Thank you for finding my “lost” post and your helpful response.
After a while both the females seemed to go their separate ways, but we do have a batch of young hogs in the garden that visit each night and are often to be seen feeding together. It is also the case that the females can be very regular in their visiting times and often you can predict within minutes when particular individuals will visit, males are much more random.
It was interesting the observations about hogs that seem happy to feed together and often from the same bowl whilst others seem much less tolerant and grumpy. Particularly the mature males who are especially grumpy.
I got a video clip a few nights ago that showed three distinct age groups feeding together, there were two of this years and what I’m guessing based on size a hog from last year and one bigger still, so I’m guessing a two year or older hog. They were getting on fine until a male came along disturbed the harmony.
On another subject – poo. We just use a dustpan and brush and sweep the patio each day and have not found any issues with staining and we have quite porous Cotswold stone. I would be wary of using any chemicals, some of the commercial patio cleaners are pretty harsh chemicals, but actually if you clean the patio regularly then nothing more than a stiff yard brush is necessary.
Certainly the poo varies considerably in size and colour, it seems just to be reflective of what they have been feeding on and the age of the animal. Which is what you would expect.
Colin.
