Well where to begin.. I have always always loved piggies.. my mother used to raise farm pigs!! (if you see her you won't believe it!) This was in Oklahoma when I was a kid. Of course, we brought all the runts home, bottle fed them, making sure never to loose even one.. I guess it was there we learned what amazing, smart and loving companions they can be..
Years later when I was lonely and living in San Francisco, my mom drove (from Arizona) to visit me and she brought with her my very first piggie!! I called her Arizona, which I missed.. and called her Zoni. I was stricken! From there I felt a need to help pigs. I learned how many homeless pigs there were and started to meet many wonderful piggie parents. Years later after living back home in Arizona, my Zoni passed away (she was 8 years old) I felt as if there was a huge hole in my heart that would never be filled. Zoni had been my friend, my roomate and my confidant thru many hard times. I will miss her always.
Trying to fill the hole in my heart, I answered an ad for baby piglets in the newspaper, convincing myself I would just go and play with them and get my 'piggie fix'.. ah hem.. yep, one little twerp came bouncing up onto my leg and yep, brought her home.. Her name was Chloe. Chloe and I also became quick buddies. Very different in personality from my Zoni, she did help to fill the hole in my heart. A few years after Chloe entered my life, so did Sara. Sara was born at a local piggie sanctuary. Chloe passed away at age 8 here on the farm and Sara is alive and well and is now six years old.
Sara
There are pictures of Chloe & Sara on our piggie soap page
Since Sara has come into my life, I have also taken in some piggies who needed homes. Jack.. a story I will share when I can emotionally tell his story, and then last spring, in the 115 degree heat of Arizona, we got "the herd" I will post more pictures and tell their story soon..
the arrival
(this is Mary and her awesome helpers
from Ironwood Pig Sanctuary)
checkin out the place
These piggies were so sunburned we almost lost a tail on one.. we set about digging a mud hole right away
Sleepin like sausage..
assuming these guys have been together for life
they love to sleep all together end to end
this was one of their first nights here at the farm
They still sleep all together usually
Except when lounging during the day
Mud Hog
this is what a pink/white pig looks like when it spends most of its day in the mud pond!
a year later..
What you lookin at?
still nappin together as a herd
Elvis & Squeeley
Shortly before the arrival o' the herd
Elvis arrived and his one and only little friend, Squeeley.. who was born at a sanctuary and we are her first ever forever home!
Elvis as he has aged, has the option to live in my front yard, wandering freely but he has chosen the chaos of the barn area. I have moved him back to the safety and serenity of the yard several times only to wake in the morning and find he has found a way out, hiked thru the corral and is laying in 'his' spot in the barn, usually with chickens all over him, or a baby goat!
Mr. Pig
Mr. Pig is a wonderful sweet boy. He arrived here two years ago from an affluent area of Arizona. He had been a house pig who "got to big"
He arrived in a Lexus SUV, with his food, his dish and a bed. He didn't really even have a name. They called him "pig" and we felt that was not dignified enough, so he became "Mr. Pig"
Mr. Pig is the first to greet visitors. He begs for belly rubs and is in charge of one of the mud ponds.
Thanks for visiting!
please visit our page dedicated to some of our
'formerly homeless' goats see link to the left
"Goat Stories"
I will also add links to some other great piggie sites
