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| Name: |
Ziggy
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Age: |
Two years old
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| Gender: |
Male
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Kind: |
Ossabaw Miniature Pig
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| Home: |
Mount Airy, North Carolina, USA
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Ziggy
is a rare "Ossabaw" miniature pig from Ossabaw Island
off the coast of Georgia. Ziggy is special because he is so
intelligent and so sweet. He can go up and down stairs with ease and
did so the when we first brought him home (it is documented that it
takes extensive training for pigs to accomplish this task). Ziggy can
jump up onto the bed from the floor, which is about 30 inches, again
it is documented that pigs cannot jump very well due to their build.
He was easily trained to stand in a specific area when he wants a
treat and alerts us when he needs to go outside by grunting. He is
very affectionate and when we come home after work he greets his
"mom and dad" with a series of short grunts to say "I
missed you."
We decided we wanted a pet and saw an ad in the newspaper about
Ossabaws for sale. We went to see them and instantly fell in love
with the "runt" with white stocking feet. "Ziggy"
sounded closely to "piggy" so the name stuck. He being our
first pet pig, we read everything we could find about mini pigs and
Ossabaws. He is now almost three years old and weighs about 70 pounds
which is still small for a mature Ossabaw. We feed him a diet of
specially formulated food for miniature pigs and are very careful to
not overfeed him. However, he does get treats daily (carrots or small
doggy biscuits) which he looks forwards to. During the day Ziggy
grazes in our fenced in back yard and loves to snooze in the warm
sun. In inclement weather he has access to our covered deck and
sleeps in his lil house snuggled in his blankets. We let him in the
house in the evenings and after checking the floors for crumbs of
food he gets a belly scratching and he clambers up the stairs to jump
up on "his" bed to nap. In the hot summer he loves to play
in his little kiddy pool. He is very sensitive and pouts when we have
to scold him. He is a pretty good pig and we love him to death.
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