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[quote=Anonymous]Our pig is great and comes when called. He does tricks for us like running through his tunnel and turning in circles for treats.  It depends on how much time you have to socialize your pet.  Ours loves to sit on our lasp.  Litter is expensive and many people buy cages that are much, much too small, so the smell and cleaning is more work.

Your four year old is a little too young to safely pick up a pig, but your seven year old can be taught.  You can also adopt older pigs who are already tamed.

Vet bills can be expensive since they need a vet who specializes in exotics.  Mine have all lived to be 5 or  years old, but I adopted one who had to be put to sleep at age 8.  My son really appreciated his pig starting at age 8 and was heartbroken when she died when he was 13. Our current one (I prefer to have one but we all spend time with the pig) is in his room.  Previous pigs have been in the living room.  I have left my pigs for six days (with a pellet holder, several water bottles and a hay rack) but all have been lonely without us.  On one two-week vacation, we brought the pig with us in a smaller cage and he got extra floor time.  He did not enjoy the travel, but he was much happier with us.

We also take our pigs to the park on occasion during the summer, but you have to be very careful that they don't spray the grass. I do not have the fleece pads since I live in an apartment building with a common laundry, but I use litter and I estimate that I spend about $8 a week on veggies (this is one pig), about $15 month on pellets, $10 on treats and vitamin C tabs ( no one uses vit C in water any more) and $25 on litter.  This is for one pig.  So one pig is costing about $75 month.  A second won't cost much more, but $900/yr is not unreasonable if you don't use the fleece pads. 
 
Pigs are boring when people do not spend time with them and stick them in small cages.  Please think about your lifestyle and how much time you can spend daily with any pet you have.[/quote]

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