Tea-cup pigs

[coaster]

Originally Posted by Zane's Pal

A full-grown minipig, as I understand it, will weigh about 100 lbs., which is about as big as a large dog. Smaller than a commercial porker, but not all that small, either.

Yesterday GMA had a segment on the pigs, and the guy who developed them said they grow to about the size of a cocker spaniel. Here it is:

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3745014

 

[arlyn]

They appear to still display wild coloring.
A couple of them looked like peccaries with those racing stripes down their sides.
Simply adorable, but I've always loved pigs, big or small.

 

[trouts mom]

Originally Posted by Katzyn

Mini-anything's are adorable, but I'd never support creating them, or owning them, as much as I'd hate to say. Too many mini animals have too many health issues, and I think that if someone wanted that animals that badly, they should make arrangements to have the full-sized one, who they could probably find EASILY in a shelter. If they can't take a full-sized one, then they need to find another pet, not make a mini who could possibly live with deformities and internal health problems for it's entire life.

I feel that way about EVERY mini, even though I still fawn over them, such as munchkins, mini doxies, mini horses, mini...everythings.

Hmmmm, how about mini maggots? Or mini spiders?

These piggies ARE SO CUTE!

 

[katzyn]

Originally Posted by Trouts mom

Hmmmm, how about mini maggots? Or mini spiders?

You know..I might actually support the breeding of those.

If the spiders are tiny, then I don't have to worry about them biting me as much. =D And mini maggots? Bleh. Then they'd be easy to feed to the birds or, if they were tiny enough, my bettas.

 

[kiwideus]

Pigs are my favourite animal - i love kune kune pigs, they are a native nz pig and they are not that big, about the size of a dog.

Hubby has said that I can have one when we get our own place.