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Mini pigs, Micro pigs, pot bellied, Vietnamese pigs.....
What do you think of the growing trend of small pigs as pets?
I have a new friend that just bought 2 mini pigs as pets, they are 5 weeks ( which seems way to young to me to be away from their mama, but I haven't researched that yet...), one boy, one girl, about the size of a large water bottle. I am not sure of the "breed" that they are supposed to be, but she did buy them from a breeder. Apparently she got the second one to sell
The little I have learned about these small pigs is that they sometimes do not stay small and can get to be hundreds of lbs. also that they need to be starved in order to stay small. Is this true at all and is there any way to distinguish ones that will get big?
This friend is a cool lady and I was excited we became friends so fast, however she was clueless about veganism and so far we have only discussed the diet details and nothing about the ethical side. She keeps sending pig videos and telling me about them, but I am struggling with being happy with her and very tempted to tell her my stance on trendy pets, pet breeders, and selling pets for profit.
There is more, she just moved in with her bf recently in a rented house that does not allow dogs. She really wanted a dog, but since her lease says no dogs she thinks she is being clever by getting pet pigs bc the lease does not specify no pigs. I looked up the zoning here and they need a certain size lot to have pigs of which I'm pretty sure they do not have. To make things worse, she is going through a nasty custody battle and it seems she got the pigs to please her 8 yo daughter and get her "on her side".
She wants to bring the pigs over soon to play with my dogs. I am really worried about this whole situation. My dogs are friendly with people, but two of them are totally terriers and instinctually hunt to kill and typically are not friendly to other animals like cats and possums etc. anyone have experience with pigs and dogs? Should I be as worried as I am about this?
I am seriously contemplating taking a step back from our friendship because of all this. Is it crazy to do this bc she got pet pigs or reasonable?
What do you think of the growing trend of small pigs as pets?
I have a new friend that just bought 2 mini pigs as pets, they are 5 weeks ( which seems way to young to me to be away from their mama, but I haven't researched that yet...), one boy, one girl, about the size of a large water bottle. I am not sure of the "breed" that they are supposed to be, but she did buy them from a breeder. Apparently she got the second one to sell
The little I have learned about these small pigs is that they sometimes do not stay small and can get to be hundreds of lbs. also that they need to be starved in order to stay small. Is this true at all and is there any way to distinguish ones that will get big?
This friend is a cool lady and I was excited we became friends so fast, however she was clueless about veganism and so far we have only discussed the diet details and nothing about the ethical side. She keeps sending pig videos and telling me about them, but I am struggling with being happy with her and very tempted to tell her my stance on trendy pets, pet breeders, and selling pets for profit.
There is more, she just moved in with her bf recently in a rented house that does not allow dogs. She really wanted a dog, but since her lease says no dogs she thinks she is being clever by getting pet pigs bc the lease does not specify no pigs. I looked up the zoning here and they need a certain size lot to have pigs of which I'm pretty sure they do not have. To make things worse, she is going through a nasty custody battle and it seems she got the pigs to please her 8 yo daughter and get her "on her side".
She wants to bring the pigs over soon to play with my dogs. I am really worried about this whole situation. My dogs are friendly with people, but two of them are totally terriers and instinctually hunt to kill and typically are not friendly to other animals like cats and possums etc. anyone have experience with pigs and dogs? Should I be as worried as I am about this?
I am seriously contemplating taking a step back from our friendship because of all this. Is it crazy to do this bc she got pet pigs or reasonable?