How big does a "Mini Pig" get?
This is one of the best size references I have been able to find. Note the men standing, approximately 6ft tall, the dog which appears to be a spaniel breed and the pig who is smaller in size, but likely heavier than any of them.
Realistic sizes of mini pigs
There are so many answers to this question, that it really isn't fair to answer with words. Instead, we asked others to post their piggy pictures and asked if we could gather them together and share them here. Pigs grow at different rates, pigs eat different things at different households, even if 2 pigs got fed the same food at the same home, they would likely grow at different rates and end up being different sizes. No one can tell you how big your pig will get. So many factors come into play when even trying to estimate what size they'll be, that it's a mute point. Do NOT buy into the lies. Anyone can show you a small pig and tell you that it's older than it really is, and they can do the same with the parent pigs, tell you they're much older than they really are. Ask for pictures, ask for proof. These are real people with real pigs who shared their pictures with us for this particular page...to help others so they wouldn't be fooled into thinking their pig would stay an unrealistic small size. Adopt an older mature pig and you will KNOW the adult size. Be sure to click here and read about pig breeds so you will know what the different breeds of pigs are. The term “miniature pig” is a misnomer because that word is misapplied when describing the actual size of "mini pigs". You will quickly see the variety of sizes, shapes, weights, colors, lengths and disposition of "mini" pigs in the pictures that will follow and that there is absolutely no way to know how big your pig will get. Keep in mind that seeing the parents is a false sense of security as well, a lot of these breeders are breeding babies so their small size entices you to purchase from them. Ask to see pictures of their "smaller" offspring for the last couple of years, at least then you will know if they're being honest or not.
~Collected and written by Brittany Sawyer
~Collected and written by Brittany Sawyer
Buttercup the pig....while she wasn't promised to be a "teacup", she is a "mini" pig.
This is Melvin, Renee Lincoln's pig. Melvin growth has been collected since he was a baby with excellent references throughout his life. Melvin has a great body condition and isn't overfed or underfed.
This is Tucker as a baby
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This is Tucker at 1 1/2 years old
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Katie Meyer's Tucker the pig.
Paige Meyer says: This is Hamilton. He is only 9 months old and weighs in around 50 pounds.
This is Nicole Hall's piggy Leonard. It didn't take long for baby Leonard to grow into one good looking pig. (And Leonard has several years of growing left to do)
LB Claey states: Our "mini" pig Charlotte. When we got her we were told she wouldn't get over 25lbs. At a year and a half, she now weighs about 70lbs, but I wouldn't trade her for the world.
Pickles at 4 months old
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Piggles at 4 months old
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Pickles and Piggles as more mature piggys. Pickles is 3 1/2 years old and Piggles is 5 1/2 years old.
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These are Jaime Howard's pet piggies. The updated picture was taken the last week of November 2015.
Bacon as a baby
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Barbie as a baby
Bacon, 1 1/2 years old and Barbie 1 year old as of last week in November 2015.
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These are Jeanette Taylor's babies. Very much loved, but also growing a lot too.
Baby Ray 7 years ago as a much smaller boy
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Baby Ray now as a 7 year old pig.
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Baby Ray is Sonya Vann Reed's sweet piggy.
5 pounds when she arrived, now 45 pounds
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at 1-1 /2 years old, this 45 pound pig is still very small.
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This is Zoe Harper's piggy. 45 pounds at one and a half years old.
Chicken Biscuit at 8 weeks old
Chicken Biscuit now (She will be 1 years old in Jan 2016) beside her sister.
Chicken Biscuit and her sister are part of Kelly Loftis's family.
Lola today at 1 years old
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Lola the day she came home as a little piglet
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Lola is a part of Jennifer Bacon Schiefer's family, these pictures show Lola as a baby piglet and again at a year old. Keep in mind that mini pigs can grow up until 5 years old.
Daisy 2 years when she first arrived
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Daisy now, 2 years old, with her chicken friend
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Daisy is Nikki Richardson's pig.
Peanut and Snoopy. They're super little guys in the 1st picture and if you dont look closely, you can miss them altogether. The second picture is these two pigs at 7 years and 2 months old. Both are Monalisa Lidberg's piggy children.
Lilac as a baby
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Lilac 5 years later.
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Lilac is Jane Levellle-Gay Ludwig's precious pet pig
Penelope at 6 months old and she's now 3 years old. Chubs (spotted pig) we got at 9 months old and he's now 1 year old. Both piggies are a part of Amber Stock's family
Christina Marie shared her baby with us, a then and now collage. Same dog, same pig over time.
"the girls" as piglets
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The same pigs, last summer....Sophie is 4, Sammie is 3 and Aggie is 2
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These 3 beautiful piggy's belong to Paula Wiler Postlewait
Baby Jeter at 3 weeks old (3 weeks before he was sent to live with his new family)
Jeter now, inspecting the bath tub at one and a half years old
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Jeter enjoying a snuggle session with his daddy. Ana Christina's piggy
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Erin Journell Lundsford says: At 4 weeks, and 3 yrs. I've had him since they day he was weaned.
Sherbear Purcell's baby. Explanation of pictures: From left to right..
First day I got him-November 2014,
December 15, 2014,
March 7, 2015,
June 1, 2015
August 17, 2015
November 14, 2015.
I now cannot lift him, so we take pictures on the floor. He is a year and 3 months now (2015)
Christina Stephens piggy at 8 weeks and 1 year old.
Milly as a piglet
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Jean Sheptoff's Milly at 3 years old
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Festis 8 weeks old
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Festis 14 years old.
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Tracy McDaniels sweet piggy Festis from Hamalot Potbelly Pig Rescue
Rebecca Dominguez's pig throughout his time with her.
Baby Pumba
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Older Pumba
(This piggy belongs to Kim Randolph)
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Harley at 2 months old
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Harley at 6 years old.
Harley belongs to Tammy Patterson Knight.
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Olivia as a baby and Olivia at 1 years old. This piggy belongs to Katrina Shultis
Spamela at 5 days old and now at one and a half years old. She is Teresa Alleva's piggy.
Amber Nicoles pig has done some growing....
Petunia P Piggers at 4 months old
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Angie Hashman's Petunia P Piggers at 3 years old
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Fern at 8 weeks old
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Fern at 1 year old. Fern belongs to Brooks Baucom
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6 weeks old and riding with "the zookeepers"
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2 1/2 and still riding. This is Baby Banks and the zoo keepers :)
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Then....
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Jamie Hayhurt's piggy now.
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This is Taryn Gaona's piggy, Moo at 5 weeks old and again at a year and a half.
This is Jamie Hayhurst's baby then...
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And now...
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This is Jade George's Hammy at 6 weeks old.
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Hammy now 2.5yrs old about 80lbs of love! He was 40lbs at 1.5yrs old then had a huge growth spurt
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Jamie Hayhurst's baby then...
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And now.
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Jennifer Goodman Stewarts Arnold at 3 years old
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Arnold at 9 weeks old
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This is Rosie, Savannah Keen's piggy who just turned 5 years old.
Maggie Yaden's piggies. Nesta 2 yrs and Pongo 1.5 years old now
Caity Leblanc's piggy, Maggie Mae .. she will be 7 in March
Stacey Winegardner's pig. This is our Chops the day we brought her home when she was 9 weeks old and now 6 years later
Holly Kollmorgen's piggy, then and now
Jody Morris Norwood's pig Maddi who will be 2 in December.
Judy Rigano's Bacon. Bacon. Left he was about 6 months, right he was just a year
Snacks at 2 months old
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Dana Boyle's Snacks at 6 years old
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Charles in charge at 8 weeks old
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This is Ron Allen Jr.'s Charles in charge at 3 years old
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This is Mr. Bean, Jenifer Toole's pig
Mr. Bean at 8 weeks old
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Annnnnd Mr. Bean at 2 years old
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Tasha Viau talks about her pig Cheerio and the promises that were made to her:
Cheerio was my very pig. I was told he was a micro mini and would be no more than the size of my pug. Well not even a year later you can see he has exceeded that lol. I would have never believed he would be this attached to us or us to him....but he is a huge part for our family. We love him so much. My daughter and cheerio share a special bond and have since he was first brought into our home. I didn't know about rescues at the time but I have 2 babies now and I can honestly say, I would take in one more without question.
Cheerio was my very pig. I was told he was a micro mini and would be no more than the size of my pug. Well not even a year later you can see he has exceeded that lol. I would have never believed he would be this attached to us or us to him....but he is a huge part for our family. We love him so much. My daughter and cheerio share a special bond and have since he was first brought into our home. I didn't know about rescues at the time but I have 2 babies now and I can honestly say, I would take in one more without question.
Catherine Carlson talks about how she acquired her pig Liam:
My piggy, Liam, was dropped off at our city pound when he was still a piglet. The story was that his owner showed up at her mother's house with the pig and her child and said "I can't do this anymore" and she left. The grandma kept the child and took the pig to the pound. He was dropped off at the pound with a nap sack containing a few toys, a bowl, some lotion, a harness and some wet Alpo dog food (what he had been eating). I am a veterinarian, and our clinic does the spays and neuters for the city and county pound. Liam was brought in to be neutered. I have always wanted a pig and live on a five acre farm, so I adopted him. I live just outside city limits (pigs are not allowed in the city limits). Liam (whose original name was Hoover) is a house pig, but he gets to go down to my barn with me (I have 6 horses and a rescued Holstein steer) and root around and explore and he loves it. When I first adopted him, he had a zinc deficiency from eating dog food and his skin on his snout was very flaky. It cleared up right away after being on mini pig food. He has grown into a handsome and big young man (he is about three and a half years old) and I can't imagine life without him 💕. Here is a picture of him meeting my mom at her car because he knows she'll give him a special treat!
My piggy, Liam, was dropped off at our city pound when he was still a piglet. The story was that his owner showed up at her mother's house with the pig and her child and said "I can't do this anymore" and she left. The grandma kept the child and took the pig to the pound. He was dropped off at the pound with a nap sack containing a few toys, a bowl, some lotion, a harness and some wet Alpo dog food (what he had been eating). I am a veterinarian, and our clinic does the spays and neuters for the city and county pound. Liam was brought in to be neutered. I have always wanted a pig and live on a five acre farm, so I adopted him. I live just outside city limits (pigs are not allowed in the city limits). Liam (whose original name was Hoover) is a house pig, but he gets to go down to my barn with me (I have 6 horses and a rescued Holstein steer) and root around and explore and he loves it. When I first adopted him, he had a zinc deficiency from eating dog food and his skin on his snout was very flaky. It cleared up right away after being on mini pig food. He has grown into a handsome and big young man (he is about three and a half years old) and I can't imagine life without him 💕. Here is a picture of him meeting my mom at her car because he knows she'll give him a special treat!
Carrie Erskine talks about her pig:
Sir Francis Bacon was found as a stray in Los Angeles and taken to a shelter. The rescue Labs and Friends.org pulled him and allowed me to adopt him. He was estimated to be about 4 months old at the time and weighted 13 pounds. I had been researching pigs as pets, following many pig pages and was still scared to death to actually have a pig. It was tough because he didn't want to be held or cuddled, he made lots of noise, he went potty on my couch multiple times, ate drywall and push my limits multiple times a day. But I'm happy to say that 11 months later we could not be happier. We figured it all out! I went into having Bacon knowing that he could potentially be 300 pounds, but so far he is around 100. Next month he goes in for his check up at the vet so I will know exactly how much he weights.
Sir Francis Bacon was found as a stray in Los Angeles and taken to a shelter. The rescue Labs and Friends.org pulled him and allowed me to adopt him. He was estimated to be about 4 months old at the time and weighted 13 pounds. I had been researching pigs as pets, following many pig pages and was still scared to death to actually have a pig. It was tough because he didn't want to be held or cuddled, he made lots of noise, he went potty on my couch multiple times, ate drywall and push my limits multiple times a day. But I'm happy to say that 11 months later we could not be happier. We figured it all out! I went into having Bacon knowing that he could potentially be 300 pounds, but so far he is around 100. Next month he goes in for his check up at the vet so I will know exactly how much he weights.
Linda Musselman discusses her involvement with the homeless pig epidemic:
My first one was a Birthday present from my husband. He bought from a breeder and surprised me . I knew enough that they didn't stay small and wanted pig since I was a kid. I Would have never gone out on my own and bought a pig, I was intimidated by all the stuff I had read. I quickly fell in love with her and a couple years later got my second pig from a breeder. I was promised she'd stay small but I knew better and didn't care if she did or didn't stay small. My opinion is the bigger the better! When she sold me this pig she told me this was her most favorite pig of all & she hated to let it go. One week later I brought her back because she was itching and seemed like she was sick! I Just wanted her opinion on what should I do to help her. the lady couldn't even remember her! Mind you this was her most favorite pig of all time! My third pig was a rescue I rescued her from a divorce. I had finally found out about the epidemic of pigs being dumped. I don't support breeders anymore and assist/help in rescue when I can. 10 yrs later I still have all three of my pigs❤️
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My first one was a Birthday present from my husband. He bought from a breeder and surprised me . I knew enough that they didn't stay small and wanted pig since I was a kid. I Would have never gone out on my own and bought a pig, I was intimidated by all the stuff I had read. I quickly fell in love with her and a couple years later got my second pig from a breeder. I was promised she'd stay small but I knew better and didn't care if she did or didn't stay small. My opinion is the bigger the better! When she sold me this pig she told me this was her most favorite pig of all & she hated to let it go. One week later I brought her back because she was itching and seemed like she was sick! I Just wanted her opinion on what should I do to help her. the lady couldn't even remember her! Mind you this was her most favorite pig of all time! My third pig was a rescue I rescued her from a divorce. I had finally found out about the epidemic of pigs being dumped. I don't support breeders anymore and assist/help in rescue when I can. 10 yrs later I still have all three of my pigs❤️
Article written by The Dodo: What happens when your teacup pig when it reaches 160lbs?
Submit your own pigs picture to us by clicking here. (or using the next page button below) We may even use your pigs picture in one of our articles or pages!