MINIPIGS A SHORT SUMMARY

Minipigs are several small pig-races, comming from all over  the world, which are living as domestic animal in house and garden.  In the USA and in Canada pot-belly pigs as well as several  minipig-races are kept with pleasure since more than ten years. They  get a weight between twenty to seventy kilogramms. Meanwhile there  are about fivehundred minipig-owners in Europe. These are possessing  potbelly pigs, the "Göttinger Minischwein", the "Münchner  Miniaturschwein", the "altes Wiesenauer", the "Bergstraesser Knirps" as well as various  crossings between minipigs and wild boars. The wheights of the  minipigs, which are bred in Europe are about twenty to fortyfive  kilogramms. The colors mostly are white or black, tabby animals also  got brown shades, but they are rare. Minipigs are going to be  house-trained very fastly because they are intelligent learners.  Pigs general are voracious animals, they would eat all the time, if  you would let them. Some people keep their pigs on a lead when they  are going into the forrest for a walk. Other minipigs prever the  sofa in the living room. A one square meter kennel in an open-air  ground should have at every minipigs disposal. A little meadow to  graze, a quiet corner to relieve itselve and the first class  piggy-hotel is complete. As long as they are young, the piglets  better should spend the time within the house, because a cat or a  hawk could put an end to piggies life. During this time you place a  cat-toilet at the piglets disposal. Ist easy to train a minipig but  they can be obstinate. That's why they need a consequent upbringing.  In Summer the pigs are feeling hot sometimes. That's why there  should be a muddy pool, where they can cool down themselves. In this  way you either avoid, that the pigs are going to dig over other  places in the garden. Illnes is very rarely if the animals are kept  species-specific and when they spend a long time outdoors. Every  half year the pigs should get rid off worms. Inoculation against  swine fever is forbidden in Europe. For feeding it's  advisable  to use a horse fodder as well as vegetables, fruit and dry bread.  The feed costs are about five us-Dollars per month. In Europe there  are minipig-breeder in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Finland,  Germany and Austria. The biggest diversity is breeded in Germany by  now, where minipigs entered a lot of households. The price of a  minipig amount to 300 to 800 Dollars.When you buy a minipig you  should get a bloodtest which confirm it's health.