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Feeding piggies?

I just lucked into being able to buy this really great house in Vuos Bosca last night, and it came with 5 pigs!  That is so many piggies, I feel kind of like I just found a box of stray kittens :)  I don't have a lot of animal skills though, and I was wondering how often I need to feed them to keep them healthy.  Until now, I wasn't going to my house every IRL day...

Is it true that someone with animal skills could move them to the downstairs part of the house, where there's an egg tree, and then they'd feed themselves?  Or do they have to be kept outside?

Posted 14 months ago by purpleshinyriv Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • There are tree spots on the top. If you plant trees there I think they can eat from them.
    I think anyone can move pigs, including you
    Posted 14 months ago by Paxton Subscriber! | Permalink
  • You can also leave food on the ground and they will feed themselves.  I drop a few piles of grain, planks and beans around near them when I'm going to be gone for a while, and they do fine. :)
    Posted 14 months ago by Grem Sketch Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh, neat, I just saw some of them munching on my spice tree.  The Glitch strategy wiki page on pigs made it sound like they'd only eat eggs, but if they eat other trees too I should be fine.  Thanks!
    Posted 14 months ago by purpleshinyriv Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Besides "Pet" and "Nibble", there's this verb "Feed". I hand feed my 4 piggies daily -
    1) Feeding em 3 counts of one crop (spinach/potatoes/,etc) will give you a packet of that crop's seed (in a "piggie plop" > examine > ta-da! Seeds!!) No need to buy seeds again!
    2) Maybe it's just my piggies, no matter what crops and how many I left for them on the ground/in the pen, they won't eat it. *sigh*
    Hope this helps...
    Posted 14 months ago by Maruchan Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Maruchan: Your pigs might not need the foods on the floor if you are giving them so much food by hand.
    Posted 14 months ago by SpringkinkZebra Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The only time i hand feed my piggys is if they refuse to be nibbled.  Think they say "Sorry, all out of meat" or somesuch.  Rest of time i just drop grain on ground, use a feeder.
    Posted 14 months ago by Mixtli Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I had this happen today, tried hand-feeding the piggies and still got no nibbles. Then I dropped a different food on the ground (cherries; usually I leave them with grain in the pen), noticed that they went right after them, and hooray! Perhaps piggies get bored with the same diet all the time :D
    Posted 13 months ago by Wrenlet Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The only reason I grow zucchini at all is to feed my piggies. It's pretty useless as it's only used in 1 recipe so far.

    Even though I have all the cooking skills, I've ended up having a giant amount of crops that I have trouble finding a use for. If you're still working on gardening skills - or not doing gardening at all - I'd gladly give you my overflow. Piggies need variety in their diet just like we do!
    Posted 13 months ago by Flowerry Pott Subscriber! | Permalink