> She wants to nibble on my shoes.
because nobody's paying attention to her.
I know you're alright it's alright
you gotta behave yourself you have people here.
You have people here.
[Music]
> My name is Derek Walter,
> And my name is Steve Jenkins.
> Esther came into our lives when Steve rescued her
about two years ago
> Three years ago now time flies.
> Steve took a request on Facebook
from a friend that had a mini pig and she
reached out to her circle of friends
because she needed to re-home her mini pig and-
> I fell for it. [Laughs]
> Fast forward a few years and here we are
at Happily Ever Esther Farm Sanctuary.
and we are the proud parents of Esther the Wonder Pig.
> Nona- Nona, apple,
Nona, apple!
[Nona snorting and eating]
I have a horse and he's boarded
at a stable in Skaneateles.
And the daughter of the owner
of the stable went to a livestock farm
or a livestock auction
and she found this two week old piglet.
Micro-mini pig that this woman
who breeds them out there somewhere-
I can't remember the town.
She's 15 years old,
she couldn't pass up the little tiny pig.
So she bought it and then
realized how much work it was.
I mean she only had the pig about two weeks.
And so she had to leave this little
two week old pig who was still being bottle fed
and taken away from her mother,
out in a dog crate in the horse barn.
Just one weekend I took her home.
[laughs]
So that was the end of that.
So I couldn't let her live that life-
and the little girl the 15 year old said to me
"well I was getting ready to sell her on Craigslist"
and it just broke my heart.
I just couldn't do it.
> She was supposed to be 70 pounds,
that's the only reason we even
entertained the idea of getting a pig
and we didn't realize that it's a
pretty common issue
that they get way bigger than what you'd expect.
So yeah Esther way exceeded her 70 pounds
estimated final weight and
currently weighs about 650 pounds.
> Yeah she surpassed her 70 pound maximum weight
that we were told that she was going to be
within about two and a half months.
> Yeah two or three months.
> Yeah it was not long.
And after the three months then she was putting on
a pound a day for about a year
and then it slowed down. [Steve laughs]
> She- it took her about a year and a half to get to this.
A year and a half to two months.
And she's a big sucker like
if you do this she'll suckle your thumb.
Yeah baby? Good girl.
See her little cheeks going?
Aw bless your face.
So we assume she got taken away
when she was too young -
That's why she was so small when we got her.
So behavior like this and,
She seeks me out a lot if she's scared or upset.
and Derek has kind of become-
We had an expert come up from New York actually
Susie Coston from Farm Sanctuary.
So she came up and spent some time with us.
And she figures that Esther kind of
imprinted on me as her parent
and Derek more as a sibling.
So she'll challenge him a little bit more often.
She doesn't challenge me the way she does with him.
And that's the reason we moved
our bedroom upstairs because she would
come in kick him out of bed
and try to sleep with me here.
And it was funny for a few days
but then we moved. [Laughs]
So we live upstairs.
>> I didn't know where they sleep or what they sleep in
or how you know I would try and
put her in the bathroom
put up a baby gate
and from the time she was four weeks old
a baby gate wouldn't hold her.
She wouldn't tolerate it.
She would bust right through it.
So I knew right then I was in trouble
because no baby gate would hold her.
So like what am i doing with this pig! [Laughs]
She goes right up to the camera!
And then she's nervous about it.
She's nervous about it but she wants to see what it is.
Nona, mommy's up here-
oh good girl!
This is Nona's room.
She's got her bed, her comforter,
her litter box, her dishes,
all her extra comforters and towels.
They love their comforters and blankets and stuff.
They like to make a nest.
And her boombox and her nightlight.
Let's see how close I can get to the camera.
So I just started closing this door
and she's never had an issue.
She tore off the drywall tape there so- [Laughter]
She's done a little redecorating but she was bored.
[Music]
> Oh good morning
come and get piggy breakfast.
Come on Esther!
You coming to get piggy breakfast?
Is it too cold out there for a piggy?
[Laughs]
[Music]
There's something about pigs,
they've got a really crazy personality.
Like there was something it's like I said
it's hard to explain for me.
When you look at the eyes of a pig
I mean there's a lot-
there's a lot more there than what you would see
even when you look at a dog or a cat.
And I mean we love dogs and cats- as you can see.
But there's, it's something very very different about a pig
And that's what really hit most with me
It's almost like having a person.
You know she's like a little person on her own.
And we've had animals our whole lives both of us
and I'd never met or or experienced that before
the way you did when you actually get to know a pig.
That really blew my mind
to see how thoughtful she was.
It's more than just a you know
a food drive or whatever it may be.
You know I mean there's a thought process behind
everything a pig does
and a level of intelligence with a pig that like I said,
I've never seen or experienced in an animal before.
It's really unbelievable
[Music]
> They're gonna think they're getting dinner.
[Pigs snorting]
Hi kiddos!
Hello Moo. Hi Moo man.
Hi Smokey! come on buddy.
Well that didn't take much!
You have raspberry juice on your nose.
Yes you do handsome.
Yeah the trend with pot-bellied pigs
started before I even worked here.
So this has been like a
25 year plus problem.
With, you know it starts
with movies like "Babe".
I grew up with Charlotte's Web.
So you see that movie where they slop the pig,
with all the table scraps and stuff
and it's not that there's not nutritious parts in it,
but when the pet pig fad started,
a lot of people were over-feeding their pigs
because they were like "oh I can give it whatever,
it's my garbage disposal".
So we used to see a lot of overweight pigs come in.
And then they started with the false advertisement
between breeders and pet stores
of these small pigs
that would stay under a certain size,
say 30 to 50 pounds.
They have a number of different names for them:
teacup pigs, micro mini pigs, Juliana pigs,
And just like with any type of animal there's bloodlines.
And just like with people, some are short some are tall,
there are different body shapes, body types with pigs.
But there's no way when you look at a baby
that you can guarantee it's going to stay a certain size.
So they did start trying to breed for smaller and smaller
piglets, well, pigs.
But then the breeders started to
falsely advertise them even further.
> See this is how we got tricked in the beginning.
We were told she was spayed because of this scar.
And see we don't what it is.
We know now she's not spayed,
but we don't know what the scar is about.
I mean that's probably her umbilical cord
but we don't know what this extra bit is.
And it looked when she was younger like
she had been cut.
So we don't know if it was just part of the myth,
you know what I mean?
We're just gonna put in an incision and stitch it up-
You know because there's that ongoing thing.
Where people will sell pigs like Esther to people like us
as a mini pig
and they know damn well what they're doing.
So they take certain steps to make it look legit.
Like "I'll give her a little cut and say she's been spayed".
So we don't know what happened there.
> So breeders have now started- the trend now is
to tell people to feed them
the wrong amount as a piglet.
So basically they're withholding nutrition.
And it's ending up stunting the piglet's growth.
Keeping the piglets smaller,
but it's a false small.
Sometimes you see these pigs and they have
a large head and a more narrow small body
and you can say "well I know where that pig came from".
"I know what those breeders told those owners".
And sometimes they don't live very long.
Sometimes the breeders are inbreeding or breeding
back to a line trying to get that smaller pig.
In that case you know, again,
the pigs have medical issues,
they don't live very long.
You know it, it ranges what we see.
> A lot of times when they
bought the pig from a breeder,
the breeder will actually tell them to give it
a quarter cup in the morning
and a quarter cup in the evening,
and that will keep it small.
So we do have some come in that have been starved.
And they don't know.
The people did what the breeder told them to do.
But the pigs can't recover from that
and they have a very short lifespan.
> I'm surprised you don't have any
nose prints on the lens yet. [Laughter]
[Smokey snorts loudly]
> We've seen a number of reasons why
people have to admit their pigs.
A lot of house pet pigs
the three main reasons are
soiling in the house,
aggressive, whether it's to people or to other animals,
Or they're moving and they can't take it with them.
But the majority of the time,
the pig is doing something
that's causing the people to say
"this is not a good idea."
We've had a pig brought in for
tipping over a refrigerator,
rooting up the carpet, linoleum.
You know the aggression has been at kids.
Like say they're trying to reprimand the child.
Or strangers.
They're very protective of their people
and they don't want anyone near them.
Sibling rivalry with the other animals in the house.
We had one pig just recently admitted
for going after the dog.
> Nona be nice to him. Come here!
Everybody's always gotten along in every
situation I've ever had with animals.
And so I didn't anticipate the pig
disliking my dog as much as she does.
It's not that big of a deal.
I would never do it again.
I would never have another pig with a dog.
Plus a pig is so it's your
the bonding with the pig is so strong
and they do they are a lot of work.
They're not like a simple-
it's not like having a cat.
They're just like toddlers.
Just like babies.
I mean into stuff, she'll pull stuff,
she'll pull blankets around the house,
she'll knock pillows off the sofa.
If she thinks there's a piece of food
possibly under the stove,
well she's gonna pick the stove up
and she's gonna look.
I mean and it's very loud
and she's ka-banging the stove up.
I mean they're just notoriously naughty.
> You know you basically have to
childproof your house for a pig.
And it's a whole different level
when that pig is 650 pounds.
> It's like a constant chess game
> They're so strong.
>They are always playing
a game with you about you know, vulnerability.
They are opportunists
like they are so smart and connected
and like you think that they
don't see something.
but they see everything.
They do not miss a beat.
> If you're not paying attention to her,
like I'm not now
so she's gonna get my attention if it kills her.
If I'm working on the laptop
and I'm not paying attention to her,
she will go and unplug it. [makes noise]
And then I look at her and
she has the cord in her mouth.
Then I plugged it back in and rebooted
and she [makes noise] pulled it again.
Oh she liked that noise.
But she'll stand there and watch what I'm doing
and realize "you need to stop
working on this computer right now"
and she'll just unplug it
They're very funny like that.
> We've gone through more sheets and sets of bedding
in the last couple of years than we did
in our entire life. [Laughs]
> Sheets, bedding, clothes
iPads, computers, carpet, baseboards,
fridge and stoves.
jus't don't be attached to stuff.
> But they don't mean to that's-
> They're not bad they're just
you know like a bored pig is a -
> And they're so clever
> A trouble pig.
You know like the second they get bored
it's like you have to look out.
Like you have to have it structured that
there's no chance for her to get bored.
And that's when they get destructive
is when they're bored.
> Even if there's other personality issues,
it starts with "okay well they're doing this"
"but they've really gotten too big for the house."
So it's always there in some aspect.
But the majority is these house pets that don't work out.
And again, most of them are getting too big.
>So this is Miss Gretta.
She was rescued from a hoarding case.
They had told us
that she was a mini pig and that
she would only get to be about
30 to 40 pounds tops.
And now she's nine months old
and sixty-five pounds.
So that's not at all true.
I took her to the vet and they told me
she could top out at about
a hundred and fifty pounds plus
so as you can see
she's not exactly mini.
> This is Hamilton.
He is 4 years old and
he weighs about 140 pounds.
I was told he was going to be
20 pounds at the most.
Micro mini pig.
But obviously that wasn't true.
> People don't realize what they're getting.
This is what they're getting.
They're not getting this.
And that is the most cause of
all the pigs we have here.
I would say 90% of them came
because they didn't fit
into people's lives anymore
> What I didn't expect is the connection
between my pig and myself,
and sometimes I think back
like a crazy person like it's
because I got her when she was a tiny baby
and she was bottle-fed and there's
like this mother-child bond?
It's like this overprotective mother thing and
it's strange because I don't have that with my dogs
I've never had- I mean I love my dogs
but it's a different kind of love and a
different connection with them
> Pigs develop such strong bonds with their people and
the pets that they're with they you know
they become a really really tight family
and you know they get depressed and
it's so much harder on pigs than people think.
There's a lot more going on in their heads
than you would expect and
yeah it's just it's awful.
> Bailey was one of the worst examples of a pig
that is so bonded with his family
that when you drop him off at a sanctuary,
he was grieving and he was depressed.
He wouldn't eat for a while.
I had to kind of
give him a lot of attention
and then a little less attention
and a little less and less.
It was really sad.
He missed his family
and even though they
came to see him a couple times,
then they left again.
So visiting is not always a good idea
once they've made the change over.
[Pigs drinking]
> She's changed, Esther has changed everything.
From the way that we run our lives,
right down to what we eat, when we can go away,
I mean everything, everything.
> So yeah we've gone vegan,
we call it Esther approved.
We don't use the word vegan so much but
we say Esther approved and and it's
very much rooted in being kind and that's
what obviously inspired the sanctuary
and you know, knowing how many people
were like us,
that get pigs that get bigger than they thought.
And you know it's such
a big snowball effect because of her.
> When someone's looking to adopt a pet pig,
I always start off with,
"I'm gonna have a very honest conversation
with you and it's going to sound like
I'm trying to convince you not to adopt."
But the reason is,
I'm going to be honest with you.
You know you can find lots of
information on the internet and
unfortunately there's a lot of misinformation.
> Get one of these pigs that is a little bit older.
You'll know exactly what you're getting,
how big they're gonna be.
You're gonna give a home to a pig
that really needed one.
> This is not for everybody.
And I think that's why a lot of pigs end up in
sanctuaries and are put up
for placement for adoption.
It's a commitment.
A commitment and a half.
So they have this kind of,
I don't know what it is.
Some kind of a spiritual pull
that I can't really describe.
It's almost like pig love,
blows dog love out of the water.
And I don't know what that is.
It's an unconditional,
even though dog love is unconditional
The pig is another level.
That I can't, I can't explain.
She's just unplugged the co2 monitor.
The carbon monoxide monitor
that's what she's just done.
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