Hi all,
My sow recently had some piglets and I advertised them for sale. They are kune kunes and mum and dad are super small (20 and 22 inches) and the advert did suggest they would make good pets.
My two kune kune sows and boar are pets for us (we raise saddlebacks to eat) but they live outside, in an ark, in a field. For me, the only difference between them as pets and the saddlebacks is that they wont be eaten!
I've been really surprised at the number of people who have responded to the ad wanting to buy the piglets as house pets.
Both in the ad and in any communication, I have stressed that the piglets pictured will grow to at least the size of the sow and boar if properly looked after and that I have absolutely no knowledge or experience of raising a pig in a house.
There are three 'serious' buyers who appear to have carefully researched house pigs and who were already aware of the potential growth and they are coming next week to view and potentially purchase. Together with more 'standard' buyers, this would mean I have sold the whole litter.
Selling all the piglets by the time they are weaned would be amazing and a relief but I am concerned about the welfare of pigs kept as house pigs. In an ideal world, I would just go on instinct and refuse the sale and find other buyers. Being realistic, the risk of not finding new buyers is high enough that I need a bit more info than my gut instinct!
Has anyone got any personal experience/knowledge of house pigs? Positive and negative stuff would be great.
Does anyone sell pigs as house pigs and anything I should know?
Or any websites/forums I can visit for info.
Thanks