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The Pet Pig Podcast

Autumn Whitacre

What is it really like having a pet pig? What is the best way to prepare of a new piglet? How can I be sure a pet pig is for me? How can I care for my pet pig with confidence? What mistakes should I avoid and how do I do that? And the biggest question of all, can I really be successful with a pet pig? Whether your childhood dream is to have a pet pig, you are preparing for a pet pig, or you have had a pet pig and would like to learn why they act the way they do, this show is for you. The Pet

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12:25

Should a Pet Pig be a Gift?

The Pet Pig Podcast ·

2024/01/02

It is that time of year again. The time when my phone is ringing off the hook because people are looking for piglets as gifts for Christmas. I think it’s important to understand why, in my opinion, a pet pig is not a gift. In order to be successful with a pet pig, preparation is essential. If you have been listening to my podcast, or you have a pig, or you have ever visited a pig rescue or you follow any rescues on Instagram or Facebook, you already know that pigs are constantly abandoned or

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48:37

Merlin the Pig - With Mina

The Pet Pig Podcast ·

2023/12/26

***This episode is sponsored by Hold Onto Your Hooves*** Hold Onto Your Hooves can be found at https://www.instagram.com/hold_onto_your_hooves and HTTP://Facebook.com/holdontoyourhooves Mina Alali is a 26 year old from Sacramento, California, who grew up loving animals but expanded her love for exotics through adopting her first pet (all to herself), Mochi, a bearded dragon. Through lots of time together during Covid, she began to train Mochi like a dog. Mochi mastered tricks such as: come

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39:44

Pet Pigs and CBD - With Emma from Mikkos Choice

The Pet Pig Podcast ·

2023/12/19

Emma Davis is the Founder and CEO of Mikko's Choice--a pet CBD company. Mikko's Choice offers CBD for your pig, dog, cat, horse or any other animal. Mikko's Choice is inspired by Wild Mustang Mikko and combines Emma's Animal Science background and experience in the cannabis and CBD industries. Emma is an avid animal rescuer and takes in fosters as well as supports other rescues of all species and as a result, $5 of each sale is donated to animal rescue. Emma decided to get a pig in college. One

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18:25

Keeping Our Outside Pig Happy and Healthy This Winter

The Pet Pig Podcast ·

2023/12/05

When it comes to keeping a pet pig, many times it’s not ideal in a family's circumstances to keep a pig in the house. Or you have a pig that was raised in the house but they moved themselves outside, they like to be outside and that is where they want to stay permanently. How do I feel about this? I’m cool with it because a pig's natural habitat is outside. I have several outside pigs. They each have a fenced in area for them and they each have shelter and a buddy. It works very well. They are happy

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11:12

Keep Your Pet Pig Safe During the Holidays

The Pet Pig Podcast ·

2023/11/21

The holiday season is fast approaching for those who celebrate them. There are some things during the holidays that could be really harmful to our pigs, so I like to share these reminders every year. Let’s get into what they are. Many people put up a Christmas tree and on that tree there are many items that we want to keep out of the reach of our pig. We really want to keep our pig away from the Christmas tree and the gifts under it. The tree itself can be mildly toxic to our pig if they try to

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19:11

Can I Give My Pet Pig A Bath?

The Pet Pig Podcast ·

2023/11/07

If you have a pet pig, most likely you have tried to give them a bath. There is a 50/50 chance that it did not go well. Giving a pig a bath can be traumatic for the pig and us. There is a very good reason why it is so difficult for a pig. Pigs are prey animals so anything new or even slightly scary sends them into high alert and makes them panic. I have some tips that will help bathtime be much more successful and way less stressful for everybody involved. What can we do to make bath time not so

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14:49

When Should I Worry About My Pig's Eyes?

The Pet Pig Podcast ·

2023/10/17

Let’s talk about pig eyes. How do we take care of our pigs eyes? What are some common complaints about a pig’s eyes that we should be aware of? Overall pigs do not see well, they have poor eyesight. This is a genetic thing that is passed down from pig to pig. Some of that is due to the placement on the head, or just due to genetics. Think about the placement of the eyes on the pig’s head. Due to the structure of the spine, a pig can not bend its neck to look up, so due to that lack of mobility

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10:02

How Should I Care for my Pet Pig's Ears?

The Pet Pig Podcast ·

2023/10/03

Should you be cleaning your pet pig's ears? In this episode I am going to answer 2 questions. What should your pig’s ears look like down inside? What is the proper way to clean my pigs ears? Let’s start with what it should look like in a pig’s ear? It is normal for a pig to have a waxy, oily, brown, chunky buildup in their ears. That is the wax in their ears. This wax can even have a slight smell to it and that is completely normal. This wax has a purpose. The purpose is to protect the pigs

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35:45

Pickle and Sprout - An Interview with a Pig Dad

The Pet Pig Podcast ·

2023/09/19

Max did not grow up on a farm or around farm animals, but about 10 years ago he saw some videos online with pigs and started doing some research and decided he needed a pet pig. Before getting a pig he would watch funny and cute videos online and became obsessed with them and from there he realized he wanted to get one. He then started to do research to figure out how to care for pigs and where to get one and just tried to learn everything he could learn. There was not as much information available

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21:05

Can My Pet Pig Comfortably Ride in the Car?

The Pet Pig Podcast ·

2023/09/05

Does your pig like to ride in the car? Most pigs don't. Pigs have a high fear instinct. That instinct in the wild is what keeps them alive. When we bring them into our world and introduce them to people things, like riding in a car can be very difficult for them if that skill hasn’t been practiced over time. It is very important to teach our pig to be comfortable in the car, and if they can’t get comfortable, we want them to at least tolerate it well. We don't want to wait for an emergency to be

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18:53

The Shocking Truth About Salt and Your Pet Pig

The Pet Pig Podcast ·

2023/08/22

Have you ever heard of something called salt toxicity? Pigs and salt do not go together well. The pig's body does not regulate salt/sodium well. Too much salt can cause huge problems. What happens when a pig has too much salt? Too much salt causes a pig to become very thirsty so they drink as much water as they have access to. This could be gallons and gallons of water. When they drink all of this water their body is not able to process it fast enough so they will have an electrolyte imbalance. Pigs

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16:05

Can I Still go on Vacation if I Have a Pet Pig?

The Pet Pig Podcast ·

2023/08/01

I have a pet pig. Can I still go on vacation? The answer is yes! It will take a good bit of planning but for the most part, we can definitely go on vacations. I know many people who even take their pig with them on vacation. This can definitely be done if you start while the pig is a very young age. Help them to understand that these situations and places are safe. Not all of us are able to take our pig on vacation with us. So, what two options do we have when we go away? Boarding- Finding

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52:52

Charlotte the Pig Who Paints

The Pet Pig Podcast ·

2023/07/18

In this episode we are interviewing Jenny about her pet pig Charlotte. Jenny got Charlotte on August 8, 2020 from a friend of her neighbor who also has a pig. A couple months before Charlotte turned 1, she had a wasp sting her on her left eyelid, which caused a permanent droop in her eyelid that resulted in a sight impairment. Jenny started to paint with Charlotte in November of 2021. She enrolled Charlotte's art in the Calavera County Fair and Frog Jumping Jubilee in May 2022. That summer started

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30:15

Let Your Pet Pig be a Pig!

The Pet Pig Podcast ·

2023/07/04

We all know that pigs are constantly rehomed for many reasons. One reason that is often overlooked is that people rehome their pig for being a pig. They think the pig will or should stop doing things that are natural pig behaviors and instincts. What are some of the natural pig behaviors that cause people to get rid of their pig? We are going to talk about the top 5 natural behaviors or instincts that cause rehoming and what we can do to make these behaviors not so annoying or damaging to us.

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12:49

Do You Paint Your Piggy's Toes?

The Pet Pig Podcast ·

2023/06/20

Piggy Paint was created by Melanie Hurley (a Mom & former Teacher!) in 2008, when her girls were 2 & 4. For the past 15 years, Melanie’s mission has been to create non-toxic, premium, FUN products that are completely safe for kids (and animals!). Piggy Paint is sold in 4000 stores including Target, Amazon, and other fine retailers (in 15 countries!). In this episode Melanie and I discuss how to use Piggy Paint and how nail polish can affect a pig's hooves. We also discuss how Piggy Paint started

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21:04

What is a Pig's Job?

The Pet Pig Podcast ·

2023/06/06

Pigs have been wild animals for thousands of years. We have mildly domesticated the farm pig. It’s only in the past 40-50 years that we have been truly domesticating pigs and bringing them into the house to live with them like a pet. Pigs don’t always make the best pets when we as people don’t understand how pigs are built and what they are built to be focused on. What is a wild pig's job? If we understand this, we will be able to understand what it takes to have a pet pig successfully. We want our

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59:35

The Guitar Pig

The Pet Pig Podcast ·

2023/05/23

My name is Matt Lawson, aka (The Guitar Pig) on social media, and I’m a 26 year old living in Phoenix. I grew up in Minnesota and came to Arizona to attend ASU and never went back. Ever since I was a kid I’ve had a love for pigs and always dreamed of having one as a pet one day. I got Lido when he was just 9 weeks old in 2015, he’s now 7 years old. We’ve traveled across the country together from Arizona, to California, then to Florida, then once again back to Arizona where we now reside. In 2018

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11:18

Pet Pig Scams - Don't Fall For Them!

The Pet Pig Podcast ·

2023/05/02

I get many calls from people that think that they have been in contact with me and they paid a deposit but their piglet was never delivered. I have been informed that there are a couple people out there that are using photos of me and my family and our piglets trying to be me and dragging my name into piglet scams. There are pet scams all over facebook and you have to be very careful because it’s very difficult to know. These people know what they are doing. How can we avoid falling for a pet scam

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30:52

Penny - The Pig with the most Worldwide Followers!

The Pet Pig Podcast ·

2023/04/18

A little fun fact about Penny, she’s the most followed pig on tiktok in the world, and now by extension her new sister Penelope is getting her name out there. We’ve had Penny for about 2 years now, almost her whole life. We just adopted Penelope this past summer from a family who loved her dearly but could no longer take care of her due to landlord issues. I’ve always wanted a pig but I don’t like to buy my animals so almost every animal I have has been rescued. Penny was a spur of the moment thing,

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19:54

The Exceptional Standards of a Pet Pig Breeder

The Pet Pig Podcast ·

2023/04/04

When I got my first pig, Oscar, in 2004 I bought him from a pet store. At the time there was very little information about where to find an ethical breeder. These days there are an astounding number of mini pig breeders. The issue with these people is that they are not working towards the betterment of the breed, they are not working with their piglets, they are not vetting the families or supporting or educating them. So that leads to a huge issue of pigs that are being abandoned and rehomed or

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