How to Breed Micro Pigs

Micro pigs, or micro potbellied pigs, are not an officially recognized type of pet pig, much like teacup-sized dogs are not officially recognized as a variety. However, this term is applied to pet pigs that are abnormally small compared to the rest of their species. Some of these tiny pigs are no larger than a miniature poodle or Yorkshire terrier when fully grown.

Things You'll Need

  • Housing for pigs
  • Appropriate food for pigs
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Instructions

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      Run appropriate health checks on your starter pigs. Your veterinarian will be able to send the checks off for further review. If the pigs are not suitable to breed due to health defects, obtain pigs that are. Keep your pigs healthy, in comfortable housing, and feed them high-quality food with plenty of grains, vegetables and vitamins.

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      Wait until your sow (female pig) comes into heat. Inseminate your sow from your boar (male pig) or allow the boar to service the sow.

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      Check the sow for pregnancy approximately three weeks after she has been inseminated. If there are no signs of pregnancy, you will have to try again. If she has trouble getting pregnant, speak with your veterinarian about your options.

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      Feed your pig the amount prescribed by the veterinarian. Checkups must be scheduled as often as the veterinarian feels are necessary for the pig's well-being and emergency checkups must be available at a moment's notice.

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      Help the sow deliver the piglets. If she becomes stressed or is having trouble delivering a piglet, call your emergency veterinarian. Take your credit paperwork or emergency money with you when you take the sow in. She may require a C-section to deliver the piglets safely.

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      Socialize the piglets as they grow. Rehome the ones that are not candidates to continue breeding down your pigs.

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      Breed smaller piglets once they go through the appropriate health checks and reach a suitable age to be bred. Remember that you are trying to create smaller pigs, so you must breed only the smaller, healthy pigs from your litters. As you continue through the generations, you will reach micro-pig size. Add new genetic material to the gene pool by breeding other small pigs from different parents to your pigs. Too much inbreeding will destroy your stock.