Otis |
Otis is a potbelly pig. We got Otis about 5 years ago, when he was just under a year old. He was still fairly small, so we kept him in the house. He had a little bed under the kitchen table. |
| Otis grew to be around 100 lbs., and a somewhat cantankerous presence in the house. So, we made him a bachelor pad in the back yard. |  |
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We regularly put bales of alfalfa in Otis' pen. He carries alot of it into his house, and makes himself a cozy bed with it. Then, over the following few days, he eats most of it! |
| All potbelly pig manuals say "provide them with plenty of water!" We've tried a number of sizes and styles of water-dishes, but Otis always tips them over as soon as they are filled. |  |
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Otis enjoys wild greens, and eats
all we give him. He also helps himself whenever he can reach any from his
pen. |
| We saw some pigs at the recent Los Angeles County Fair. | |
| There was a baby potbelly in the petting zoo...  |
...and several potbellies in the
pig races... |
| ..and, OH NO! |
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| Otis is quite popular with our
guests, and with students that attend School of Self-Reliance classes. He politely ignores any rude "When's the barbecue"- joke from the occasional uncouth visitor. |
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