I live in an apartment.
Hard. Apartments are no good places for animals who depend on wallows for their wellbeing.
And keep in mind that they grow. Having a 150-250kg animal in your living room is no fun.
And they produce rather gross smelling shit and piss. Which might not make you friends with your neighbors.
seems terrible, they are farm animals, they need a large enclosure. if you seen the people with pet pigs they have a large property, plus they like to roll in ground/dust to keep parasites, sunburns away. its like getting a pet hyena in your small apartment(yes someone actually did that). a cat or a small dog is feasible, or a bird.
As someone who shared a wall with a neighbor with a bird omg that thing wouldn’t shut up. I think they’re cool, but wouldn’t get one without owning a home
It’s not about your justification of feasible. It’s about the pigs life. It ain’t fair.
Pig owner here. Keeping a pig in an apartment is going to be a little rough. You’d have to get them used to letting you put a harness on and walk them like a dog. I own my home, so I put in a huge dog door, worked great.
Probably the biggest problem is their intelligence and destructiveness. You’d have a huge job keeping a pig from getting bored when you’re gone. Maybe they can be crate trained? Mine figured out 3 different ways to get into the beer, even defeating a baby lock, and got hammered. He does love him some beer.
Hooves were a huge pain when my pig lived inside. They never got a chance to wear normally and I played hell getting him back and forth to the only vet in the area that would trim him. Even the local farrier had never done a pig. All that hassle, and I live on the edge of town in a redneck suburb. I seriously doubt you’re going to find a large animal vet in the city. You could probably work out the hoof thing with a rasp and 3 or 4 beers (for the pig, but you’ll both need that to get through the ordeal).
If it’s a male, you’ll probably want to trim his tusks once or twice a year. I got that done on the nail salon trips.
So, you’d have to get the pig used to a harness and car rides, find a vet or farrier for his hooves, and crate train him.
Oh, one other small thing. Once or twice a year, depending on the animal, pigs “blow coat”. This is not anything like shedding. ALL OF THEIR HAIR FALLS OUT AT ONCE. So there’s that to consider. :)
your pig sounds cool as fuck
Photos would help
Been a couple of years, but here he is after he got out and the guy on the next street drugged him to take him off to the farm.
Lady called: “Is that your signs out ‘bout missin’ a pig? My lowlife nephew got him and is fixin’ to take him to the farm. You best hurry!”
Talked to the cops first because I didn’t want to go over there armed. Supervisor said just go ask, be cool, call us if there’s any hassle.
“BTW, you the guy that had a bear in his house last Christmas? I was on that call!”
Life in NW Florida. 🙄
You have to elaborate on the beer drinking haha. What is the beer stored in? Does the pig just rip open cans or what?
First he found my Keystone 15-pack on the table and somehow got it down. Next he learned to bounce the cabinet door open with his snout. NEXT he learned to get in that same cabinet with a baby lock.
And yes, he punctures the cans and slorps it up. Came home one day and the floor was barely sticky. He gets it ALL.
Had some young friends over one night drinking and he was being a bit of an ass. Gave him 3 beers to chill him out. He was dying for a fourth when I put water back in the bowl. Swear to god, everyone saw it, he turned his nose up in the air and huffed off. Like father like son.
Oh, one other small thing. Once or twice a year, depending on the animal, pigs “blow coat”. This is not anything like shedding. ALL OF THEIR HAIR FALLS OUT AT ONCE. So there’s that to consider. :)
Honestly not very different from my late Shiba Inu
golden retriever owner here. does not stop just has heavy seasons.
Ask yourself why nobody else has a pet pig in an apartment.
TBF, that question is probably what brought OP here.
Pigs are brilliant but pernicious structural engineers—as soon as they have access to ground next to a building, they set about devising ways to undermine its foundations.
It’s bad enough when it’s just barns and outbuildings, but if a pig gets loose in the center of a major city it’ll start toppling skyscrapers faster than Godzilla.
Kept a wild piglet I found for just a couple of hours. Goddamned animal almost got under my porch foundation. Pigs are mad strong and crazy smart. They will get what they want.
I mean I had a golden that almost did that.
Not very but it’s a cute idea. Pigs need more space and less restrictions than an apartment can provide IMO. Imagine the intelligence of a ferret, the strength of a large dog, and the morals of a cat.
Doubly so if you’re above ground floor and I wonder what veterinarian resources are available in the city
…and the shits of a pig
Some quick googling suggests it’s actually possible to litter train a pig, but even with perfect litter box usage that apartment is still going to smell crazy.
My pigs poop doesn’t smell hardly ever. I suspect he horks down a bunch of sand as he roots for his kibble and that breaks it down fast. But yeah, they have to go out to shit like a dog.
It isn’t, they weigh hundreds of pounds as adults.
Mini pigs don’t. Mine’s about 150 pounds and doesn’t look nearly as big as that sounds.
You can’t say that’s small when more than half the world’s fully grown adult humans weigh less than that.
You might be surprised. I’m 145# and look way bigger than him. They’re crazy dense and short. Were he a dog you’d probably guess him at 60-70 pounds.
I heard that there aren’t mini pigs - just pigs that their owners partially starve to keep little. I’m no pig rancher so idk tho
Well, there are small breeds of pig; potbelly pigs usually get only 150-250 lbs for example.
That’s true. Teacup and potbelly pigs are full-sized pigs being marketed to stupid people. How stupid? Stupid enough that they want to keep a pig as a pet because oinque oinque, STOP RESISTING! As American pigs do.
There are “mini” pigs like my potbelly, and yes, some people starve them to make them look tiny for cute pics.
“The pig I’m selling you is this small!”
Mine’s 150#, but looks way smaller if you’re thinking of a 150# dog.
I assume they mean the little pet style ones, that are like chunky dog weights.
Still too much for an apartment.
they still weigh 100+lbs even the small ones.
Those often turn out to be piglets. And they get big fast.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniature_pig
Miniature pigs generally reach their full size in about four years, and may live for up to fifteen. Some may reach a height of 50 cm (20 in) at the shoulder and a body length of 100 cm (40 in).[4]
About the exact size of my “mini”.
I knew someone who had one in NYC, but they had a decent backyard and ran a gardening supply store. The pig was adorable and behaved like a dog.
(Shout-out to Crest Hardware for any Brooklynites)
Haha, you won’t find many better ways to punish yourself, or the pig!!
I went to college with a guy who had a tea cup pig in a major city, he would take it on walks and use it to pick up girls. Worked out for him somehow.
Even a “teacup” pig is like 80lbs full grown, pigs really fuck up your floors
My mini is about 150#., but don’t picture a dog that big! They’re dense and compact. An 80# pig would look like a 40# dog. My 135# Akita would have looked like a monster compared to Master Piggles.
I was in The City once and saw someone walking their pig. Lease contract had cats and dogs but not pigs. I didn’t know the people so their place could have been a sty.
Pigs are cleaner than any dog, pretty much on par with a cat except they have to shit outside. My pig got caught out having to poop when he was tiny. He had a conniption fit to get out of the car.
why you will want that?
It’s only feasible for about 3 months. Then it will become destructive and smelly.
This is a feature of the pig, as in another few months they’ll be market weight and you’ll want to kill them.
Not cool. What will americans do without their president?
