CALIFORNIA POTBELLIED PIG ASSOCIATION, Inc.
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Pig Tales - Magnum
ARE YOU IN TROUBLE AGAIN, MAGNUM
by Pat Hines
by Pat Hines
Potbellied Pigs should come with instructions and warning labels. Starting with: THIS PIG IS PROBABLY SMARTER THAN YOU ARE.
That was certainly the case when we got Magnum PIG. We had absolutely no idea of what we were in for. Magnum had the run of the house. I often considered getting a recording that ran all day while I was gone. It would say, Magnum stop that, Magnum are you in trouble "AGAIN".
One Christmas we were planning for a large Christmas Party, and I was painting the fireplace white. My husband was in the garage changing the motor oil in his Harley. He came in and "casually" mentioned that Magnum had gotten into the motor oil. I immediately went into panic mode.
First thing was to get activated charcoal down him. Oh yes, I had activated charcoal - we'd had Magnum for a while by then. Since it was the holidays, I had some egg nog so I mixed in the charcoal and gave him a big bowl. He gave me one of those looks.
How about some brandy with that eggnog!
Geez, I had forgotten the brandy. After all I am panicked. I added brandy - Magnum drank it up. Then I started calling vets. They either didn't work on Saturdays or didn't treat pigs. I had saved an article from Woman's Day Magazine that gave a 24 hour phone number for vet help. After providing my credit card number for the $75 charge, I got to talk to a vet. He told me to give him activated charcoal and watch to see if he got depressed. WHAT???
While I was on the phone in my office, Magnum went into the living room. He had egg nog and charcoal all over his face, so he decided to get it off by wiping it on the fireplace. Now he had white paint, egg nog and charcoal all over his face and so did the fireplace.
I later found out that he had only "knocked over" the bottle of oil, and it had been pretty much absorbed by the rug in the garage. Fortunately, Magnum was fine and I have since found a vet that makes house calls 24 hours a day.
That was certainly the case when we got Magnum PIG. We had absolutely no idea of what we were in for. Magnum had the run of the house. I often considered getting a recording that ran all day while I was gone. It would say, Magnum stop that, Magnum are you in trouble "AGAIN".
One Christmas we were planning for a large Christmas Party, and I was painting the fireplace white. My husband was in the garage changing the motor oil in his Harley. He came in and "casually" mentioned that Magnum had gotten into the motor oil. I immediately went into panic mode.
First thing was to get activated charcoal down him. Oh yes, I had activated charcoal - we'd had Magnum for a while by then. Since it was the holidays, I had some egg nog so I mixed in the charcoal and gave him a big bowl. He gave me one of those looks.
How about some brandy with that eggnog!
While I was on the phone in my office, Magnum went into the living room. He had egg nog and charcoal all over his face, so he decided to get it off by wiping it on the fireplace. Now he had white paint, egg nog and charcoal all over his face and so did the fireplace.
I later found out that he had only "knocked over" the bottle of oil, and it had been pretty much absorbed by the rug in the garage. Fortunately, Magnum was fine and I have since found a vet that makes house calls 24 hours a day.
"The paradise of my fancy is one where pigs have wings." G. K. Chesterton