So I've had about 6 or 7 litters now from my ASFs... My first time weaning, I thought I had to wean them all at the same time, which lead one or two to die because those two must have not been ready because they were the runts.

I thought I learned my lesson that day, so I decided that I would only wean the babies who's eyes were open. So my next couple litters I would pull out about 80% and leave the remaining 20%(who's eyes were still closed) to stay with the moms for a bit longer. This then resulted in the mothers killing the left over babies within a couple days.

And now most recently, this last week I have suffered deaths from 2 of my weaners. I found them laying in a corner panting heavily in my weaner tub.

So with my litters being 7-10 babies, I'm losing about 1.5 per litter either because they can't quite figure out how to eat/drink on their own or because their mother has killed them.


Just to clarify before the questions come in... I have the standard tub setup... 55qt tall tub; water bottle mounted from the outside; food hopper mounted from the ceiling; mazuri 6f, wheel mounted from the ceiling; adequately sized hides; equine fresh bedding

I'd love to know if I'm doing something wrong or just EXACTLY what everyone's routines are...



THANKS!!