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Originally Posted by Reese1  My friend bought one of these while on vacation in Hawaii and paid to ship it back. The "teacup" pig grew to be quite large and made a huge mess!
She came home one day and the pig rammed open it's 50lb bag of food and was just sitting in it stuffing itself silly! 
They ended up giving it to a farm! |
The site says,
"The the Animal Rescue Site warns that the "teacup" trend is a marketing ploy -- these pigs may fit in a teacup when you buy them,
but within five years they can weigh up to 80 pounds. While that's "teacup"-size relative to 800-pound full-size potbellies, many consumers are unprepared to care for the pigs when they mature, and pig sanctuaries are overflowing with 300,000 discarded potbellied pigs that grew to 150 pounds or more.
Too many breeders are all about marketing, and this is a real problem.