Newsletter ~ January 30, 2008
What’s inside… Update on River
Mirabelle is still missing
Coming Events
Winter Boredom
Message from a Supporter 
River -- What a trooper! River is back with his foster parents after a stay with a small animal vet in CT. One-on-one constant care seems to have brought him back from the edge. Now the foster family will watch him closely and hopefully bring him back
to full health. At this time, he is underweight and not urinating regularly, but we have high hopes. He is definitely doing better now that he is with his siblings again. Thanks to all that donated time, money and special care to help with his treatment. Special thanks to the small animal vet and foster family. River is the little black piggy. His brother Hoover is in the middle and his sister Hannah at the end. 
Mirabelle is still missing – For those that don’t know, Mirabelle is a
small, eleven month old, not spayed female potbelly weighing about
26 pounds. She is very friendly, was in heat and may have followed
someone off the Ross Mill Farm property. A no-questions-asked
reward is being offered for her safe return. Please Contact Susan
Magidson at Ross Mill Farm (215) 322-1539 for more information. We wish Mirabelle a quick and safe return. What’s going on at Pig Placement Network? -- We are gearing up for the National Pig Day Sweetheart Raffle ~~ A chance to win a stay in the RMF Cottage ~~ Tickets go on sale any day now. Keep informed via our web site. Drawing will be at RMF, March 1, 2008, National Pig Day. Refreshments served 6:00 to 8:00 PM. We already have a date for PigFest 2008. Drum roll please……. It is SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th. While you are marking your calendar, Saturday, December 8th is the scheduled date for the Open House at Ross Mill Farm. Hope to see you on both dates. Winter Boredom – Not only our family members go stir crazy in the winter, our pets do too! Many people keep looking for a high tech and creative solution when sometimes we just need to look to our pig(s) to get the answer - natural behavior. All pigs love to nest, especially in the winter months when it’s cold. Nothing could be better than
to snuggle into a warm pile of blankets. So just how can this help us with our bored pigs? The first step in the nesting solution is a group of blankets. Every morning you pick up the
blankets and neatly fold them. Place the blankets at different places in the room or around the house if your pig(s) have total run of the place. This makes it necessary for your pig to go around the room or house to collect the favorite blankets and bring them to the nesting site. Then your pig(s) can begin the process of building the nest, and everyone knows that it must be just right. This process can take from
one to 2 hours depending on the number of blankets and where your pig(s) have to go get the blankets. Repeat this every morning and this will force the pig to make a new nest every day giving your
pig(s) something to do to keep busy. Once the nest is built most pigs will lie down and go to sleep for a good long nap. Message from a Supporter – Maximum Equipment Leasing would like to offer Pig Placement Network a
percentage of profit from any PPN supporter that uses their service. MAX Leasing offers financing to businesses, both start-up and seasoned, for equipment, working capital, SBA loans, mortgages, etc. For information on MAX Leasing, please visit their web site. www.MAXLeasing.com and don’t forget to mention PPN. If you have questions, submissions or ideas for our newsletter, please contact Susanne D. directly at susanneppn@comcast.net. Thanks!
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