What's the deal with having pigs as pets? I've heard they are smart animals but how easy are they to maintain and keep clean, especially as they get LARGE? I know wild pigs make a mess of the land. We haven't moved to our property yet but when I retire I expect to so we'll have a bunch of "domesticated" critters running around. Problem will be the local coyotes but that's nothing that a good poimenikos or two won't cure.
BTW both depicted are adorable creatures, and Eddie do you take him to the salon? Great looking hair style he's sporting
I didn't want a pet pig, he just sort of showed up one day.
Now he's become a big part of my life, and amusement. He's fun to go for a walk with becuase he's so active. Last night, I was walking down one of my roads, Oscar would run off to the side a ways, then run back across, right in front of me as fast as he could, barking like a dog. It's really something to hear!!! Then do it all over again. You just can't buy entertainment like that.
I give him an apple every morning, and when he eats it, I sometimes take pics of him. If I catch his mouth just right, it looks like he's smiling. I post those pics on facebook and enjoy all the comments I get from my friends.
He tears up my yard, but it's mostly tore up anyway, so it doesn't bother me. He's not fenced in, so he does tend to rub mud on everything, and if he can get ahold of something, like a sack of mortor, he will make a big mess.
Oscar isn't very smart. I'm wondering if that is a myth about pigs, or maybe that's how he ended up at the house instead of running wild with his family? He just doesn't learn very quickly, and a year and a half later, he still gets confused at how to walk around the fence when I'm on the other side.
Eddie
