I know there are varying opinions on this, but I wanted to share my experience over the last month or two since I’ve started offering my hog a sandbox. I started giving him one in response to a long post on this that popped up on this forum about the pros and cons of them. He has literally been transformed into a new hog. I wouldn’t say he was filthy before, but he did require a wash anywhere from once a month to once a week because of feet covered in poop or dirty looking quills. Since he’s had a sand box I have literally never seen a spec of poop on him, on his feet, or even his nails. In addition his belly fur seems a lot softer and possibly even thicker and whiter. His quills also look extra shiny! Anyways I felt like this journey l was important to share, I can’t imagive not giving him sand now after seeing how much better he seems to look and feel! 🦔 And I reckon he likes me better for not making him get wet all the time, water really scared him. 🦔 ❤