VirulentVulpine
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Hello, 2 days ago we were dumped a 3 year old female potbelly pig. We have never owned a pig before...
We have not measured her but believe she is about 200 pounds— she’s obese. And she’s also not spayed nor was she raised as a pet.
We’ve had her on a diet, she eats 2 cups of pig food a day + vegetables that we scatter in her pen for her to run around and find.
She seems friendly. She oinks and comes over to the fence and seems pretty nice, but she’s horrible with mouthing and pushing. She grabs your entire leg in her mouth and bites and will chase you (as fast as an obese pig can manage haha) just to keep doing it. She doesn’t squeal or raise her hackles, or do anything aggressive, but this behavior is a serious pain in the butt. Not to mention it hurts and I have punctures on my leg!
I’ve been unable to find any information on how to curb this behavior. I simply shoved her away and firmly told her “NO”, but that didn’t help at all. Nor did a broomstick like some people said. She’s huge and I don’t really feel comfortable entering the pen with her alone.
I have also been told not spaying a female pig makes them aggressive. Is this true? Right now she is too fat to have the surgery I believe. My family dislikes her enough that they’d want to have someone come put her down for meat. I’m really hoping I can find a solution.
We have not measured her but believe she is about 200 pounds— she’s obese. And she’s also not spayed nor was she raised as a pet.
We’ve had her on a diet, she eats 2 cups of pig food a day + vegetables that we scatter in her pen for her to run around and find.
She seems friendly. She oinks and comes over to the fence and seems pretty nice, but she’s horrible with mouthing and pushing. She grabs your entire leg in her mouth and bites and will chase you (as fast as an obese pig can manage haha) just to keep doing it. She doesn’t squeal or raise her hackles, or do anything aggressive, but this behavior is a serious pain in the butt. Not to mention it hurts and I have punctures on my leg!
I’ve been unable to find any information on how to curb this behavior. I simply shoved her away and firmly told her “NO”, but that didn’t help at all. Nor did a broomstick like some people said. She’s huge and I don’t really feel comfortable entering the pen with her alone.
I have also been told not spaying a female pig makes them aggressive. Is this true? Right now she is too fat to have the surgery I believe. My family dislikes her enough that they’d want to have someone come put her down for meat. I’m really hoping I can find a solution.
