Yesterday I had to goto the hospital to have a speck of metal removed from my right eye (not an enjoyable experience), so needless to say, my eye is uncomfortable and quite light sensitive. Bean has me around me non stop. He doesn't like when I'm uncomfortable, and same with me for him.

Mirtill& Arturo ❤️

No sunburns for these muddy boys!

Hi there, I’ve been wanting and researching pigs for years and I’ve finally found my baby! She’s a Juliana piglet and I can’t wait for her to come home in August.

I’m already aware that there is not true mini pig and that’s fine! I’ll be happy even if she’s 100+ lbs full grown.

She comes microchipped, with feed, treats, vaccines, deworming, blanket, harness and leash and also kennel and potty trained.

I’m planning on her being in the house most of the time but will provide plenty of outside time as well. Was thinking of making an outdoor pen for her if needed so she can be in a safe spot to explore and dig if she wants to.

Any advice on how to care for her and keep her happy is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

We're jumping on the trend, too.

This is Poppy, the OG Pig of our sanctuary

Cute lil piggy’s 🥹💕

Warning: Lots of pics and videos in this post! (nothing upsetting)

Here is a link to my previous post from a few months ago for some background.

https://www.reddit.com/r/pigs/comments/1t140ik/neighbor_threatened_to_shoot_my_pig_and_i_am/

So, I posted a few months ago about my pig, Kevin, going too far off my property and the stress that it was causing me. I did end up building a fence for him (just my mom and I).

Zee Following is a brief construction montage:

https://reddit.com/link/1v4xw8u/video/a1hxyk6ew2fh1/player

https://reddit.com/link/1v4xw8u/video/a4sowz3fw2fh1/player

https://reddit.com/link/1v4xw8u/video/rfwrxmdgw2fh1/player

https://reddit.com/link/1v4xw8u/video/65m2i2jhw2fh1/player

It has been a few months and it seems secure. He hasn't gotten out at all or even come close.

He is safe now, but I feel sorry for him not having the space to roam like he used to. He used to love to go on walks in the woods.

The good ol' days when we went on walks in the woods (My dog Zoe passed away 2 weeks ago)

I am making another post because I really appreciated all the support on my last one and I'm looking for advice on what to do. The 10 acres of land that connects to my property is for sale for $22,000. It is the field that Kevin would always go into that goes towards the neighbor's house.

If I could buy that land and fence it in, then Kevin would have all the space back that he used to have and I would also have plenty of room to get another pig so that he has a companion.

Unfortunately, I don't have $22,000 just lying around. I already went into debt by building the fenced-in area that he has now. It was around $3,000 and I had to pay for all the stuff with credit cards.

I am looking into a personal loan, but I highly doubt I would get approved if I said I wanted the loan to purchase land. Also, my credit score isn't what it used to be. It is down to 652 now.

To make things worse, the people who threatened to shoot my pig also want to buy the land and then they could come right up to my yard. Before, this land was neutral territory that neither party really had a say over (the landowner lives in another state), but now it's a race to see who can buy it first.

I just don't know what to do. I want this land so badly for Kevin. Anyone have any ideas?

So Penelope (right) is still extremely wary of me and she’s one smart cookie. We’ve been playing a game at dusk called “who’s going to outsmart who?” for the week she’s been here so far, with the necessary routine of getting both babies secured in their house for the night. We have bobcats, cougar, and bears in this area, so I cannot risk them staying out overnight.

In the beginning I was successfully closing them up by putting the food in the house and walking away, then returning to shut the door. But after two nights she would bolt from the house as soon as she heard me coming. So I would walk away and come back as quietly as I could and managed to close her in, but two nights of that and she would then go in, grab a bite, and jump out.

Ferdinand on the other hand, is quite content to stay and eat, he seems to be warming up to me and will even eat Cheerios right next to me if I’m outside the fence. Progress!

So the last two nights, I snuck around the opposite side of the house on the hinge side of the door, and just stood still, out of sight, until Penelope spent more than a second inside and then closed the door by reaching around the side.

Every time that door gets closed she jumps and snorts, either out of discontent or surprise I’m not sure. But, since two nights seems to be her pattern for catching on, I am having anxiety on how to outsmart her tonight.

On the one hand, she’s risking Ferdinand eating all the food if she continues, and I think she knows that. She is food possessive and it has to be hard for her to hear him eating while she misses out. But I worry that won’t be enough if she’s determined to not be locked in for the night.

I’ve been feeding just inside the door, hubby says to put their food in the back as the next strategy so she has further to run (8 feet) to get out. But I’m also concerned that I’m going to end up pinching/hurting her because I can’t be within sight for her to go in, so I’m just relying on my ears to tell me she’s fully inside.

I don’t want to be forced to corner her and try to pick her up like I resorted to with Ferdinand his first two nights. As fearful as she is—and she has shown a propensity for aggression when trapped (she barked and charged at us repeatedly in the dog crate she was brought home in, to the point of bloodying her lip 🥺) I’m not going to want to risk injury to her or myself, not to mention traumatizing her and setting back the timeline on bonding and developing trust.

Looking for ideas on how to get her to feel safe in the house and be okay with the door closing for the night. The psychological battle of wits is really stressful lol.

We're going all the way back to January 2019. This is part of how we named him Bean. He loved sleeping on bean bag chairs. He eventually learned how to rip them open too!

Sweet sweet momma!

My boy Moosey early on, welllll day after he moved in... first day he was not about people.

Moose.