CALIFORNIA POTBELLIED PIG ASSOCIATION, Inc.
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Care-Products
General Care-Products and Merchandise

This section offers some suggested products and
providers of products that we and/or our members
have found useful in living with our potbellied pig
companions.  We are not endorsing any particular
product or provider and we recommend that you
research any item before purchasing it to
determine its suitability for your situation.
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Riff and his Bob-A-Lot
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Feed Dishes and Water Bowls
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Mortar and Pestle
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Hoof Trimming
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Pig Doors
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Harness
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Wading Pool
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My wife, Marcie, was explaining to one of our recent rescue pig adopters the wonders of "hog panels" to set up temporary or even permanent pens.  The woman looked at her and said,"So it's to fencing what duct tape is to everything else."  THAT'S RIGHT!
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Sorting Boards, Sorting Panels
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Exercise Pens, Xpens, transport
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 ~ CRATES ~


Kennels, crates, carriers
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Tom's Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGuo7ETfMfU

An additional note on using a ramp:  A week or so ago our local animal
control took possession of an older 130 pound female potbellied pig that had
lost its home in a house fire.  They would not return the pig to its owners until
the overgrown hooves had been trimmed.  They called us and with the help of
a couple of CPPA members and some Animal Control Officers we trimmed the hooves.  The owners showed up in an SUV, and we had no crates available big enough for the pig.  Animal control did have a ramp and an exercise pen (see
3 items up).  We circled the pig with the exercise pen, closed it up until it fit
close around her and then walked her and the pen through the shelter and
up the ramp into the SUV.  We were really pleased to be able to demonstrate
to the animal control people a way of calmly moving animals that can't
be easily put on a leash.
transporting, moving, transport
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Hoof Trimmers, Hoof Clippers
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Marlies at "Pig Harmony" suggests that to help control flies, "You can get a bottle of Permethrin solution and add that to a spray bottle with water and spray around your yard and concentrate that on the animals' favorite spots where they tend to potty the most."
Fly Repellant
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ANESTHETIC MASKS




 To see these masks being used open:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtpoSZ6AGTs
Anesthetic Masks

Take two pigs and call me in the morning.