Feeding Guidelines

Weight control instead of weight gain is the focus when feeding pet pigs.  Because they love to eat, they are prone to becoming overweight.  It is our job as pet pig owners to control our pig’s food intake providing the correct diet as well as amount fed.  Food...

Covid_19 Waiver re: Spay/Neuter for Pets

  Covid_19 Waiver from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Spay/Neuter Requirement Waived at Time of Adoption Pennsylvania’s Dog Law requires shelters and rescues to have dogs and cats spayed/neutered prior to adoption. In consultation with the...

Potbellied Pigs and Your Lawn

Rooting! The scourge of pig owners everywhere!  Why do they do it!?  What is their obsession with what’s going on under the ground?  Is owning a potbellied pig as a pet and having a nice lawn mutually exclusive?   We will look into those questions and dig...

Corona Virus and Pigs

The following is written by Dr John Carr, an esteemed veterinarian specializing in pigs. Coronaviruses, COVID-19 and Our Pigs Pigs cannot get COVID-19 and will not give you COVID-19. To date there is no evidence of any animal transmission with this new coronavirus...