Feeding bush pig

[jacquesnaude]

I need some help. What do you use to feed bush pig?

I have set up a feeding spot for bush pig. I use a mixture of crushed mealies and chopped Lucerne. It also has molasses mixed in together with sunflower seeds.
i put this in a container with water and let it ferment before I put it out. To date no luck. although there is evidence of bush pig activity in the area they are not feeding.

I have also used a horse carcass but only find jackal coming in to feed.

What am I doing wrong?

[MyLani]

Make sure the bait is on the edge of thick bush or in a clearing by the thick bush.
Bushpig stick to thick cover.
The should come in to the horse carcass, but only when it's really stinking and is covered in maggotts

[jacquesnaude]

Thank you, I will do so.

[Tweety]

Which raises a question.

DO you really want to eat an animal that feeds on rotting meat?

what are the health consequences?

[JS4]

Which raises a question.

DO you really want to eat an animal that feeds on rotting meat?

what are the health consequences?

Nah... I've eaten my fair share of pig, bushpig and warthog and I'm still allright...

More interesting for me is this: We do not eat carnivores. We only eat herbivores and the occasional omnivore (in the case of pigs)... except when it comes to fish - there anything goes, herbi, omni or carni we chow them. Heck, crayfish and lobster are delicacies yet they can (rather accurately IMO) be described as the cockroaches of the sea..!

[jacquesnaude]

Eating the pig is not the real problem, sitting around the bait for hours on end, that is the real problem.

[farmer-el]

Tried the mielies route - even used an auto spreader - nothing!!! The horse carcus is definatley on the right track, but what has worked for us around here is a couple of 44 Gal drums of ofval. When it is realy humming and the maggots are crawling every pig in the area will descend on it!

[Hannes Naude]

Jacques, get to your neighbor or co-operative veevoerwinkel a salt block (solid block) of approximately 30 kg and it expands. Hope you have success
Greetings
Hannes

[Glocky]

They dont seem to leave my mango's alone on my farm

[Bundu Ric]

They dont seem to leave my mango's alone on my farm

Can i help you eradicate the problem on the farm? :)