Now days there are many people looking to earn some quick and easy money, they will try to sell you anything including regular farm piggies as a mini pig. You should know that all serious breeders of miniature pigs will sell you only neutered/spayed piggies. They should give you printed directions about how to feed and train your new pet, they also have to give you support by phone. Serious breeder will give you guaranties that your pig will not excess  certain weight and size when it is full grown ( usually at 24 months old ).

Price may vary a lot depending of a expected size, color, type of guarantee and reputation of breeder. You should look for full vet physical and approved release. Real breeders have a long list of satisfied customers along with their recommendations. Some breeder will also give you guarantees that if you are unsatisfied, with your mini pig, for any reason up to 6 months of age, they will replace it with another of your choice free of charge.

Before buying you should check that the piglet has no obvious genetic defects, some of the teacup pigs have wrinkles on their skin but it is perfectly normal if the haven’t got them. Mini pigs should have strait tails and small erected ears.

I get a lot of questions about where to buy teacup piggies and some of you ask me if I’m selling one, I have to say that I do own one but I’m not a breeder and I’m not selling them.I wrote this article as a guide and my main goal was to help you if you consider to buy a mini pig. You should know that teacup pigs will demand a lot of your time and energy because they have a lot of energy and if they are not exercised daily thy can become aggressive.

I wish you best luck with you new pet and many unforgettable moments

A few days ago I bought a book with a very promising title - Teacup pigs, Micro pigs, Miniature pigs, The Complete Owner’s Guide by Elliot Lang.
It is a must have guide for anyone passionate about owning, breeding, or raising miniature pigs.
As soon as I got the book I started to read and didn’t give up until I read the whole book, and then I read it again. It is well written and easy to read. Like a brother or a close friend, the author takes you and guides you through the whole process of owning a mini pig.
He teaches you how to find out if a teacup pig is a right kind of pet for you, how to find a respectful breeder and how to pick a right piglet. There is a lot of paperwork that needs to be done if you want to become an owner, and Elliot gives a great explanation about that.
The book includes the following:

• History of mini pigs (general facts, size and temperament)
• Is a mini pig a right choice for you ( pros and cons )
• Choosing a mini pig (finding a breeder, multiple pigs or not…)
• Bringing your mini pig home ( the permits, preparing your home, moving your mini pig, arriving home, shopping list )
• Socializing
• Nutrition
• Training
• Breeding
• Daily care
• Health
• Senior mini pigs (how to take care of your mini pig when he gets old )
• Common pig terms

I certainly learned a lot from this book and I can honestly recommend it to anyone interested in mini pigs. It is a common practice to name pros and cons when writing a review of a book or any other product on the market, but in this case I have to skip that because I really can’t find any cons.
If you decide to buy this book please write a comment here. I would really like to know what you think about it.

You have to remember that you mini pig is not really hungry it is just a behavior that pigs adopted when humans started to keep them as domestic animals, you have to retrain your piggies to bee feed correctly. Optimal food for miniature pigs have to be high on fiber and moderate on energy. Do not feed your pigs with meat or any meat products it can cause health issues and it is illegal in some countries.

Mini pigs should be fed once a day, it’s recommended in the afternoon and you should allow them to graze on grass of a day. Fruits, vegetables and grain are considered to be ideal food for teacup pigs. You can give you pig a treat only once a day when you are training them.

Always put food in a bowl, never on a ground because your pig will continually go back to that area looking for food and if there is no food they will start to root around that place causing a mess. you should train your pig to be patient and not to squeal when he/she is hungry, they will try anything to make you hurry up and give them food faster. If they start to squeal the best thing you can do is to walk away without giving food to them, then you should wait at least 5 minutes and try again, they have to learn that you wont give them food if they squeal. They will try this only while they are piglets and if you don’t let them to get away with it your life will be much easier. If you feed you piglets while they are squealing they will quickly learn that squealing gets them food very fast and that is something you have to avoid at all cost. Don’t let you mini pig to train you instead you train them.

Teacup pigs are very intelligent and if they can find a way to make you give them more food they will, food is their main passion. If you let them to eat as much as they can their life will be much shorter and you will end up with a pig a lot bigger then what you expected when you decided to buy a mini pig. They have to learn that you are the boss and that they will eat only when you want and what you want.

Since that date I’m investigating on Internet an reading everything that comes to my hand about teacup pigs.
This incredible animals may be the best choice for pet, they are very smart and they love to play. Some say they are smarter that dogs. They are clean and easy to maintain pets. If you imagine that they are really teacup size I have to disappoint you they are that small only when they are born. But however mini pigs are much smaller then standard farm pigs and regular potbelly pigs. Miniature pigs reach full-grown size when they are between 2 to 3 years old. Adult micro mini pig typically weight around 30 – 60 lbs and are about height of a medium size dog. Occasionally you can find breeders whose full grown pigs are in the 25-32 lbs range, in most cases that pigs come as a result of crossbreeding between micro size potbellies and mini juliana’s. A life span of this adorable creatures is 15 to 20 years. So if you are looking for a companion that’s gonna be with you for along time mini pig may be the right choice.
My goal is to write down on this site everything I know about teacup pigs and to provide useful information for everyone who is interested in mini pigs.

• Pot Belly Pig
• Kune Kune Pig
• Gloucester Pig
• Tamworth Pig

Now lets find out more about this breeds that are main “ingredients”  of these adorable creatures that we all love so much.

Pot Bellied  Pigs originate from Vietnam and they are considerably smaller than standard European or American farm pigs. They have a characteristic shape of belly and that’s how they got their name. Size and weight of pot belly pigs are various and depends on a location of origin in Vietnam, they weight in range of 20 to 300 lb. When you see pot bellied pig you can easily recognize this breed because of straight tail and upright ears and the shape of their belly .

They are considered fully grown at a 6 years of age, although males  ( un-neutered  ) are fertile when they are only six months old. Today is very hard to find purebred potbellies because people tend to cross them with various farm pig species and that is the main reason that many of them are over sized.

Kune Kune’s  are also known as kunekune pigs are a small breed of domestic pigs from New Zealand. Their name on Maori language means ” fat and round”. Kunekune’s originate from Asian domestic breed that was introduced in the early 19th century by whalers and merchants to New Zaeland. They are a very rare, in 1980s there was only about 50 purebred pigs remained. Luckily for us some people put a lot of effort to preserve this specie and now they no longer faces extinction. They are hairy and sometimes they can have wattles hanging from their lower jaw. There are various colors of kunekune’s they can be ginger,white, gold, black and white, tan and brown.

Gloucester pig is also known as “bacon pig” they have considerably more fat then other commercial breeds. They are also known as Gloucestershire Old Spots and they originate from England. They are white with black spots. Old-Spots are well suited to live outdoors and farmers who want to add value to their product more often find them as a right choice for that purpose. Now days there are very small number of this pigs in the world.

There are less than 1000 females registered for breeding in the UK and they are listed as a Minority ( category 5).

Tamworth pig have a long narrow body and elongated head shape. Their colour range from dark mahogany red to pale gingery. Tamworth pigs originate from UK but some Irish breeds have significant impact on their today’s overall shape and size. They are one of the oldest breeds of pigs in the UK. They are a medium size breed, full grown males can weight from 550 to 820 lb. Height of adult pigs from this breed varies from 20 to 26 in. There are less then 300 registered females for breeding in the UK and they are listed as Vulnerable specie .

Without this breeds teacup pig as we know it today wouldn’t look the same.