These can be found at Tractor Supply & Rural King-type stores.

How to take care of a teacup pig

Here is the big question. What do I feed my pig and how much?

I recommend feeling Nature’s Best Organic Feeds, Mazuri mini Pig food, or Purina Sow and Pig which can be found at Tractor Supply or the Mazuri Site.

How much to feed:

Mazuri recommends feeding your piglet 1-3% of its weight daily. If your piglet is 5 lbs then it would be 80 oz of body weight so 1% will equal .80 which is a little over 1/2 oz, 2% will equal 1.6 oz, and  3% will equal  2.4 oz, divided between two meals a day. This is not much when you look at it but it is not starving your baby, This is the amount that scientists have determined is the correct amount to feed your piglet so that it remains healthy and not overweight. Not only does feeding too much cause your piglet to get bigger than you want but can shorten its life, aggravate arthritis, and even cause it to be blind.

Pig Weight           1% of Body Weight          2% of Body Weight

Pounds               Tbsp./Cups                                  Tbsp./Cups

2                           1 Tbsp.                                         1 2/3 Tbsp.

5                           2 Tbsp.                                         4 Tbsp.

10                        ¼ Cup                                           ½ Cup

20                        ½ Cup                                          1 Cup

30                        ¾ Cup                                          1 2/3 Cup

40                        1 Cup                                           2 ¼ Cup

50                        1 1/3 Cup                                    2 2/3 Cup

60                         1 2/3 Cup                                   3 ¼ Cup

70                         2 Cups                                        3 ¾ Cup

80                         2 ¼ Cup                                     4 ¼ Cup

90                        2 1/3 Cup                                   4 ¾ Cup

100                      2 2/3 Cup                                  5 1/3 Cup

If your piglet is inside most of the time I would recommend the  Elder as it has fewer calories.

 The best way to determine whether to feed 1-2% would be to monitor your piglet’s shape. Start at 2% and if your piglets get fat around the neck area back off the feed. If its hips are bony like an old cow then increase its feed.

Treats and Snacks for Mini Pigs

What about treats? Yes, you can feed your baby treats. Healthy treats! The kind you would eat if you were on a diet. Lettuce, cucumbers, carrots, raw squash. You can give them cabbage which is cheap and they love it but BEWARE pig poots will run you out of the room! Preferably fresh but frozen will be ok. make your piglet earn its treats by learning tricks. Do not give your pig salt. Pigs are not salt-tolerant and it can cause them to have seizures and die if they get too much. Like dogs, chocolate is off the list as well.

Healthy Treat Ideas

**NUTS & SEEDS– UNSALTED**

Almonds

Cashews

Brazil nuts

Hazelnuts

Peanuts

Pecans

Walnuts

Sunflower seeds / black oil sunflower seeds

Quinoa

Hemp hearts/hemp seeds

Pumpkin seeds

Chia seeds

Sesame seeds

Pomegranate seeds

Cumin seeds

Grape seeds

**GRAINS**

Amaranth

Oats / Oatmeal

Barley

Sorghum / Milo

Freekah

Millet

Spelt

Wheat Berries

Farro

Barley

Rye

Bulgar

Teff

Brown Rice

Wheat Germ

**OTHER HEALTHY SNACKS AND OCCASIONAL TREATS**

Yogurt

Applesauce no sugar added

Canned pumpkin (100% pumpkin! not pie filling)

Cereal: Cheerios, puffed rice, puffed wheat, shredded wheat

Coconut water

Coconut oil

Cottage cheese

Eggs

Fruit juice no sugar added

Granola

Popcorn, air-popped with no oils or salt

Peanut butter

Cooked lentils and other beans (not canned)

Raisins- sparingly as they are sticky and not good for dental health

**VEGETABLES AND HEALTHY GREENS**

ALL summer & winter squash (some are repeated in this list, sorry)

Acorn Squash

Amaranth

Arrowroot

Artichoke

Arugula

Asparagus

Banana Squash

Beets

Belgian Endive

Bell Peppers

Black Eyed Peas

Black olives (fed sparingly due to sodium content)

Black Radish

Black Salsify

Bok choy

Broccoli

Brussels sprouts

Burdock Root

Butter Lettuce

Buttercup Squash

Butternut Squash

Cabbage & red cabbage

Carrots

Cauliflower

Celery Root

Celery

Chayote Squash

Cherry Tomatoes

Chickweed

Chives

Collard greens

Corn (sparingly, there’s enough corn in their pellets already)

Cucumbers

Dandelion flower and leaves

Eggplant

Endive

Fava Beans

Fennel

Galangal Root

Green Beans

Green leaf lettuce

Green Soybeans (Edamame)

Jicama

Kale

Kohlrabi

Leeks

Lettuce

Lima Beans

Manoa

Lettuce

Mushrooms

Mustard Greens

Okra

Olives

Parsnips

Pea Pods

Peanuts (unsalted)

Peas Plantain

Pumpkin

Purple Asparagus

Radicchio

Radishes & leaves

Red clover

Red Leaf Lettuce

Rhubarb stem/stalk (the leaves are poisonous and should not be fed)

Romaine lettuce

Rutabagas

Shallots

Snow Peas

Sorrel

Spinach

Spring Baby Lettuce

Sugar Snap Peas

Sweet Dumpling Squash

Sweet Potatoes

Swiss chard

Tomatoes (tomatoes are good but the plant and leaves are poisonous and should not be fed)

Turnip greens

Turnips

Wasabi Root

Watercress

Winged Beans

Winter Squash

Yellow Squash

Yucca Root

Zucchini

**FRUITS- FED SPARINGLY DUE TO SUGAR CONTENT** 

Apples NO SEEDS

Apricots NO PITS

Bananas & peels

Bitter Melon

Black Currants

Blackberries

Blueberries

Boysenberries

Breadfruit

Cactus Pear

Cantaloupe

Cape Gooseberries

Cherimoya

Cherries NO PITS

Clementines

Coconut

Crab Apples

Cranberries fresh or dried

Dates

Durian

Elderberries

Feijoa

Figs

Grapefruit

Grapes, cut in half or quarter too prevent choking

Guava

Honeydew Melon

Huckleberries

Jackfruit

Jujube

Kiwi & peels

Kumquats

Lemons

Limes

Loganberries

Lychee

Mango

Mulberries

Nectarines (NO PITS)

Olallie berries

Oranges

Papayas

Passion Fruit

Peaches NO PITS

Pears NO PITS

Persimmons

Plums NO PITS

Pomegranate

Pummelo

Quince

Raspberries

Red Banana

Red Currants