Kunekunes are gentle, grazing pigs who can put on condition while appearing to live on fresh air and friendship. The visit note for a Kunekune pig therefore has two jobs: capture what the vet found, and pin down the grazing picture that explains it, so next season's comparison is fair.
Condition and grazing notes for a Kunekune pig
Open a Kunekune pig note with her weight or estimate and the vet's condition view, describing coverage over ribs, hips and the characteristic belly separately. Record her grazing honestly: paddock size and quality, hours out, any extra feed, scraps or fallen fruit she can reach, because the vet's advice will be aimed at that list. Note her wattle and coat condition if mentioned, and how she was moving across grass — Kunekunes spend their days on pasture, so comfort on turf is her soundness test. Write down any condition direction the vet set, in their words, at the top of the plan section where future-you cannot miss it.
Feet, skin, ears and tusks on a Kunekune pig
A Kunekune pig note should record each foot's trimming state and any crack, overgrowth or soreness found, since a heavy grazing pig on soft ground grows foot quickly. Describe skin as the vet found it under her coat — dry, flaky, irritated or marked by sun on pale patches — and the state of her ears inside and out. If tusks or teeth were examined, note length, sharpness concerns and any trimming the vet performed or scheduled. Add breathing at rest and after the small effort of handling, because a contented pig who breathes hard standing still has given the vet a finding that belongs in writing, dated.
Feeding changes and follow-up for a Kunekune
Write a Kunekune pig plan that translates advice into paddock routine: grazing adjustments, feed changes, shelter or wallow notes, and the recheck or re-weigh point agreed. Give the watch-fors grazing-pig specificity — going off grass, lagging behind companions, skin that worsens in sun, a limp on soft ground, or tusk trouble that makes eating slow. Record which changes the vet wants reported by phone and which can wait for the recheck, so a helper standing in for you is not left guessing. If other pigs share her paddock, note whether the vet's guidance applies to them too or to her alone.
Temperament and settling after a Kunekune visit
Finish a Kunekune pig note with her evening: straight back to grazing, a long nap, or unsettled and off her feed? Note what made examination easy — a favourite scratch spot, food-free patience, a particular handler — because Kunekunes are cooperative by nature and preserving what worked is kind planning. Over years these gentle details build a portrait of a pig whose visits run smoothly, and they flag change early when a normally placid animal arrives at an appointment distressed or withdrawn. They are also the notes a new keeper would value most if she ever changed homes, because they explain the pig as well as her measurements.
Season by season, KinsLe keeps that grazing and condition record together in Pet Passport, ready for the next vet who meets her.