There certainly are Kunes looking for homes! I have been offered four in the last week or so (two lots of two gilts)
This is the beginning of the end of the "pet pig" craze I suppose.
When I have more land, hopefully next year, I will have a "pet pig" sanctuary, I think.
Gecko 999 whereabouts are you?
Kune Kunes have fallen out of favour because of "micro pigs"
But it was pot bellied pigs that were all the rage in the 80's - that fad didn't last long either
To be honest, no pig makes a good house pet (except maybe the guinea pig) but folk see them on the telly, see the celebrities with them and 'just have to have one' - impulse buys without thinking it through
Sylvia, there's a woman up here with a sanctuary - I think she's overrun. And there have been a few abandoned onto the streets, animal health officers are having a hard time catching them. The whole thing is going to end badly........ really badly
Sylvia you better run for cover from happy hippy
i don't think the pet craze will end as long as pigs are adorable there will be pet owners
it is more to do with the buggered state of the nation and the world economies
IF YOU CANT KEEP ONE EAT ONE
Why would I be bothered ? I don't sell Kunes as 'pets' in the same way as micro pigs are sold, my main aim in breeding them is to grow bloodlines and produce tasty pork with a lower input cost and less damage to my ground. I vet anyone who is buying them carefully and make sure they know about the responsibilities, legalities, that they have ample sized outside space for them and that they know what to expect. I'd rather keep them here myself than sell them to an unsuitable home (same goes with
all my pigs)
The current 'micro pet' craze has been fuelled by the media (and we all know how accurate they are in their reseach and reporting
) and irresponsible breeders who are more concerned with making money than with the welfare of the pigs - to be honest, the more 'bad' publicity the better. I want the whole house pig 'craze' to come to an end sooner rather than later (hopefully before many hundred more are sold into unsuitable homes and kept by people who don't really know what they are doing)