Little Pig

12/10/2022

It’s so common that I see pigs like this as part of my vet day job! It also makes up a decent proportion of the people who say their ‘mini’ pig isn’t very mini.

The pig on the left is morbidly obese and just like humans is likely to suffer from heart disease and arthritis. It’s also pretty miserable to be so immobile.

Piggies will eat like … well… pigs … if you let them - portion control is important to keep your piggies healthy and happy!

Weight loss success! Look at gorgeous Milton. He’s living his best life yet. His owner was not aware he was over feeding. When he realized, he reduced pellets and made healthier treat choices. Limiting Milton’s favorite treat of watermelon to summers. Now Milton can see and move better.

If you believe you could be under or over feeding your pig join the Ampa healthy weight awareness group here.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ampaminipigweightloss/?ref=share_group_link&exp=9594

02/10/2022

The piglets (and their mummies - recently moved next door!) munching on some willow I just pruned! Happy piggies!

14/08/2021

🐷Older Micro-Pigs Seek New Homes! 🐷

We have several older pigs seeking new homes.

Some are retired pigs-for-schools guys, others are just sadly left behind when their siblings were sold.

**Rosie and Sons - Striped and pink/spotty**

Rosie is an ex-schools who went on to have a beautiful litter of compact lovely piglets when she was 2, however a year on two of her sons (castrated) are still here with her. We are seeking a home for all three of these guys together. Rosie is a small individual (approx 16 inches at shoulder at 3 years old) and her sons look as though they may be even smaller!

(Rosie pictured leaning on my leg in photo! Sons that are still here are both pink spotty)

**9 month Pigs (5 boys, 1 girl) - Black and Striped with White Patches**

A litter born just before the winter lockdown. Lockdown meant we could not have visitors and no-essential travel means that we couldn't take the piggies anywhere either ... and by 5 months old when lockdowns eased no one wanted older piggies anymore :-( 5 castrated boys and one spayed girl for rehoming. The girl has a laryngeal issue that does not bother her, but will mean that it's important she does not become overweight.

These guys all pictured together having a bottom scratch!

We will request donations for these pigs to ensure the best homes (...to avoid them ending up being used as anything other than pets...). Suggested donations will be £50.

11/04/2021

Check out Penny’s piglets’ new posh pig-flap door!:-)

Huge thanks to Bridget and Ettie for taking care of this litter and for making their house so blooming excellent!

11/04/2021

Some little guys and girls waiting for dinner in the sun!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNKR7l8nxgp/?igshid=139e6kmn29ji4

31/03/2021

These guys are Penny’s piglets will shortly be ready to go! They are all neutered, wormed and super cheeky!

They are currently on holiday with Bridget and Ettie but as soon as they are back we will be accepting visitors for them!

These guys will be £150-200 depending on colour. All available piglets are male castrated.

(Megan the female spayed has what we think is laryngeal paralysis and we are investigating the possibility that she may need surgery for this so she is unavailable for sale and will be rehomed once we have operated on her)

29/03/2021

Rosie and her 3 older kids! 🙂 All castrated boys.

27/03/2021

These guys are now just nearly 12 weeks old! Mothers are Becca and Katrina Fathered by Bjorn. Becca and Katrina’s Mum (Prawn) and great grandmother are still here, as is grandad Michael (from Woozle farm)!

All males and females from this litter will be castrated/spayed before going to their new homes!

From reliably small and friendly lines, we are pleased to now offer these little guys and girls for sale 🙂

Please remember you need a CPH number to keep a pet pig. We also recommend that piggies go in pairs unless there is already a piggy friend at home as they do not like living alone 🙂

Price dependent on colours. Cost includes neutering before they leave, two worming treatments given before they go, ear tags and vaccinations for erysipelas/clostridia/tetanus.

Prices start at £400- £650.
These piglets will not be sold for breeding purposes 🙂 we are very proud of these guys but as a result we are keen to keep these breeding lines here just for now 🙂
Additional piglets are discounted when buying a pair 🙂

Please pm is if you are interested in these guys! More information to follow on who’s who in this litter!

07/03/2021

Such amazing colours in this litter!! Tortoiseshell bottom!

07/02/2021

26/11/2020

*** To Pet Piggy Owners and especially Primary Schools who have had piglets visit - Can you help? ***

We are applying for planning permission to stay on our farm for the long term. We have met all the stricter criteria (having a good reason to be here and making enough pennies) but our planning advisor as suggested that we get a few letters of support/recommendation for the different areas of our business/farm. Can you help with the miniature pigs recommendations?

From piggy owners it would be lovely to have a short note just saying when you got your piggy and how they add to your life or the lives of others (I know we have some Therapy pigs in the ranks - it would superb if any of you have a few moments you could spare...)

For schools - we'd love to hear about a time when they visited, and what they added to your classroom or maybe even the way they might have benefited some particular individuals.

We'd also be really appreciative if those of you who might be planning to rent a pig again in the future to add this to your letter :-) It's not a commitment (don't panic I won't drop pigs off at the door) but it's nice if the planners can see that people do want the piggies back once all this pandemic drama is back under control!

We have some cards and photos from the many schools over the years which we'd also love to use in the application. We have been forced to step back from the schools pigs rentals recently - first when there was a swine flu outbreak in Holland altering the rules a little, then because of coronavirus restrictions but we do hope to be back someday.... For now I think we will likely aim for Sept 2021 and have a fresh start then!

04/11/2020

🐷 New Piglets!! 🐷

These little guys are Penny’s! Penny is another piggy who has spent lots of time at primary schools with our Pigs for Schools rentals. Sadly they haven’t been able to travel recently but she’s made use of the lockdown for Maternity leave!

Daddy is the handsome pink Michael. Grandad is Bjorn, granny is pepper. Sadly pepper is no longer with us but peppers mummy (great granny!) is still here at a ripe old age of nearly 9!

These piglets will shortly be available to reserve. They will be 8 weeks and ready to go just before Christmas but please be aware we will be extra careful about homes given the time of year (remember a pig is not just for Christmas! Many of them live to ten or older so they are 10 year commitment!:-)

20/09/2019

Nosey!

08/09/2019

It’s acorn seaaaasooooonnnn!!

29/08/2019

Welcome Florence’s piglets!! 1 pink spotty girl, two striped boys and 1 striped girl! Daddy is Bjorne and we have similar lines here that are all grown up now and they have all turned out lovely sociable and compact little pigs!

28/07/2019

Two little pink girls for sale.

We had planned to keep both of these two for schools but our two previous schools piggies Penny and Rosie are going to continue visiting next term so these two are now available!

Mum is Home bred Prawn - a small and slim built little piggy.

Dad is from original micro-pig Rob Rose lines and is pink all over!

I will be contacting a few of the people that were on waiting list also, but please contact us if you are interested in these two.

They must go as a pair as pigs are social animals and should not live alone. You will need a CPH number and a secure outdoor pen. We are happy for piggies to go inside your house, but we feel that piggies need a safe outdoor pen to dig and be like piggies for most of the day 🙂.

DOB of these two - 18th May 2019 (currently 10 weeks). £550 for the pair.

24/05/2019

You can’t seeeee meeeeeee

21/05/2019

Grass is fun!

20/05/2019

Happy 1st Birthday to Nigel, Connie, Winston (Now Hector!) and their brother and sister in Cardiff!

This is Nigel at his Birthday party! You can follow him on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/nige_the_pig/?igshid=objdamqwxazb

19/05/2019

Meet Prawn’s babies! Just the three (must be her lucky number! There were only three last time too!) Two pink patterned girls and one black boy. Two will be staying with us and visiting primary schools in the Pigs for Schools project, and we think the last is already spoken for so there are unlikely to be any available this time around, but we will keep you updated especially those of you who may be renting piggies for your school next year!! 🙂

14/05/2019

***Rent-a-Pig for Primary Schools - A few DISCOUNTED LOCAL-ONLY spaces left June 2019 *** message us for details.

The Rent-A-Pig scheme provides 2 mini-pigs and everything they need to stay at school for 1 week!

Every year our pet piggies go off on their travels around the country to spend time with primary school pupils. The scheme aims to help teach empathy and responsibility in pupils and teachers consistently report that it increases confidence and concentration in pupils.

The service is fully insured and APHA approved. For more information please visit our website, or message for a quote or further information.

We have a few weeks left in June for our two boy piggies. Due to other bookings they must be more local than usual so we are offering a discount for taking up these specific weeks of 20%! Drop us a message for more information!

12/05/2019

Yoda, Pumba, Janey loving the new paddock! This week we will be dismantling and getting rid of some of the winter ‘emergency’ pens that were put up when there was flooding here! We are looking forward to having everyone back in lovely grassy paddocks again !!

09/05/2019

We love these handmade buckets that were made for Penny and Rosie at a recent school visit!!

26/04/2019

Take a look at this :-) many many pet pigs are extremely overweight. The phrase ‘eat like a pig’ is very true... pigs will eat until they pop. Many people make the mistake of assuming their pigs are always hungry.... they really are not.

‘Body condition scoring’ is an excellent way to check if your piggy is overweight :-)

Look at this weight loss progress Marilyn has achieved. This is the work of dedication and love. 6 weeks of measured, reduced pellets, heathy snack choices, and increased movement. Bravo to Marilyn’s parents!!

If you suspect your pig maybe under or over weight and you would like help please join the the Ampa Mini Pig Weight Loss-Fat to Fit Club here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ampaminipigweightloss/?ref=share

14/04/2019

***Any local tree surgeons, foresters, gardeners looking for somewhere to loose large amounts of wood-chip?***

We are looking for large amounts for our miniature pigs' pens. They love to dig but in the summer our clay ground is too hard and in the winter it is sticky! We have 20 micros but also another 100 normal size pigs so we can loose a lot of wood chip quite easily. Would need to be dropped here unless very local and in bulk bags (we could collect bulk bags).

Does not need to be screened - fresh with leafy and twiggy bits is all fine, anything except large amounts of yew is likely to be fine.

10/04/2019

***Rent-a-Pig for Primary Schools - A few spaces left 2019 ***

The Rent-A-Pig scheme provides 2 mini-pigs and everything they need to stay at school for 1 week!

Every year our pet piggies go off on their travels around the country to spend time with primary school pupils. The scheme aims to help teach empathy and responsibility in pupils and teachers consistently report that it increases confidence and concentration in pupils.

The service is fully insured and APHA approved. For more information please visit our website, or message for a quote or further information.

28/03/2019

***Does your school have a farm or suitable pig area?***

Peter and Twisty are two retired 'Pigs for Schools' piggies that are now looking for a new home. They are 18 months old, will eventually grow to around 16 inches in height and would be especially suitable for school farm or similar as they have had lots and lots of experience at schools and with primary age school children.

Please note - we always ask a donation to a local animal charity when rehoming pigs to avoid them ending up in the wrong hands. We suggest donations to the Celia Hammond Animal Trust but are happy if you choose another charity, so long as we have evidence that you have donated.

24/03/2019

Some people notice our piggies look a little tufty in spring and ask us why :-)

https://americanminipigassociation.com/educational/blowing-coat-mini-pig-shedding/

  Mini Pig Shedding Blowing Coat Who says pig’s don’t shed?? Mini pigs don’t

10/03/2019

Rosie and penny are off to Stowmarket today! They will be stopping at Costa for a piglet-chino of course!

01/03/2019

Penny and Rosie have had a lovely half term break and are looking forward to going back to school next week! Today we have been making edible paints as next weeks school as booked the ‘Piggy Painting’ activity box!:-)

26/02/2019

Pepper trying to steal rice cakes ...:-)

10/02/2019

Pepper and her two remaining sons :-) Both castrated, black and 5 months olds. Mum is pepper (the bigger piggy in these photos :-) and daddy is bjorn the little Swedish. Expected apx 16 inches adult height. These guys are to go as a pair and are £350 for the pair :-)

12/10/2018

Pepper and her Piglets! They are 5 weeks now and have been castrated and wormed. They are ready to go 31st October and there are two black male castrated piglets available. One has brown glasses and a brown chin!

These guys are £350. We are keen for these little boys to go together and will discount to £600 for the pair.

Daddy is Bjorn! We have previous piglets by pepper and Bjorn to view (Janey!) and we have 2 and a half year old piglets from pepper's first litter (Prawn, Yoda and Pumba!)

Mum is nearly 4 years old now and is fully grown at just under 16 inches. Daddy is the same height as mum and has long pedigree little swedish lines behind him.

Don't forget you will need a CPH number to keep a pig and a piece of garden that you don't mind them digging in :-)

12/09/2018

Pepper and Bjorns piglets have been born and are now a week old :-)! There are only two available from this litter as the stripey and little black girl will be off on school visits with us this year :-) there is interest in one boy so there may only be one black male left!

05/08/2018

Ginger piggy having a nice dip in the pool (before I accidentally let them into the vegetable garden!!).

No vegetables were harmed in the making of this video :-)

25/06/2018

These are normal size pigs - but did you know all pigs (including miniatures) need a wallow in summer. Pigs don't sweat so can only cool down by wallowing. The mud also stops them getting sun burned!

Watch this big pig as happy as a pig in mud while we filled up his wallow this morning!

23/06/2018

Dinner tiiiiiime!