Well, I figured I had better do a Tootie update, as I got asked at least three times on the weekend, how is she doing 🙂 So she has successfully dug up over 60 percent of her pen to the point that I will move her next weekend, she outgrew her first little temp hut and now has her adult size outdoor hut, which is a huge thick blue water barrel on its side filled with lots of straw, this allows lots of fresh air, but stops rain, and wind from three sides, and then its faces a wall, so that there is room for her to get in and out but prevents any direct drafts on her, plus its a nice dark blue, which means it absorbs heat in the sun (can be moved into the shade in the heat of the summer) but for cooler fall mornings, she can sleep in her straw bedding, and have the extra warmth from the sun as well. She tends to sleep outside in the sun anyway.. but its still a good idea.

She is a very clean little piglet and has her bathroom corner she uses only… I normally clean out the bathroom corners in the barn so they stay clean but in her pen, she has lots of room and when we move her to her new space, I will rake out and spread her poo corner into the whole space..

She really likes those extra cracked or going tomato’s or the leftover bits, she likes the rest of the garden’s extra’s but so far, tomato’s are her favorite.. she likes her piggy chow  and seems to be growing well, she seems to be getting her winter longer/thicker black hair on her body..