Nutrena Country Feeds 16% Pellet Mini Pig Feed, 25-lb bag

I was very happy to see that Nutrena was now offering a mini pig feed. I've used other Nutrena products and have always been happy with them. So when I've saw that they had expanded into mini pig feed I was quite happy. The feed choices for mini pigs has typically been quite limited. Most feeds are geared towards market hogs, which promotes the wrong type a health support for a mini pig. Market feeds promote fast growth while sacrificing the long term health of the animal. The mini's typically need more of a healthy weight management. The main issue has been that there are very few suppliers of high quality mini pig feed. So if your local feed store is out of the brand, there are typically very few choices other than market feed. So it's great to see more suppliers out there! So now back to my experience with the Nutrena Micro pig feed. The feed is a pelleted feed. One thing I noticed what that the pellets were less dense than other feeds. I actually think this is a good thing since pigs tend to eat too fast. We also soak our pig feed since our potbelly tends to choke on dry pellets so the extra air pockets that allowed water to soak into the pellets is a plus. I compared the nutritional value of the Nutrena to the brand we had been using. It's fairly comparable. I think I would have liked a little more fat content, but that is more to do with the age of our pig. Our pig seemed to enjoy eating this, but that honestly doesn't say much. He's a pig, lol! He seemed to do well on the feed. However, I think a longer term study would have been better to see ultimately how he was doing on the Nutrena My only wish would be that they would offer age related feeds, particularly one geared towards senior pigs. For senior pigs, I'd like to see smaller pellets, or even a powderized feed. I'd also like to see a focus on joint and digestion support of an elderly pig. In the end, I'd continue to use the Nutrena feed. However, I wouldn't say that it outshines the other micro pig feeds out there, but it's fairly equal in quality. So if the price point was lower, I'd definitely lean towards it

I have a 6 yr old potbelly with constipation issues. I typically add water & veggies to her feed. Keeping all things the same and substituting this new feed. I’ve noticed that compared to her regular feed, she hasn’t had any issues with constipation. The feed absorbs water well and quickly. My pig will throw a fit if her food isn’t ready instantaneously. Will buy again.