Pet not Pork: Australian Miniature.

[Teylah]

Hi, does anyone on here have an australian miniature pig? or pet pig?
I have so many questions for anyone out there that has a pet pig!!!
My little girl is 7weeks

Questions:
what feed do you give your mini pig?
what vaccinations, if any did your pig get?
what worming product do you use?

 

[M.L. McKnight]

I don't have any mini pigs but I do have some breeding stock that is quite spoiled.

I just picked up a new Berkshire boar on Saturday. He is 6 weeks old and will be my new herd sire around late spring-early summer. I didn't have any feed with a high enough protein content for a baby so I stopped at Tractor Supply and picked up a sack of feed. They carry a Purina feed and I won't touch that with a ten foot pole. Their 'house brand' is packaged by Purina so that was a no go as well. They only other option was a mini pig feed. The brand is Mazuri and they have three different types according to the age of your pig. I got the one for young pigs (20%) and my boar seems to really like it. I didn't like paying so much for a 25lb sack of feed but it'll have to do until I go to the mill later on in the week.

I use Safe-Guard pelleted wormer, pumpkin seeds and tobacco to worm my pigs. On occasion I use a mixture of charcoal and buttermilk.