Hey Eddie, look what I got!

[2LaneCruzer]

He's still kind of a butt head to me but, the last few days I've been putting the dog in with him. It seems to be calming him down, hopefully she'll teach him to be friendly. He's coming up to the fence to see if I have treats now instead of charging it like he wants to eat me. That's progress.View attachment 534719

Noticing the heat lamp reminded me of a story. Back in the late 40's, we lived in SW Missouri, in a rented farm house. The farmer raised hogs, and one cold winter, he came up to the house with a couple of piglets, both were runts and only a few days old, that he said wouldn't make in the cold. One was red, one was white...the red one...the one that was designated mine, had its tail frozen off. So, we kept them in a cardboard box in the kitchen and bottle fed them. I don't recall exactly how the folks handled the biological functions, I just know they had some sort of routine.

One afternoon we went to town and left them in their box under the kitchen stove. When we got home, they had made an absolute mess of the kitchen. Mom had opened a can of pork and beans for dinner, and threw the can in the trash. Apparently there were a few beans in the bottom of the can, because these little varmints had gotten into the trash and retrieved these beans. Now the floor in the kitchen was linoleum, and they couldn't pick the beans up, so they rooted them all over the floor, leaving a mess of slimy trails all over the kitchen... not to mention the trash and other unmentionables. Mom hit the ceiling, and the pigs hit the fenced in back yard, where they remained. The weather was getting warmer by this time, and they survived quite well. They grew into a couple of nice pets, which Dad eventually traded to the farmer for one butchered hog.

And now you know the rest of the story.

 

[STx]

Update on the little pig, he's about 15 pounds now and starting to come around. I'm 50/50 on him making it so, his odds are improving.

The dog doesn't like playing with him. If I put her in his pen, she hops up on something that he can't get on and whines at me. It's a shame because I really think her spending time with him was having a positive effect. I know he's a little lonely also, even though we spend a couple of hours a day with him 5-10 minutes at a time.

 

[goeduck]

I know he's a little lonely also, even though we spend a couple of hours a day with him 5-10 minutes at a time.

Maybe he needs a brother

 

[STx]

I told my wife we either need another piglet or a puppy. She vetoed both.

 

[STx]

My wife has gotten attached to him and decided he's lonely so we're going to pick up this little Duroc gilt next week. She was born 12/13 and is pedigreed, I'm going to AI her from champion boars and sell 4H piglets.

Kernel is starting to tame up some, he's not biting anymore and comes up to see you but, he won't let you touch him unless he's eating. I think with time and a tamer pig as an example he might come around to Oscar tameness.

 

[goeduck]

Good to hear.

 

[STx]

His new buddy arrived last night, they were fast friends. She's a sweet dispositioned little girl, hopefully she calms him down more.

 

[EddieWalker]

I never thought of getting another pig to keep Oscar company. Goats and chickens work great!!!!

 

[STx]

His new girlfriend calmed him down so much, he's like a different pig. Flopped right over for belly rubs today, before I could only touch if he was preoccupied with food and he definitely wasn't going to allow belly rubs.

 

[goeduck]

His new girlfriend calmed him down so much, he's like a different pig.

Like two peas in a pod.