Hi pope_pius_ix
Sorry no-one replied sooner. I hope you got on o.k. with the hog.
Re. your suggested catching method in case one ever needs help again – hogs can be quite wary of new objects suddenly appearing and can actually be quite speedy when they want to be, so I wouldn’t expect the laundry basket method to work terribly well. Another time, it’s probably better to put the food out as normal and maybe sit out with the hogs with a box full of torn up paper or a towel ready. If you put your feet on a footstool, they don’t always even notice you are there, if you stay very quiet/still. But then you are in a good position to just scoop the hog up and into the box – causing it minimal stress.
re. the rabbit run – if it is just sitting on the grass, the hog could potentially dig a way out of it, so if a hog needs a visit to be checked out, it’s safer to keep it indoors until the next morning (making sure they are provided with food and water, of course). They are excellent at escaping. But never easy to know exactly what is meant with short explanations on the forum, so apologies if I have misunderstood what you meant.
I hope the hog is o.k. Let us know how it got on.
