To throw veg next door?

[FunkyBarnYard]

I can't see any food or water. It's a tiny pot belly pig with what seems to be one chicken as company. There's no hay straw food or water

Would it be weird to knock next door and ask if they'd mine me chucking old veg over?!

Maybe you should call the RSPCA??

I have. But what can I do in the meantime?

are they new neighbours or new pets? how long have they had no food /water for?

I am the new neighbour.

OK, how long have you been there? Have you met the neighbours? I just think as new neighbour you need to be a bit careful about not leaping to the wrong conclusions? Maybe you just have not seen the owners doing their feeding "routine" at a set time/times of day (though water should be freely available at all times) The chicken will forage for grubs etc anyway, maybe the pig is a proper pig and gobbles all its food as soon as it comes, and then the dish is taken away? Do they have some kind of shelter/hut?

I said to the RSPCA I have concerns but the other animals in the garden seem well looked after. They have kennels and pens for dogs. I just couldn't say nothing at all

They might not do anything I guess based on the other animals welfare seeming to be ok. It's just this pig is bald in places. There's a little wooden chicken hut that it seems to fit in. It is quiet small though.

I admit knowing nothing about pigs

Not long been here. There was a car blocking our drive so knocked next door asking if it was theirs or a visitors. She swung the door open and screeched what do you want at me. Then told me it wasn't there's and slammed the door.

Two minutes later a guest of there came out apologised and moved the car. I don't feel I can chat over the fence to them

Apologies for the spellings

Oh they sound like such lovely neighbours! when are you moving back out?

does anyone else overlook them ie is it going to be obvious it was you who reported them if the RSPCA come round?

You have to leave it really as you don't know enough about the circumstances. This might be perfect treatment for a pig. Or maybe it's been unwell and the treatment includes not feeding it for two days. Too many possibilities.

If you've called the RSPCA then leave it to them.
I know of a couple who were reported to their equivalent of the RSPCA because their dogs were thin and shivering. By people who knew nothing about whippets.

There is some public land that you can just view their garden. If you go right up to their boundary.

Better to report and be wrong isn't it?

TBH, unless I had seen direct neglect/cruelty towards the animals, and given that like you I am no expert on pigs, and their other animals seem to be well cared for, I would have assumed all was in order, rather than assuming the worst

Don't get me wrong, if the animals were obviously in a dreadful state or had no shelter from the wind and rain, of course I would report it, but it seems you have risked getting off to a massively bad start with the new neighbours, based on very little "evidence" of any wrong doing on their part. I might have asked other pig owners on here for advice before contacting the RSPCA.

Anyway, lets hope there's nothing to be concerned about and the neighbours are actually nice people.

Well they seem to be in dreadful condition. I have googled looking after pigs and images. It does not look like its in good health.

You've done the best thing contacting the RSPCA, rather than feeding the pig.

Never feed someone else's PB Pig, they need to be encouraged to route around in soil and over feeding is dangerous.

Only 25% of their diet should be fresh (not old) veg and not every sort.

If you throw veg over the fence, your sweet tempered next door neighbour will tell the nice RSPCA officer that is their veg, wot they've been feeding the pig with. You need to leave it in its current state so the RSPCA officers can see for themselves.

I'd leave it to the RSPCA OP - sounds as though things haven't got off on the right foot with neighbours so be wary of making things worse from the get go.

so the pig is still there, still no signs of involvement by the RSPCA. the pig is getting balder (unsure if this in a normal pig thing?)

He does look sad :(