Baby Pig. Now What?

[Redbug]

They are pretty smart animals. I think you guys will really become attached to him once he grows and you get to know him and get him trained to some commands. You should be able to get pig feed easily from the feed store to keep him fed. You will also need to have a place for him to hang out with you in your work shop. Pigs are social animals, (like dogs), and like to be around others, they need company. No way I could eat a pet...much less a family member.

And now the good part...

You will be the only home contractor that comes out with their pet pig tooling along. Talk about great advertising! Hmmm...and don't forget the pig tool belt to carry Eddie's tools and nails...

Many planes have "jump seats". You will have to make a "pig seat" on the dozer.

You will need to install the live pig cam with a link on TBN for us to watch. I'll bet our high mileage posters like Bird, Rob, Robert, and Soundguy won't be stopping by for gas as much...but you will offer paid subscriptions to control that and get them jabbering again...

Pics are of a visiting neighbor's pet. He drops by from time to time and likes to lay on the cool cement down in the dog pen. The dog and I enjoy his company. He likes dog food. He can be hard to get to go back home sometimes, though...

 

[HiddenHollow]

I belive that pigs rank higher on the intelligence list than dogs. If we lived near you Eddie, I would send my wife over to cut that pig. She has become quite skilled at it.

Note: Knowing she has this skill keeps me in line.

 

[Zork]

I belive that pigs rank higher on the intelligence list than dogs. If we lived near you Eddie, I would send my wife over to cut that pig. She has become quite skilled at it.

Note: Knowing she has this skill keeps me in line.

Nervous laughter.....

 

[EddieWalker]

Nothing real exciting to report on Oscar. Another kitten has shown up and it spends a lot of time in the pen with Oscar. It's yeallow and has huge ears and feet. Luna, my calico doesn't like it and chaces it off, but at night time, it spends time in there with Oscar. I've seen them leaning up against each other a few times, but haven't managed to get a picture yet. Oscar is growing and has some regular deer corn to snack on now. He seems to like it. He also likes to have his ribs scratched. He'll come over, lay on his side and close his eyes while getting a good scratch. What's funny is his mouth will open and close, which is when I can get a good look at his tusks. They seem to be growing too!!!!!

The picture is from my game camera. The date is wrong, which surprised me, but the time is correct. It was taken on Friday. You can tell from the little boar on the left, that Oscar was related to him. The colors are almost a perfect match, he's just a heck of a lot bigger.

Eddie

 

[texasjohn]

For those of you who like references:

The Intelligent Pig: The Smartest Domestic Animal in The World

 

[jimmyj]

Your stealth cam takes amazing pics Eddie.

 

[EddieWalker]

I took this of Oscar asleep on a block. There is another picture of him looking at my cat, while standing next to this same block. The comparison shows that's he's really grown quite a bit!!!!

One of the many things that make him fun and interesting is his sleeping positions. He just plops down anywhere, or wedges himself into a tight spot. He really likes to have his head in between something too.

Eddie

 

[hunterridgefarm]

He also likes to have his ribs scratched.
Eddie

Little does he know this could be considered a form of tenderizing:laughing:.

 

[Obed]

Eddie,
You sure seem to come up with interesting threads. From the pictures, you look like you might have lost some weight? Maybe you should eat Oscar to get back up to your fighting weight. Wait a minute - you've already named him which means you can't eat him - that's a rule.

When I was a kid on the farm, we raised, at different times, two baby sow pigs from a bottle. We kept the piglet in a cardboard box in the house for the first week or so until the pig was strong enough to leave the box. We fed them cow milk out of a bottle until they were old enough to eat solid food.

Our first sow's name was Homer - my dad named her after the man who sold her to us. Homer raised many litters for us. She was a pet. She would follow me around in the field while I worked on the fence. She liked to rub against my leg to scratch herself. Once she weighed 200 lbs, it took all I could do to keep standing while she rubbed her side and rump against my leg. I could rub her under the belly and show would flop over on her side and grunt while I rubbed her belly.

We also had a bore hog named Sunshine. Sunshine was very tame; he was never dangerous or threatening. I'm not familiar with bore hogs that have had lots of contact with people as being dangerous. Now sows with young are another matter. Even Homer was extremely protective of her litter.

We castrated many young male pigs while I was growing up. Sometimes I would hold the pig while my dad cut them and sometimes I did the cutting. Cutting them is not very difficult if the pig is the right size. However, I think you shouldn't try the first one yourself or you could really hurt the pig. Having the woman you know castrate Oscar sounds like the right choice.

Pigs will eat just about anything a human will eat. We had a wooden trough that we put slop in for the hogs. All our table scraps went to the hogs plus corn or wheat and maybe some water to turn the scraps into slop.

I highly recommend that you put rings in Oscar's nose or he will root up your property in no time flat if you let him run free.

Enjoy Oscar. He will make a great pet.

Obed

 

[clemsonfor]

Nothing real exciting to report on Oscar. Another kitten has shown up and it spends a lot of time in the pen with Oscar. It's yeallow and has huge ears and feet. Luna, my calico doesn't like it and chaces it off, but at night time, it spends time in there with Oscar. I've seen them leaning up against each other a few times, but haven't managed to get a picture yet. Oscar is growing and has some regular deer corn to snack on now. He seems to like it. He also likes to have his ribs scratched. He'll come over, lay on his side and close his eyes while getting a good scratch. What's funny is his mouth will open and close, which is when I can get a good look at his tusks. They seem to be growing too!!!!!

The picture is from my game camera. The date is wrong, which surprised me, but the time is correct. It was taken on Friday. You can tell from the little boar on the left, that Oscar was related to him. The colors are almost a perfect match, he's just a heck of a lot bigger.

Eddie

Is that temp right eddie 134F must be cause its in the sun! Make sure you dont keep your cam in the sun to long i bought a Wildgame cam after last thanks giving and had it in my garden for like 2 months this summer to catch the neighbors chickens in it. I cought them after about 1 week but kept it up. the sun baked the inside plastic and caused the battery tabs to break, my coworker and i just put some finishing touches on it to change it to external power source (one of those 6v rechargable batts ffrom walmart), cause the battery connectors were all busted up.