Wilbur Pepper Mini Pig Sanctuary

06/06/2026

Friends —
Jaimie Parks tagged us in this story via a comment, and I immediately reached out to our friend and my mentor at Pigsburgh Squealers Rescue then went to their page and saw their post about this horrifically sad situation.
Please keep these sweet piggo babies, our wonderful friends at Pigsburg Squeelers, and all of the other rescue folk involved in this (and other such cases) in your thoughts and prayers!! If you are in the PA area, please consider reaching out to Pigsburg Squeelers to help with the very real and urgent physical needs of putting up emergency housing to take in these babies; and the following up needs of volunteers to help care for this sudden - and large - influx of not just piggos, but piggos who will need some extra special care, medical help, and lots of patient love!

Police said they found over 50 pigs when they went to serve a search warrant at a home in Rostraver Township after neighbors complained rats from the property were overrunning their homes.

06/06/2026

Kevin and Mommy got to help at the Holy Family’s (monthly) thrift sale today — it was fun for Mommy to see people and chat! While Kevin had a great time as an excellent assistant and customer service greeter! He wanted to help look in every box under the tables and unpack anything there for the shoppers - I had to reassure him a number of times that certain items didn’t need to be refreshed, lol! His favorite - and probably best - find using his sniffer at a closed box was a really good smelling lavender candle in a wood jar with a metal lid. I was impressed he smelled the candle out amidst the other things in the box, but not impressed enough to let him taste said candle, no matter how good it smelled, lol!
Instead, he got to pick out a couple of toys which he had a lot of fun playing with there, at our next stop and for the rest of the day: a stuffed kitten, a rolling dump truck (he would push it with his snoot to make it roll, and figured out how to make the back drop… a trick he learned after I put a few treats in the dump part of the truck and he discovered dumping them was much faster than trying to fit his mouth into the back of the truck to snag the yummies, lol!), and a rip-proof (or highly resistant) rubber teething toy he liked playing tug with.
Kevin also picked out this super cute t-shirt that expresses his personality pigfectly!: “Full of Sun Shine”! 🐷☀️🌈 I am not sure how he managed it, but thought it was super cute that he flipped (?) his chew toy on top of his head and it got stuck there, lol!
I was excited because we also found a super cute, little piggo safety-friendly, life jacket for Kevin who likes to take rides in the kayak with me! While pigs can naturally swim, it is the same as dogs - some are born swimmers (like Wilbur Pepper who LOVED to swim!), some are not so graceful but can swim, while the last third sink like a stone no matter their natural inclination towards swimming, lol. Kevin seems to be somewhere between the first and the second, but it always makes me a bit nervous on the kayak without his having a life jacket. This one fit perfectly!, but will need a belly extension pretty soon if our itty bitty boy keeps growing as fast as he has been! 💛

We then got to visit our friend’s house where Kevin met their horse and had a safe-distance conversation with her before getting a couple bites of cookie and making a complete mess out of mommy’s jeans while trying his best to politely enjoy some sweet potatoes (baby food).

Thanks for the fun day to everyone who made it possible! Kevin is super tired and so am I, but it was a nice day for sure 🙂

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06/03/2026

This is a RARE sighting!! Kevin WILLINGLY drinking WATER!!! 🐷🍌💦🤯😮🫢😍

Kevin is NOT a fan of water. And NOT a fan of drinking any liquid from anything other than his sippy cup (does not like water bowls, the creek, the pond, puddles….).
Today, while picking up some trash that had blown down by the big mud pit, I got to observe this small miracle.💙 Stevey Wonderful, who was piggy-sitting Kevin (aka: “the Kid”), brought his side-kick to the mud pit for some muddy fun. Kevin ran ahead of his big brother to excitedly tell me of their plans, then stopped and GOT A DRINK from a watery part of the mud pit 🐷🍌😮

I was in such disbelief, I had to have picture proof (and was happy I actually had my phone on me to capture the moment!)! Lol!

Our boy, now five months old as of yesterday (guessing he was about 3 days old when he came to us, we decided January 1st was a good date to set as his >guesstimate< ‘birthday’ 🥳), is growing up so fast!! He still adores Stevey Wonderful, who, thankfully, still adores Kevin right back!, and is always trying to be a “big boy piggo” around Stevey, copying everything his favorite big brother does — apparently now that includes drinking *water* piggy-style!🐷🍌💙🐖💖

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06/02/2026

Donut Day brought out the happy smiles for today’s $2 TUESDAY… esp from Elliey Petunia who kept climbing up onto the prep table trying to convince me to give her (while also trying to “sneakily” steal… a big challenge she is oblivious to - she really thinks she is sneaky and invisible, lol - unaware she is 500lbs of bright white, still baby-clumsy, super cute piggo with some serious “treat drool”! Lol) ALL of the donuts since donuts are Elliey Petunia’s FAVORITE food! ❤️🐖🌷🍩❤️

*💬captions of Elliey Petunia’s thoughts provided under each picture. You’re welcome! 🐖🌷

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06/01/2026

ThOINK you to Jonah Bowling and Ruthie Brewer for these awesome pallets!! Perfect timing for a few new piggo houses with private patio areas! 🐖🛖❤️

(Hank is playing Vanna White for us - he is pretending to be a piggo… silly goat! 🐐)

06/01/2026

Happy Sunday BUMday from Stevey Wonderful who got worn BUM-tired yesterday piggy-sitting Kevin (Kevin wanted to be a “big piggo” and snack in the woods; something he is not allowed to do without an “adult,” preferably Mommy or Stevey)!! 🐖💖
Stevey Wonderful has declared today a BUM-recovery day and has ignored all of Kevin’s into-the-woods-excursion requests, opting instead on a nice, all-day, Sunday nap! 🐖💖

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05/28/2026

I had the BEST hiking, berry picking and foraging Buddy today!! 🐖🎩
For the very first time, Winston George decided he wanted to go with when the dogs and I went for a hike… maybe it was because none of the other piggos went with (even Kevin opted for a nap)? All I know is it was great!!!
We went down the side trail to the pond, which Winston thoroughly checked out, going right to the edge a couple of times, and giving the kayak a complete once over. Then we followed a piggo trail to a blackberry patch off the road. While I picked berries and the dogs had fun chasing each other in the woods, Winston discovered the joys of dandelions (something we don’t have in our yard)! 🐖🌼
Winston tried his first wild blackberry and, while he ate it, apparently was not a big fan since he refused any more. He did, however, really like the wild strawberries! 🍓
Winston and I play-raced each other for the dandelions - him to snack, me to forage for dinner 😉
I tried to convince Winston to take a different short cut through the woods back home, but he preferred sticking to the gravel road. Even still, he was clearly a city-spigickler (city-slicker-piggo) on a country road 😉 but he did a great job! Kept getting distracted, despite the incoming storm and start of rain sprinkles (and Winston is not a fan of rain, so those yummies along the way must have been super yummy! Lol!).

Winston opted out of a second hike to a different part of the woods to look for mushrooms, but was there, full of kisses, to greet me when I got back 🐽

This boy has brought so much joy!! He is really coming into his own, his personality growing and shining more everyday!! He loves to snuggle and give kisses, and will be your best friend forever for Hershey Kisses 🐖🎩

*Yes, this is a repeat photo (albeit a super cute one!) of Winston — I don’t trust myself enough to take my phone with when berry picking! 🐖🎩🍓

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05/24/2026

Today’s Sunday BUMday brought us our very own “Winnie the Pooh in a honey jar!” moment with Princess Peanut 🐽🥜🧸🍯
I came home to find Princess Peanut thoroughly stuck halfway in/out after trying to squeeze under the office tiny house (an area off limits to all the animals to prevent their digging and accidentally causing the office to shift off its raised foundation blocks). Some of the rock base must have loosened and fallen down with all the rain we have had this week, and Princess Peanut mistakenly believed herself small enough to squeeze through the opening.
Poor sweet girl was seriously stuck!! I don’t know how long she was stuck halfway in/out, but this is how I found her when I just now (4pmish) got home from a special after-church event ~ bless her little piglet heart!! 💕
After I loosened a few more rocks, Princess Peanut managed to squeeze all the way under, but rather than use the space to turn around and squeeze back out face-forward, kept opting to back out… and kept getting stuck.
Mommy to the rescue! — a bit of a smashed hand (Mommy) and scraped belly (Princess Peanut) later, and she is one happy little princess to be free!! 💕🐽🥜

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