Pot bellied pigs

[trickys10]

pigs are fun to have

 

[andbab]

I have three pots and none of them root up my grass. They graze like the horses do. The only thing they root up are my potatoes. Mind you they have free range of 120 acres but they stay near the house. They are escape artists, electric fence will keep them in til they find a dead spot. They are neat animals to have around. During the summer mine get very cubby just grazing on grass and dandelions.

 

[PinkFlamingoFrm]

pigs are fun to have and are really smart. I have a micro pig, shes not a pot belly but a mix of small breeds & She is about 7 months old and 30 pounds. Her & my pit bull are best friends. They cuddle everynight. Its the cutest thing. And we trained her in a day to use her litter box. I would have a ton more if my fiance wouldnt have a fit

 

[starlingsbaby]

wanted to share that my pot belly pig is farrowing as we speak photos to come. her name is stinkerbelle.

 

[steepcurve]

I've never put a ring in the nose of a pet pig. We have done it to the wild ones we have trapped, to keep them from digging out of their pen.


I imagine it hurts when you do it, kinda like getting your ears pierced without deadening them. And I also imagine it hurts a bit when they go to rooting, kinda like pulling on an earing.

If it hurts, they quit. I don't think it hurts just to have it there, only when they start rooting and the dirt will pull it & it will hurt, so they quit.


Spanky got locked up in a very large pen today, he decided to trot down the driveway, and we live on a very busy highway. So his wandering days are over, unless the driveway gate is closed. He is not a happy camper, and the pen is right along the road, so I'm sure it will be destroyed before very long. (Will look very appealing from the road...ha ha ha) He runs up to the fence, and flops over to be scratched & rubbed, but I can't get to him through the fence. This also makes him unhappy.

This is my baby goat pen, so we will have to fix him his own pen, just don't know when we will be able to do that. I'm trying to talk DH into a little girl for him, he is still intact, but I haven't gotten him talked into it yet.  If he says NO, we will have to get him fixed, he has a ball that he is "in love" with at the moment.

There is never a dull moment around here!!!

Wondering what you do with trapped wild pigs?
Jean

Wondering