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Missing Pigs?

So i bought an apartment 2 days ago and it came with 2 pigs.   Well when i went back in today, the pigs were gone and meat and piggy plop was all that was left :( 
Did my piggies die?  Or did they run away?  Or is this a bug?  They were fed and happy when I left them.

Posted 16 months ago by Gadzooks Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • I'm afraid they died.  When pigs die they leave behind a pile of meat.  So, it's time to get more piggies!
    Posted 16 months ago by Brib Annie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Did you have an animal feeder? If there was meat and plops your piggies died. 
    Posted 16 months ago by Fokian Fool Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh booooo.  I didn't know that.  Bummer, poor piggies!
    Posted 16 months ago by Gadzooks Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Related question 1. I just moved into a new place, and there was a piggy feeder there. I don't have remote herdkeeping, but it will let me add food to it. Since I don't have the skill though, will the pigs just not eat from it? 

    Related question 2. Can you approximate a feeder by just leaving food on the ground. That seemed to work at my old place, but I'm not sure.
    Posted 16 months ago by La_La Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Pigs will eat almost anything.  They will eat the fruit and beans off your trees if they can.  So, although I am not positive, I think they will eat from the feeder.  Also, yes, I am fairly certain they will eat anything left on the ground. 

    I once had too many pigs and no pen.  they were forever in my way.  I couldn't release them or carry them away so I began to ignore them.  I did not pet, feed or nibble them.  After a while I noticed that I was not getting much fruit from my fruit tree.  By the third week (third test) the pigs still had not died and I had no fruit.  That's when I saw a pig under the fruit tree eating his fill.  Yes, it did eat all of my fruit!  That's when I moved.
    Posted 16 months ago by Brib Annie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yes the feeder operates even if you don't have remote herdkeeping. :)
    Posted 16 months ago by Fokian Fool Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I don't think so. I don't have remote herdkeeping, and when I click on the feeder at the vendors I get a red ! box saying that remote herdkeeping is required to use it.
    Posted 16 months ago by lovintnt Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Do all animals have a life span? Will they die no matter what?
    Posted 16 months ago by Innie✿, Obviously Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I bought the feeder in anticipation of getting remote herdkeeping so that I wouldn't have to go find a vendor once the skill was learned. It allowed me to fill it and the food in it diminished while I was still learning.
    Posted 16 months ago by jumpuphigh Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Is time passing in the game while it is down?  Will the pigs at my house die?
    Posted 16 months ago by Varekai Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I've found with keeping my feeders full (and feeding them crops- I spoil my piggies) none of them seemed to die on me, and I kept twenty of them. This was over a period of at least 1 1/2- 2 weeks, if that helps.
    Posted 16 months ago by Zeezee Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Life cycles are paused in between tests, so animals and plants will not die (unless the staff forgets to turn things off, which once happened, in which case they will survive if they have enough food to last the length of time between tests). 
    Posted 16 months ago by glum pudding Subscriber! | Permalink