Greg T babies, Beans and Watson

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Bacon/Ham/Short Ribs is still looking tasty. Still keeping up with more tricks? From the word on the street, I hear "mini" is an understatement and that 500-600 pounds is not unexpected.
Oh yeah, he's still as smart as ever and loves learning new things.

Well there is a lot of misinformation out there about what a minipig actually is, thanks to greedy breeders selling anything from potbelly pigs crossed with farm hogs, to any number of crosses and selling them as week old babies claiming they are 8 weeks, etc.

There is no such thing as a micro, a nano, or a teacup pig. Those are all just marketing terms to sell piglets. A minipig is any pig under 200-250 lbs. I added in the extra 50 because a lot of people overfeed their pigs and they wind up obese. And no, pet pigs are not supposed to be obese any more than they are supposed to be underweight. Some breeders tell buyers that if they follow a strict feeding schedule with their special diet, their pig will stay small. Those pigs are starved and stunted and it's the saddest thing I've ever seen. They have a hunched stance, and look awful! Prissy and Pop are examples of famous starved/stunted pigs. Anyways, most minis are mixed breed pigs that generally reach around 100 lbs. Some get bigger, some stay smaller. Truman is 43 lbs and is about as tall as the average outlet height in your home. LOL. Minis are short. Truman is 1 yr and 7 months old. He's a mini x juliana. He looks like his mini mama. :)
His parents.
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And Truman. :)
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Wow, you have lots of cool family members. Never knew you had pigs too! Amazing!
 

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I wanna move to your house. Need an adult child who isn't messy and loves to cook?
 

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Wow, you have lots of cool family members. Never knew you had pigs too! Amazing!
Well the handsome spoiled house pig is mine. His parents belong to my friend Kristen. :)

Did you see where Beans is 21 lbs 11 oz. and her 4th birthday isn't until September! Hahaha!
 

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Did you see where Beans is 21 lbs 11 oz. and her 4th birthday isn't until September! Hahaha!

Unbelievable! so big!! Many of the other babies are big, but Beans has to be the record of them all. I need to weigh her daddy again and see if she is heavier than him yet. Gotta be close.
 

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Beans laid her first clutch of eggs in the wee hours this morning.
She turns 4 next month. She was 24 lbs when last weighed.

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Wow! Simply big and beautiful! She does her daddy proud! I cannot believe how large she got, I think she has passed her daddy now.
 

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So far, Beans is the mama of 3 adorable little babies.
This colorful little thing is her very first offspring.
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This tiny little thing is baby#2.
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And this is baby #3. I will update pictures of them as they grow. :)
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Do you know what leopard tortoises eat? I just got one from a friend

Here are the links to the care sheets here in the forum that give lots of information on care.

Leopard Tortoise Care Sheet
https://tortoiseforum.org/index.php?threads/Leopard-Tortoise-Care-Sheet.63792/

How To Raise A Healthy Sulcata Or Leopard, Version 2.0
https://tortoiseforum.org/index.php...ealthy-Sulcata-Or-Leopard,-Version-2.0.78361/

For Those Who Have a Young Sulcata...
https://tortoiseforum.org/index.php?threads/For-Those-Who-Have-a-Young-Sulcata....76744/
 

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I haven’t checked in here in a while. Wow!!! Beans has gotten HUGE! And a momma now?!? Congratulations! I will inform Yoshi that he is now an uncle. Lol! I didn’t know they could reproduce at such a young age.
How big is she now in inches? I think Yoshi is still at around 12-13” last time I measured him which was a couple of months ago but he is real heavy.
This is my most recent video of him:

 

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