To say no to visiting pigs for Christmas??

She is batshit!

Your sister sounds like a complete fool who should never be allowed anywhere near an animal.

The only pets that I welcome are canine, and then only if my canine likes them!

There are so many abandoned animals in this world - many that were bought as cute newborns and then dumped because they committed the crime of growing up or were no longer fashionable.

Report to RSPCA

and how distressing for them to be moved all over the place at Christmas.

The deeds of my house say I can keep one pig. There's an old broken down Victorian sty at the bottom of the garden.

I still wouldn't.

Also, I live in a semi with a small yardy garden and there's a clausy thing in our deeds saying we can't keep livestock.

Has she checked for similar?

Your sister really shouldn’t be responsible for animals if she believes in micro pigs!
As pp have said they grow into full size pigs, and require a decent amount of space. It’s cruel to take them in and then kick them out when they’re no longer tiny. They’re not accessories.

I think Overshadowed By Pigs would be a fantastic band name. Also YANBU OP. Poor wee pigs

Is there any chance she's confused Micro Pigs with Guinea Pigs?

Maybe she means two rotund, chortley fellows in a cage lined with fresh hay are joining you for Christmas vegetable peelings?

Otherwise it's just batshit, right?

Is she Mason Verger?

Has she never smelt a pigsty?! She must be off her head!

Op it would be funny if I wasn't so worried about the quality of life, or lack of for the pigs, you must show her this thread.

Being cruel to animals is not acceptable just because it is christmas. Her neighbours will report her immediately, given she has no outside space apart from a patio and who wants livestock living next door if you are in a semi detached house??!! And secondly she will break her children's hearts when the inevitable happens and they are shipped off.

It is setting a very unhealthy precedent of shock and awe at christmas, what will she get next year noahs ark arriving with two of everything? It is just not remotely sensible. Is she always so over the top?

Tell her to buy a snow machine and turn it on from the top floor if she wants to create excitement, I will never forget my chidren's faces when it started to snow on christmas morning. No animals will be harmed this way and she can use it every year (and not piss off her neighbours too much)

I just read that the seller will show a bit older piglets and say they are the parents. Probably the real parents are great big hogs rooting up the muck behind the barn.

What a bloody idiot of a sister you have...

If you have copy of the exchange with the seller, I would report them to the RSPCA. It is irresponsible to sell such animals to someone with no suitable means of keeping them

Are you serious? This can't be real? Your sister is insane!

I'd tell her she can't come to your house. If you say no to pigs she will probably just leave them somewhere so I'd say no full stop because she needs to look after them in her own home

I grew up one a farm and absolutely adore pigs, but we also had a vicious fucker that would have killed you when she’d get the rage. We were never permitted to be near her and were told never to pass the field if she was near the hedge. I swear this beast would nearly roar and attack the gate if you passed. She is a fucking prat and has no idea what she’s getting herself into. Does she have any idea how badly they can damage you if they bite and they are much stronger than dogs, so her children would be dead before she got to them.

Check the council bylaws. I very strongly suspect you will find that she will not be permitted to keep livestock in a residential area.

Wait. What?

Is she mad?! Does her landlord know? Do her kids like pigs? How will the pigs exercise? What will they eat? Where will they sleep? Do her council allow pig muck in their refuse bins? What about the neighbours?

Someone I know had a so-called micro pig. It grew so large that one day it got completely stuck in their downstairs loo and couldn't get out. They had to have an entire wall knocked down, costing thousands. The pig ended up as bacon moving to a farm.

This actually isn't funny.

Most responsible breeders time their piglets for spring. They only allow adoption on completion of a pig keeping course, or proven experience.

These pigs, who are as intelligent as dogs, are going to suffer in her care.

Also, she needs to realise that giving them scraps is illegal and could spark a health hazard.

Who is she going to pass them to when she needs to go away etc or when she's bored if them? There's laws around killing them.

OP the family shouldn't be aiding and abetting this. You should be reporting.

Who are the 2% that said YABU?
I guess they can have the pigs to stay.

my friend got a 3lb piglet, it was bullied and harassed by the cats and chickens. Poor wee thing was so sad, slept on a teddybear. 9 months later said 3lb piglet is close to 600lbs. Her name is Petunia and shes a love. My friend happens to have a farm though and Petunia lives there now. By the time she was 3 months old she was knocking people over wanting petted and just her general excitement at seeing you.
Pigs are great but definitely not house pets.

She's in a 3 bed semi that's rented?! Ffs your sister is insane if she thinks this is ok from any angle - mainly including the landlord! Pigs STINK and they're noisy and need space, mud, roaming space - I'd be surprised if the breeder allowed her to buy them!