Ridgeback Hog Excrement
The Ridgeback Hog produces a thick paste like excrement in addition to their urea. The hogs are known to defecate without discrimination. Due to the sticky nature of the defecation, it can easily become imbedded in the hogs’ fur and caked on their hooves, necessitating regular grooming. Though their waste is not toxic to themselves an excess of the substance can attract pests to their bodies which irritate the animals.
Due to the adhesive qualities of the manure, it was necessary for purpose specific tools to be engineered in order to make grooming an easier process. The most rudimentary tools were stone, clay or metal scraping trowels for their hooves and boar hair brushes for the maintenance of their thick coats. Though the Hogs' tough hide initially seemed robust enough to withstand metal bristle brushes it was found that prolonged usage could cause irritation and their usage was forgone after only a short period of time.
Clay was seen as an inferior material for the cleaning tools as its porous nature made cleaning the tools particularly challenging. Stone suffered a similar issue making metal the most common material used. Bronze is an ideal metal as it is least reactive to the pinenut oil and guano mixture used to clean the tools after usage. The trowels would be washed, used to clean the brushes, then washed a second time.
Clothing that came in contact with the excrement had to be washed with a similar mixture of guano and pinenut oil to force the ordure to detach from the fibers, though a second washing was often necessary to remove traces of the pinenut oil from the fabrics.
The cleaning agents and tools have evolved over time as Hog farming became more common after the enriching properties of the substance pushed it as an exportable resource.
Ridgeback Hog excrement has long been used on Pedra as the primary component for a manure slurry. When combined with water it can be sprayed into fields before planting seeds or sprouts. Once plants are mature the dung is often applied to the area at the base of the plants in its unaltered form which has the consistency of a paste. Though some fertilizers use additional ingredients, particularly when being exported off world, the chemical composition of the manure is a near perfect enricher for numerous Pedran flora species. Most additives on planet are used only to adjust its PH levels.
Due to the adhesive qualities of the manure, it was necessary for purpose specific tools to be engineered in order to make grooming an easier process. The most rudimentary tools were stone, clay or metal scraping trowels for their hooves and boar hair brushes for the maintenance of their thick coats. Though the Hogs' tough hide initially seemed robust enough to withstand metal bristle brushes it was found that prolonged usage could cause irritation and their usage was forgone after only a short period of time.
Clay was seen as an inferior material for the cleaning tools as its porous nature made cleaning the tools particularly challenging. Stone suffered a similar issue making metal the most common material used. Bronze is an ideal metal as it is least reactive to the pinenut oil and guano mixture used to clean the tools after usage. The trowels would be washed, used to clean the brushes, then washed a second time.
Clothing that came in contact with the excrement had to be washed with a similar mixture of guano and pinenut oil to force the ordure to detach from the fibers, though a second washing was often necessary to remove traces of the pinenut oil from the fabrics.
The cleaning agents and tools have evolved over time as Hog farming became more common after the enriching properties of the substance pushed it as an exportable resource.
Ridgeback Hog excrement has long been used on Pedra as the primary component for a manure slurry. When combined with water it can be sprayed into fields before planting seeds or sprouts. Once plants are mature the dung is often applied to the area at the base of the plants in its unaltered form which has the consistency of a paste. Though some fertilizers use additional ingredients, particularly when being exported off world, the chemical composition of the manure is a near perfect enricher for numerous Pedran flora species. Most additives on planet are used only to adjust its PH levels.
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