The gestation period for a female potbellied pig is 3 months, 3 weeks, and 3 days or 112 to 115 days. You will know your pig is pregnant if she does not come back into estrus/heat at her normal time. If you are not sure how far along your pig is you may want to have the vet perform an ultrasound.
As she gets closer to having the babies her belly will get bigger and her teats may drag the ground. This is fine as it will toughen them up. You see, piglets have very sharp teeth. At about 4-5 days before birth, her vulva will begin to swell. You will also see a milk line form along the teats and she will start getting restless and nesting. If there are other pigs or animals around you will want to move her into her own pen and have a farrowing box ready for the piglets.
The size of a litter can very in potbellied pigs. There is no set number of piglets. The number of piglets can be anywhere from 1 -12.
Here is a list of things you will want to have on hand:
It is best to let nature take it's course and some mother's prefer to be alone. If she knows you are watching this can hamper things. If you happen to catch her having them pull up a chair and just watch. Nature pretty much takes care of everything. You are there just in case something out of the ordinary happens. The babies hit the ground running.
Make sure there is room in her pen for you to move around in. You should also have a small board that you can place between you and her if you need to. Don't put down to much hay or bedding as the babies will bury in it and she won't see them and lay on them. You can also use small pieces of a blanket or towel. Anything too large and the babies can get caught or hung up in them.
Once she passes the afterbirth immediately return all babies to her so they can nurse and get the colostrum they need.
Pigs don't always make the best mothers during birthing. They don't lick them clean, but will lay on them while having another. This is what you have to watch for. She will also bite the crap out of you if she can to protect her babies. This is why you have the farrowing box.
Make sure you have a heat light on over the "creep" area of the box and that it is secure and can't be knocked into the box or hay. It should be high enough so that if you lay a thermometer on the hay, it should read about 80-90 degrees. Keep it on round the clock for at least 10 days. The piglets cannot make their own body heat during this time and this is the reason for the heat lamp. You also want to make sure that there are no drafts.
Also remember they only want one teat and will fight for it. Watch that the runts eat at least four minutes. You will hear mama grunting low sounds pushing the milk down. When she quits, the milk is gone until the next feeding in 2 hours. Sometimes runts won't fight to nurse and at that point you have to supplement or hand feed all together.
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Pot of Gold - Akon song - was created in 2004.
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Akon was sent to jail for three years for a car-theft charge. This however, wasn't the first time he was sent to jail. Despite this, he used the time spent behind bars working on his music ideas. Upon release, he began writing and recording his own songs in his home studio, which lead to his songs being sent to SRC/Universal where his career 'kicked off'. He released his first album, entitled "TROUBLE" which featured the songs 'Locked Up', 'Lonely', 'Bananza (Belly Dancer)' 'Pot of Gold' and 'Ghetto'. On the Australian charts, 'Locked Up' hit #33 and on the US Hot 100 it hit #8. 'Lonely' and 'Belly Dancer' were the popular singles in Australia peaking at number 1 and number 23 in the Aus singles charts. Overall,
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Female pot belly pigs become pregnant through mating with a male pig. The male pig mounts the female from the rear and ejaculation occurs. Sperm is then transferred to the female's reproductive tract, fertilizing the eggs.
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Pot belly pigs, also known as miniature pigs, are classified as domestic animals within the species Sus scrofa domestica. They are not considered a separate species but rather a smaller version of the traditional farm pig. Pot belly pigs are popular as pets due to their small size, social nature, and intelligence.
Pot belly pigs are the only mammals that do not have sweat glands. They use mud and water to cool themselves off.
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Pot belly pigs can contract parvo. Parvo is a very serious condition in pigs, especially female pigs as it can have affects on the reproductive system.