Our Newest Pet
Can you guess what it is?
We already have a bloodhound and two chickens.
So what is the logical next step?
We gave up on the goat idea because they are simply too destructive.
Someone guessed bees, which is a good guess but not accurate.
Any other guesses?
A Vietnamese pot-belly pig! His name is Danger and he’s the sweetest thing. A player on Matt’s soccer team is reporting for basic training and needs to get rid of him. We are currently having a trial period with him.
We’re still trying to research what it would mean to have a pet pig. Any ideas?
4 Comments
Jillian L
Growing up with a pot bellied pig, I can say pigs are just as destructive as goats, if not more so. They dig, they eat your plants, they want a place to wallow. I loved my pig, but I'd never keep one as a pet now.
Jillian L
Growing up with a pot bellied pig, I can say pigs are just as destructive as goats, if not more so. They dig, they eat your plants, they want a place to wallow. I loved my pig, but I'd never keep one as a pet now.
fuzzy
Dear gods. It's a farm animal. They can be quite destructive, will grow to weigh over 200 lbs, still stink like pigs and will cheerfully eat anything they see, including birds and small children when full sized. Send the thing to a farm shelter or a butcher. There is no such thing as a miniature pig, only one which is starved to stunt its growth.
They do have very nice pork, but quite fatty.
Anthropolochic
If he's to be in the house, it means putting child locks on the cupboards that are near the ground and storing household garbage in the cupboards. They root. They are rooters. They can open fridges and hurt themselves in the process. So – it means a lot of child locks.
They are frequently surrendered for adoption. As a result there are really helpful pet owner and rescue organizations that offer advice to people on how to integrate a pig into your home. This is also kind of obvious, but you need to find either a farm or exotic vet and these organizations can help you do that.
I'm sure you've seen this already, but here is one organization that might be helpful.
http://www.pigharmony.com/goodpet.html