Odd Man INN

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501c3 Nonprofit farm animal sanctuary with a specialty in pigs

11/03/2026

The beauty of a life lived in safety and peace. 🫶
📸: Popcorn, 10-year-old Sanctuary Babe.

11/02/2026

Ruby’s home and doing her Sanctuary Babe recovery!!!
Thank you UT College of Veterinary Med friends🫶

11/02/2026

Weekly News Brief

11/01/2026

We’re so proud that today on World Vegan Day, we are highlighting a generous grant focused on one of the most important (and underrepresented) parts of running an animal sanctuary- Caregiver Wellness.

Our crew works tirelessly in all weather, doing all assortments of difficult and dirty tasks, and to have a way to honor their contribution feels especially meaningful.

Keeping caregivers happy and healthy isn’t just about thoughts and prayers. It requires appropriate gear, opportunities to rest, sufficient support, and personally meaningful ways to express genuine and heartfelt appreciation!

Please join me in celebrating this generous gift from long time vegans and deeply committed supporters of Odd Man Inn: Barb and Greg Lomow. Their generosity and deep understanding of the “Unmentionables” is what makes this possible. Thank you for helping us prioritize Caregiver Wellness today on World Vegan Day!
📸: Sid the Swamp Pig

10/30/2026

Ruby has a little story to tell. 😳
Born in late 2012, Ruby has lived on this property since she was just about a year old. She was one of the 159 pigs we accepted into our care in 2021, and even then, she was considered fairly old for a Yorkshire. Her three siblings were in rough shape, and Ruby wasn’t expected to have much time left either. Big Pinkies don’t usually make it into their teens! 😳
When we began spaying the 70+ unspayed females here, Ruby was considered too high-risk because of her age. We prioritized younger girls, then middle-aged girls, and eventually some older girls who either had reproductive problems or appeared to have plenty of life ahead of them.
Every year, we reconsidered Ruby. And every year, we decided against putting her through major abdominal surgery. She just kept plugging along, enjoying her golden years and being her gloriously grumpy self.
Until last week.
Our typically bright, opinionated, and perpetually angry old lady suddenly became docile and uncomfortable. We suspected the problem immediately.
An abdominal ultrasound at UT College of Veterinary Med confirmed that her uterus was the culprit. At nearly FOURTEEN YEARS OLD, with an otherwise excellent quality of life, Ruby had two options: surgery or euthanasia.
You know what we did, right?
We spayed her. 🥰
Ruby is recovering well with our veterinary partners at UT College of Veterinary Med, and we’re hopeful she’ll have more time to enjoy being her wonderfully cantankerous self.
Good sanctuary care means continually reassessing the needs of each individual, even when the decisions are complicated. Sometimes the risk of doing nothing becomes greater than the risk of trying.
And sometimes, a nearly 14-year-old pig deserves one more chance to earn her full Sanctuary Babe status. 😭😭😭
THAT’S IT. EVERY GIRL. 😭
Every single girl on this property is now a full-fledged, card-carrying SANCTUARY BABE OF ODD MAN INN!!!
Want to know more about her surgery? Patreon folks AND recurring donors, check your email tonight! www.patreon.com/oddmaninn

10/27/2026

Tonight at 6C. Completely free way to share community with like-minded peeps, express your ideas, and learn a thing (or twelve)!
https://oddmaninn.org/event/artificial-selection-and-the-joy-of-paradigm-shifting/

10/26/2026

Sound up for the happiest little slurps!
🎥: LJ of the Cabin Houses

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