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shadylady - Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:06 pm
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hi peeps i have just been offered a pig for free and was wondering whether i should take it as a pet????? i mean it is so cute and the person offering me it said it wont grow bigger then a west highland terrier, but personally i think it would be cruel to deprive it of a farm life.. i have been thinking about it for ages now and would love to here your views thanks... it is a boar and i think the owner of it, is stopping breeding them.

Hcollie85 - Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:18 pm
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Id say no, but if you want one keep it outside in a shed or something but i do have a question to ask Do you know what pigs eat?

Heather

honeydlc - Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:34 pm
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Aww, I love pigs, they are very intelligent (apparently more so than dogs) BUT I'd never get one as a pet. Alot of people have been given/sold pigs that they are told will be small but grow into enormous pot bellied pigs and end up in rescue or worse!
I'm no pig expert but a friend who is a farmer keeps medium sized ones in a large straw filled pen in a barn.
I suppose if you live on a farm, have the right facilities (and bank balance Wink

), have done all the research, and have insisted on seeing both parents of the piglet (with proof of parentage) to confirm that it really is what they say it is, maybe it would work. Also remember that boars of puberty and older can be VERY aggressive.
HTH

shadylady - Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:36 pm
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i sort of know, they eat a grain mash, (a combination of oats, corn, and barley mixed with water and milk.) they also eat slops which is a combination of all kinds of vegatables, and kitchen scraps. and of course they eat grass. and anything else they get there snouts into lol

Twig - Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:41 pm
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what breed is it? I wouldn't keep any pig as a 'pet', especially not a boar! They do need to be outside, and I would be VERY cynical of it being THAT small....if it really was that small, he could sell it for quite a lot.

Hcollie85 - Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:42 pm
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they can eat bread and whey and you'll know when they havnt been fed and when they've been fed

Heather

shadylady - Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:52 pm
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with your replys i have decided not to get the pig as it would be quite hard work and i havent really got the facillities so i emailed the owner of it and he said he will find it a home in a farm or somebody who has the facillities i asked him why it was free aswell which put me off as he said its quite rowdy and he cant touch as it goes for him so no im not getting it, its a kune kune, i thought this breed was a nice breed and could be kept as a pet?? i have enclosed a pic of a kune kune for you though its not the one i was offered..

_Jules_ - Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:53 pm
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There are no breeds of pig which are the size of Westies once they reach adulthood.....This guy is taking you for a fool...walk away. Wink

eidted to say....I was posting at the same time as you....glad to see you refused his offer. Very Happy

honeydlc - Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:56 pm
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Very cute

but I have to say I think you've made the right decision. If you want something like a pig get a Labrador, they share a few habits Wink

_Jules_ - Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:57 pm
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They are between twenty four and thirty inches high, and one hundred and twenty to two hundred and forty pounds in weight.

This is the size of a Kune Kune....a darn sight bigger than a Westie. Wink

shadylady - Fri Feb 16, 2007 6:00 pm
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oh my god didnt no they grew that big, i cant believe he said that imagined if i got it and it grew i would be wondering why, i think he must of wanted to get rid of it asap,

honeydlc - Fri Feb 16, 2007 6:00 pm
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OMG, that's about 55kg at the lightest!!! More like the size of a short fat Great Dane than a Westie! Shocked

Rooster - Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:28 pm
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Lucky escape me thinks Wink

Twig - Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:45 am
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Funny, I thought it might be a Kune Kune and they are deffo one pig you can't keep in the house, they do much better in orchards as they are vegetarian pigs and many keep them in apple orchards so as they can eat the fallen, rotting apples, and also like to wallow to keep their skin healthy, so you'd need a mud pit in your garden. Shocked

Josh - Sat Aug 04, 2007 4:23 pm
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I would have said no Sad

even though pigs are nice animals Smile

GerbilPunk - Sun Aug 05, 2007 9:07 am
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good choice Lousie, thats HUGE!

chantalxxlove - Sun Feb 10, 2008 3:04 am
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Considering Its Free I Would Take It
Their Usally +150 Pounds