Allia comes in for a visit (parts may be disturbing to some readers)

Allia was born to a first time mother in overnight in the beginning of November.  Her mother was small and we missed how close she was to giving birth so she did not get moved out of the breeding pen in time.  With a sow this would not have mattered.  Her mother left all the piglets and when Dan and Dave went out to do the morning wellness check Allia was discovered in a hut alone surrounded by all her dead brothers and sisters.  Allia was the only survivor.  She was brought into the house where we quickly discovered she has a birth defect.  She breaths like her nose is stuffed up.

Allia drank from a bowl right from the beginning.  She always slurped so we weren't sure if she would be able to eat corn.  This is the piglet we gave pumpkin pie to.  After the pie we tried other easy to slurp things but she would have nothing to do with them.  From whenever in November Marilyn's Bakery started bringing pumpkin pies to the farmers markets through Christmas I was buying her a pie a week.  She never ate the crust, only the filling.  Once I could no longer get her Marilyn's pies I tried the canned mix.  No way!  I tried Wal-Mart pumpkin pie.  Again she was having none of it.  Finally she started eating corn.  Thank goodness. 

Allia now lives outside with her best friend, "Foot" named for an open sore on her foot that caused her to come into the house for a week to heal.  That is where they met and soon moved outside together.

Allia is named for Mohamed Ali's daughter because she is a fighter.  She is ornery as hell.  She doesn't appear to have a nice bone in her body.  She bites (including the hand that feeds her) and pushes Foot out of the food bowls.  Somehow this particular pig has captured my heart.  I love her to pieces and won't let Dan even consider sending her to "Space Mountain".