Pig owner here. Keeping a pig in an apartment is going to be a little rough. You'd have to get them used to letting you put a harness on and walk them like a dog. I own my home, so I put in a huge dog door, worked great.

Probably the biggest problem is their intelligence and destructiveness. You'd have a huge job keeping a pig from getting bored when you're gone. Maybe they can be crate trained? Mine figured out 3 different ways to get into the beer, even defeating a baby lock, and got hammered. He does love him some beer.

Hooves were a huge pain when my pig lived inside. They never got a chance to wear normally and I played hell getting him back and forth to the only vet in the area that would trim him. Even the local farrier had never done a pig. All that hassle, and I live on the edge of town in a redneck suburb. I seriously doubt you're going to find a large animal vet in the city. You could probably work out the hoof thing with a rasp and 3 or 4 beers (for the pig, but you'll both need that to get through the ordeal).

If it's a male, you'll probably want to trim his tusks once or twice a year. I got that done on the nail salon trips.

So, you'd have to get the pig used to a harness and car rides, find a vet or farrier for his hooves, and crate train him.

Oh, one other small thing. Once or twice a year, depending on the animal, pigs "blow coat". This is not anything like shedding. ALL OF THEIR HAIR FALLS OUT AT ONCE. So there's that to consider. :)

Pigs are brilliant but pernicious structural engineers—as soon as they have access to ground next to a building, they set about devising ways to undermine its foundations.

It’s bad enough when it’s just barns and outbuildings, but if a pig gets loose in the center of a major city it’ll start toppling skyscrapers faster than Godzilla.

Ask yourself why nobody else has a pet pig in an apartment.

Not very but it's a cute idea. Pigs need more space and less restrictions than an apartment can provide IMO. Imagine the intelligence of a ferret, the strength of a large dog, and the morals of a cat.

Doubly so if you're above ground floor and I wonder what veterinarian resources are available in the city

It isn't, they weigh hundreds of pounds as adults.

It’s not about your justification of feasible. It’s about the pigs life. It ain’t fair.

Haha, you won't find many better ways to punish yourself, or the pig!!

It’s only feasible for about 3 months. Then it will become destructive and smelly.

This is a feature of the pig, as in another few months they’ll be market weight and you’ll want to kill them.

I went to college with a guy who had a tea cup pig in a major city, he would take it on walks and use it to pick up girls. Worked out for him somehow.

I was in The City once and saw someone walking their pig. Lease contract had cats and dogs but not pigs. I didn't know the people so their place could have been a sty.

why you will want that?

Not cool. What will americans do without their president?

No.

I had a coworker who lived in a condo with a pet pig. Not sure of the details exactly, but she said they were very clean animals.

I knew someone who had one in NYC, but they had a decent backyard and ran a gardening supply store. The pig was adorable and behaved like a dog.

(Shout-out to Crest Hardware for any Brooklynites)

LOLOL

WE HAVE CHICKENS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN PHILLY (not ours, some neighbors)

Yes, GO HAM!.

SCREW THE RULES!!!

😎

Like no joke I literally hear the "Rooster Yelling" (idk what u call it) every day at around 4AM - 5AM (Eastern Standard Time)

Edit: Okay its not center city, its more like the "suburb" areas of Philly.

This is a joke btw, I do not advocate for keeping animals in tight spaces. I just think its funny how everyone in my area just collectively decided to ignore the rules, cuz apparantly nobody ever reported it.