Caleb bids me Farewell

Caleb on Admission - Sept 23rd

November 2nd

At Release - Nov 16th

Caleb was in care for 55 days and went from strength to strength once he settled and got over his mange. He weighed 580gms when he came in and 1378gms on the night of his release.



 


It had been quite some time since I had released a hog in my garden so I decided to release Caleb at home. I had assumed he had moved on but in mid January a male hog with red 'war paint' made his presence known at the feeder box - yes, Caleb was in the building! He's a stroppy, aggressive and territorial male who delights in fighting with Baldric - who is also still around.

For a few nights there was a lot of fighting in which a little baby got caught up .... more on that in another post as well.... Although he's a bit of a pain, it's great to see that Caleb is surviving and living a successful life. To help ease the competition for the food box, I've made another and located it at the other end of the garden. I'm also trialling a very large plastic feeder box which has room in it for at least 4 adults hogs.




Hopefully this will stop some of the fighting and the log jam aka hog jam I am coming across when I open the current feeder box - often there are 3 hogs stuffed into the box and none of them can get out or move. Silly things!