I wish Chris would have insisted on the family seeing the piglets’ mother. Absolutely guaranteed that adult “mini” pig is over 100 pounds. Also he didn’t mention that pigs are fiercely social, and a solo one will likely become destructive out of loneliness. 🤦🏻♀️
Can’t wait for the next episode where the clinic is trying to find a new home for the pig 🙃. Seriously she had no interest in learning anything, she IS one of the people he was talking about who wants to get a pet pig as a fad.
Announcer: “A wrong decision could cause chaos for this family.” Me: “Then don’t buy a pig! Didn’t you what Chris said? There are no miniature pigs in Australia.”
there's no such thing as an actual "miniature" pig Anywhere. it's all comparative. meaning that a "mini" is Still a Huge creature; just a Teensy bit smaller than a Full sized hog.
Did not like the unwillingness of the mother and her kids to learn anything about pigs. Laughing as her kids scare the crap outta the pigs was not cute, it was cruel. I feel bad for the pig.
I agree but you can’t blame the kids they were excited and also baby pigs are naturally like that because in the wild they are a walking pork chop to predators that’s why baby bigs don’t like being picked up. All that skittishness and squealing was more a natural behavior than anything else.
Same. They should have been quiet, and allowed to pigs to come up to them, and check them out. They didn't need to scare them to death. That was uncalled for. And they didn't know a thing about pigs. Should have done some research first. (Jan Griffiths).
As the owner of the pigs, if I saw that kind of behavior from someone who has come to buy one of my pigs, I would have to be telling them, "Not sorry, ma'am. You won't be going home with one of my pigs", and then if ask why, I would be up front and tell them straight out why. The pig's well being would be more important to me than their hurt feelings.
I had a little white rabbit once and one kid in my neighborhood who had come over for a visit grabbed it by the ears when I wasn't looking and proceeded to scream in its face. We ended up giving away because it hated people when it got older 😢
Wish we could get an update on the pig. I hope they didn't give him up when he gained 200lbs. Hopefully the children learned how to act around the pig, I really felt bad for him and it seemed like it could have easily turned into a dangerous situation for everyone involved
I was also hoping that the kids, dog, &/or chickens didn't get bitten or seriously injured if they kept it after it got grown & way too big for their house.... especially, since the mother didn't seem to have a clue about having a farm animal in town and in the blasted house or apartment😳😕😳
Kid: "We're not choosing that one. That one is too loud." Dr Chris: "When I first met you guys I thought the same thing." 😂😂😂😂Dr Chris is a true animal lover.
I was obsessed with getting a mini pig and the moment i was financially stable i looked into it, did all the research and got a chihuahua/corgi instead.
If they have shade or if you put sunscreen on the pig that works too but mostly it's pigs without hair that have a problem. A lot of the mud is for cooling them down. Because they don't sweat. And as the mud dries the water evaporates out of it cooling their skin.
I kinda bothers me when I see small animals like that around young kids. Especially after watching the episode about the guinea pig who was jumped on a little kid.
@Mycel yeah... I was trying to be nice 😆 I have a 3 yr old and I see it myself, they can be little shits. I wouldn't get a new animal right now no matter what. Before this kid is bigger and knows how to tone it tf down, no more animals. The cat came as a rescue and somehow, miraculously, he loves my son and lets him splash him with water when he's playing outside or offer him play food, he even let him listen to him with a stethoscope from tail to head 😂 that cat is a one in a million. He's amazing. He has more patience than me, for sure 😆
I Love kids but I feel so sorry for that pig . The youngest girl is too young for a pet piglet and the mother doesn't appear to be the smartest tool in the box.
They're trying! But this kind of tortoise is so rare that there are only 10 or so in captivity all over the world. I think they'll be borrowing a female tortoise from a zoo in another country, and that's a logistical nightmare
@@revinaque1342 I saw an earlier show about his sperm. I feel sorry for the old guy. Lol. That rock kills me. Too bad they couldnt find him a companion in meantime from WISH.
While living in South Africa, a turtle once appeared in our garden and because we had a lot of nature around and a pretty wild garden he just stayed with us and we named him Julius. He could have left if he wanted to but he didn't and we became friends. But he didn't have a girlfriend. And well...thus he used a stone. Luckily, when we moved away we could give him to friends of ours who have got plenty of women for him. :p I understand how lonely that tortoise must feel.
I will never understand people who are like "Okay let's get a pet!" without doing extensive research first. I used to think I wanted a guinea pig, a rabbit, a rat, or a ferret one day, until I realized that these creatures all overheat REALLY easily. I live in New Jersey but even then we get some HOT summers sometimes, and I'd feel guilty if I couldn't regulate their temperature, and something bad happened to them. At this point I figure if I ever decide to get a pet, it will most likely be a cat, since I already have experience with those.
Unfortunately, many people don't think about researching first and just get a pet. I remember researching mice for 2 years before finally getting one. Even then it only lived for a year. But I plan to try again. Animals are all different and come with challenges that are sometimes beyond your control. I feel being respectful and caring goes a long way. But still having that bit of extra information will hopefully lead to long-living and happy pets. But I feel quality of life is better than long living and suffering.
I have a family friend whos OBSESSED with pigs, and i mean every inch of her house is filled with pig paintings or pig figurines, etc. Even has a pig tattoo. And she got a pig as a pet and ended up getting rid of it because they just get too out of hand and too much to deal with. So if she literally would die for a pig and couldnt keep one, i know these idiots wont keep it its whole life.
Yeah there’s a lot of cases where people don’t research or just don’t care , like people who adopt huskies when they live in warm areas ( the huskies literally have to lay on ice or have a ice bath to not overheat )
Hey I’m the young girl in the video and my parents did a lot of research before getting the pig the whole point of the episode was to show that it’s not all sunshine and rainbows mum was supposed acted clueless
I laughed so hard when this lady said she wanted a pig..... I had two growing up and let’s just say my mom paid mortgage but the pigs were head of house hold.
He's deliberately imitating Steve Irwin and I think it's annoying. There's a behind-the-scenes episode where you get to see his real personality, which is quite different.
Chris discourages, she giggles. Chris Educates she giggles. She’s not at all interested in learning from him or listening to how a pig is NOT a house pet, it’s a potentially very large, very destructive when bored farm animal.
Yeah, the fact that she laughs everything off tells me that she hasn't given this much thought AT ALL, and clearly isn't ready for another pet, let alone a pig. People who are serious about getting an animal will do TONS of research first, and will weigh the pros and cons for months (even years). People who are truly ready to commit won't jump at an impulse buy.
Pigs are great animals but are not for impulsive people or people unwilling to learn. When I decided I wanted a Rottweiler at 13 I dived into learning everything I could about them. I didn't get my Rotty till I was 25. He was the most amazing boy. Everyone loved him and he had friends at Petco, home Depot, dog park, my vet and the techs loved him. Sadly at 2.5yo he developed cancer in his splean that spread to his bone marrow. I spent thousands to try and save him and I still got my heart broke. Lots of people cried when I told them I had to make the decision.
That pig is going to destroy that family (and their house), I can see it coming from miles away. Kids are too young, loud and small. Dog is too loud and small. Mom seems clueless and just giggles when Chris tells her how much trouble she could get in. I wish Chris had told them straight out that its a horrible idea to get a pig, but I'm guessing he probably has a contractual reason why he can't. Mom clearly seems to be a bit resentful of her kids, but a pig will make it worse. At best, maybe a nipped finger or two and at worse, broken bones. A annoyed pig will not hesitate to show it's emotions. I hope that at least they give it to a rescue or something and don't just have it euthanized.
What he didn't tell her is how that little dog could be in serious danger when that pig gets bigger and more aggressive trying to dominate. It's not smart to get a single pig, especially as a house pet
Every episode that has a "our bills are so high, but we're going to do anything for them" that turns into a fundraiser in their honor makes me cry. every.Single.time!!
I love that they included the footage of why most people shouldn't get pet pigs, so now that family who are totally unfit for pig ownership will be an opportunity to possibly educate others who were considering pigs but should not get them.
This grown woman with a family and other pets is making a decision the way I made decisions when I was 18 🤦🏼♀️ “Let me get a lil pig because it’s cuuuuuute and quirrrrrky even though Chris just gave me all the reasons I shouldn’t and my kids clearly aren’t ready.”
You could see how hard Chris was trying to politely discourage the family from getting a pig. It just sucks that he can't really stop them from doing so. When my little sisters were around 3 and 6, my mom refused to get a CAT as to not put some poor animal through all that stress. This mother getting a PIG because of impulse? Horrible. Having kids, dogs, and chickens does NOT prepare you for a pig.
Good for Cleo's guardians making that hardest of choices to let Cleo live out her life without asking her to go through a bunch of treatment for them. Let her have the best quality of life she can for as long as it lasts.
Everyone is talking about the family who got the piglet but nobody is talking about how Cleo is such a beauiful girl. I am happy that she got better but it is not a cure. So it is bittersweet.
i would guess you just answered your own question there. not many people want to focus on something that has such a 50/50 outcome as lovely miss cleo has. it's easier to be ticked at a woman for being a ninny than it is to dwell on that. hurts less.
Really nice to see all those people help out Cleo's owners with her Bill's. I wish I had support last year with my dogs bills. You don't know how stressful it is until you've been through it.
Yeah that's why I feel bad everytime I see a petting zoo full of out of control kids and small animals. Like those animals are shoved into a small enclosure only to chased by screeching children and if one of them bites a kid it's the animals fault and more than likely they'll be put down. I've had first hand experience of small kids around small animals mostly from the daycare I worked at where they straight up warned you to not let a small animal anywhere nears the kids cause they would kill it. I mean those kids were 2-3yrs old but still they should be taught how to behave around animals from day one. I learned the hard way after my childhood dog bit me for handling one of her puppies the wrong way and I don't blame her, I was a wild small kid who had no experience around puppies that small and I sure learned my lesson that day.
That mother did not think of her daughters because the could be hurt by the pig. Yes, they are super cute, but they need special atencion and care and a place specialy for them.
Thank you Chris, I wish I had been told all of that before I got my pig. I love her to death but knowing more about pigs would have saved me alot of frustration in her teenage years . 90% of pet pigs get rehomed within the first year. My girl is 5 and I can't imagine letting her go.
It seems dangerous, to me, to bring a pig into the home, even if it's gonna live outdoors. Chris is trying to educate them, but the mom seems oblivious to exactly what he's telling her. Duh. Wake up, lady. I don't think a pig is for you and your kids and your dog.
That piggy is so cute. They're incredibly smart animals and deserve to be in habitats suitable for them. Not as pets. Deciding between a pig, or having another kid is incredibly ignorant to say, kidding or not. I truly believe some people should not have kids.
I know. I've had first hand experience seeing what kids will do to small animals. My first rabbit was traumatized when it was a baby after I turned my back for a few minutes and the jealous kid from down the street yanked it up by it's ears and screamed at it. We ended up giving to a farmer we knew because it hated people after that experience. Small animals and wild kids don't mix. Also a really good example is that one episode where that kid put his brother's guinea pig on the trampoline and jumped on it.
I REALLY liked how much effort and time Dr. Chris put into the pig pet. That could have gone pear shaped. I’m also happy to see the pup had some kind of positive recovery. Great episode!! Don’t forget Hugo, hope he gets his gf soon 😂
@@amandah2866 Probably residue from sneezes. A lot of large reptiles will sneeze periodically to clear their nasal passages and get some residue on their faces. It's normal and wouldn't bother them, but it looks a bit gross to humans.
Dr. Chris was doing his best to gently convince the mother not to get the pig, but she's more pig-headed than any pig she's going to get. As for Chloe, why do people wait so long to get a dog in for treatment? A nasal discharge that lasts more than a few days is always cause for concern. "She's only been really bad for the last week or two." Yeah, right, probably at least three weeks, judging by the spread of the fungus. Poor Chloe. She's lucky she survived.
I agree with you on the pig situation, but how could you tell how fast the fungus can grow, without knowing every detail which happened behind the camera?
oml someone tell that lady to focus on controlling her kids. even within the first few seconds of being on screen, one of the little brats was pestering chris as he was trying to talk- knocking on him and poking him. CONTROL YOUR KIDS LADY. then MAYBE you can think abt having pets.
I feel so very sorry for the little pigs,to have to go home and live with those mean and mean they will be to the baby pig. God keep you safe little sweetie.
Spending $4k on treatment for a dog is just incredible. And it’s amazing to see the club raise some funds for her treatment. It’s just crazy to see how people with exhaust everything for their pet, while others can’t even be bothered to call the vet when need be and let their animals suffer. Thank goodness for that couple for doing everything they can do for their dog. That dogs getting the best life
She really should've researched the pros and cons of pigs before she told the kids. She got their hopes up before talking with Chris. Also, how has that dog not killed one of those chickens? I have a hunch there were more than two before.
@@eveblack3428 clearly not! Dr Chris tried to warn her if the dangers and problems of having a pig, and she kept saying “oh, I hadn’t thought about that!” and clearly didn’t know ANYTHING about the correct way to raise a pig. She totally ignored professional advice
Owning a pig is like having a toddler that never grows up. If this lady can't control her kids she won't be able to control a pig. Depending on the breed, a proper diet will ensure the pig won't get to big. It's when you overfeed them and / or give then the wrong diet is when they get really big.
Hey I’m the young girl from the video and my mum has done a great job! You should judge someone’s parenting off one video and most of the video was fake and we were made to look clueless. We actually did a lot of research before getting a pig.
I hope they realize that the pig could end up several hundred pounds... there is no such thing as a mini pig or teacup pig anywhere in the world... you cannot breed them to stay a size... it’s a wild card... you could get 1 teacup pig from the litter and 1 that ends up being several hundred pounds... These little kids are going to end up getting their fingers bitten or hurt... I suspect this pig will end up at a rescue farm sadly :/
Cleo’s blood test hit home 😭 I had a border collie named Cleo to. She passed from a cancerous tumour when she was ten. I feel for her family they have all my preyers 💕
Piggies are cute. But he's not wrong. They are very smart and very headstrong. They are easy to house train as far as their potty habits but they will feed themselves in your pantry or cupboards
[nods] they're actually fairly fastidious animals to begin with. my grandfather's hogs would only use one corner of their pens for relieving themselves and it was Always opposite from where they ate or slept. smart creatures. but not a good idea for people who aren't willing to listen when somebody tries explaining to them that pigs can and Will do their own thing whether the person likes it or not. that Includes rooting around the house And possibly doing the other animals (or kids) harm if they tick them off. at the time of the taping, the little pig seemed like a little push-around. but hogs have *Looong* memories and have No trouble turning any/all bull one tries on them back ten fold with higher amperage.
Pigs are great animals but getting a pet because you think it's cute isnt the best decision. Im glad Chris pointed all those things out about owning one.
Those pigs have straight up never been handled. They are terrified, and the kids aren't helping. This lady pulled them away from some farmer a day ago and then shoved them in a fancy looking pen for television. That pen has no evidence of long term use...
long term use - like Huh? it's a new pen. all pens for piggies are new in the beginning. what should she do, borrow a pig to bless the 'new' pen?!! holy cow!?
My potbellied pig is 17 years old. She is my second pig I've owned. They are extremely smart and very stubborn and determined. They are food driven...I can get my BB to do anything I want her to do if she gets snacks...once a task is achieved, she remembers it...like bathing...she relates bathing with blueberries...she is lots of fun and love her to death...
We thought about having another baby but decided to get a pig instead…. How responsible. I can tell a WHOLE TON of thought went into that decision. (Not) and the look on her face when Chris was talking in the kitchen screamed “I don’t like what I’m hearing but I’m going to do it anyways.”🙄 does anyone know if they still have that pig?
I guessed 150k for Cleo, lol. I'm so happy for Cleo that she's back to her favorite sport, I hope she can get the Crypto cured and Petal the piggy is sooooo adorable. Keep us updated on your critters. I love them all.
Preach it. Farm animals are not inside pets they require outside needs and then the owners have the audacity to get mad at the animal when it makes a mess.
@@miadost8236I have experience with rowdy inside animals. I have a rabbit who chewed through my mom's curtains and we ended up banning her from that room. Really any inside animal can do lots of damage so no matter what animal you get you have to be prepared for what it might do.
Depends on who the owner is. A good owner can make it work; i'd never have one, but I have a friend with two pigs, they live inside and go out to do their business like a dog! But they have their own mattress and everything inside. House is clean as hell, and the pigs are pretty spoilt and happy, but they're not easy to keep that way. But not everyone can care for a pig and make them happy like that whilst keeping them indoor, and people need to realise that pigs are *hard*. They can be pretty high maintenance, just like every other farm animal or pet.
Those poor piglets! I'd run away from those kids too. It's funny that they got the pig I liked the most, I love that striped hair pattern. Pigs are so cute :D I'm actually not surprised the medicine hasn't cured the Border Collie. Medications have trouble passing through the blood-brain barrier, so they can't as effectively treat the brain. It's a major reason why diseases in the brain are so hard to treat. Ironically it's a protective measure, it also prevents many diseases from getting into the brain.
Someone my dad used to work with found a baby wild pig , he called it pig pig and took it home with him. Long story short the pig had grown to the size of a 2 person couch. It had eaten the jib walls and had eaten its way into his floor and was living under the floor. It used to eat its way out of the property and would run down the road past the school. To get it home he would hit it with a spade to get it moving in the right direction
Wow 4 grand already!!!!! Thank God wonderful people are going to help raise funds for this beautiful girl!!!! Being faced with your best friends possible death is so hard!!! They become family, plain and simple!!! We lost our 7 year old lab to very very fast spreading skin cancer and we had to put him down this past December 26th. We spent our last very emotional Christmas with him and it was so tough!!!! From his first symptoms to the day we had him put to sleep was just under 2 months. Yet we have an almost 14 year old Yorkie that has had metastasized breast cancer for over 2 years and shows little signs of being in pain. Sometimes it’s doesn’t seem fair and being disabled and losing an awesome that helped me so much and had such a wonderful and loving personality is horrible. We can’t afford a service dog 🐕🦺 to help me and everything was so natural to him!!!! 😢😢😢😢💔💔💔💔💔
On Georgia's east coast there is an island with feral pigs. I think it is Cumberlin Island. They are very small mostly under 70 lbs. We owned 2 Breed from this stock, 40 pounders. Because they are so dense they stood only 13 inches at shoulder. Yes they were very smart and very clean. Easy to train and never mean. Yes they love food. They learned to open the door with their mouths and then open the dog food cans. It was a battle to see who was smarter us or them. No one has mentioned that they are also great mimics and learn from people and animals. They love people who are good to them just like dogs and cats. We loved Calico and Pork chop and hated to lose them. PS There are unreliable breeders who will tell you what you want to hear about size thinking that you will be attached before you find out how big they grow.
I used to have a pig called peppa, she was the best, and honestly she was so so big, and she used to bark. Like an actual dog 😂 (she grew up around dogs so im assuming she learnt it from them)
@/Maddie I did really good job on my birthday 🎂 Andrea was at the last time we had dinner at our house last weekend for a birthday dinner with my parents for Christmas 🎄 was a good time for me and my family
Hey girl I’m sorry about your phone I just got off work you got a good time and I’m going on the way home was that I was supposed to get you there and I got you a gift and I love it and you have a great time 👨👩👧
There was an ad in the 80s where the guys was 'don't tell me- I know boats!' then he stepped off the the jetty and straight through the bottom of the boat. Kind of like the piggy family...
Lady wanting a pig . . . Why can't she just get another chicken or a canine sidekick for their dog?! 😒 Cleo's parents are such beautiful people. You can see how much they love each other & Miss Cleo & Kaiya. 💗
Teacup pigs are not a breed. Those are young pigs. They will grow to be large like the ones you see on the farms. As they grow, they'll need more food, just like humans. They are extremely smart and "pig headed." They should have been advised to get a stuffed animal!
Good Lord! Those kids (& Mom, too) would get an earfull from me if they acted like that around my horses. That Mom is very negectful not teaching those kids better than that...some people are just amazing....wow...smh....
