig digs into the ground using its snout - also need to be kept in mind. But the most important consideration is how big that little pig will become. The ...

On June 15, 1859, Cutlar found a pig rooting in his garden. The pig was eating his potatoes. In wilderness style, Cutlar shot and killed the pig. Apparently, the pig was owned by Charles Griffin, an ...

We’re here to make feeding your guinea pig a little less complicated. Let’s talk about root vegetables and more for guinea pigs! In addition to unlimited amounts of fresh grass hay and a small ...