if so does it give them nutrition?
2006-09-12 10:25:22 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
No.... not that I have ever seen in 10 years of pig observation(farming). In fact they are very clean animals and most will eliminate in one corner of thier pen only. I suppose they might eat thier poo if they were desperate enough, but I doubt there is much nutrition left in the feces as it is quite well digested.
2006-09-12 11:39:01 · answer #1 · answered by Kelly + Eternal Universal Energy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All animals are repelled by their own waste. Pigs like pig food. I have seen them eat pig food that is contaminated with their droppings, but they don't like contaminated food.
They like to eat their own excrement about as much as you would. Obviously, even you would eat your own mess if it were mixed with food and you were starving!
2006-09-12 23:41:50 · answer #2 · answered by Bernard B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about pigs, but I know that chickens and dogs do. I have no idea why, though.
2006-09-12 17:33:26 · answer #3 · answered by silvercomet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES - hence the tapeworm and other parasites in their system
2006-09-13 03:12:52 · answer #4 · answered by Basil P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no but they drink other pigs pee (so my mum says)
2006-09-12 17:49:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not even if they are starving.
2006-09-12 17:34:10 · answer #6 · answered by biscuitboar65 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know- but i thik i've heard it before
2006-09-12 17:29:39 · answer #7 · answered by antagonist 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know
2006-09-12 17:31:54 · answer #8 · answered by love is life 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
2006-09-12 17:27:10 · answer #9 · answered by wldctpete 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no they don't
2006-09-12 17:34:50 · answer #10 · answered by fenlandfowl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋