My pot bellied pig

Question
Hi, I have a pot bellied pig and her name is Nikki and something is wrong, I don't know if it is wrong or not. She is charging people and now she is starting to bit. I have had her since she was 5 weeks old and August 22ed she will be 2 yrs old. She also has white stuff coming out when she pees. Is that normal? She has not been around any other pot bellied or anything. Can you please help.

Answer
I think there's several parts to this problem.

Pig pee should be pale yellow or clear. It's impossible to make a diagnosis over the internet, she will need to see a vet. The white discharge could be from something as simple as a urinary infection, or as difficult as a uterine tumor, if she is not spayed.

Unspayed pigs have Piggy PMS as they cycle. Some of the symptoms include jumping on people and other animals and "forgetting" their potty training. These symptoms usually begin to surface at 9 months or so, and continue to intensify until about age 3.

Piggies reach sexual maturity at a very young age, but don't reach adulthood until they are age 2 or 3. This is the age when pigs have an instinctive need to try to become "top hog". For pigs raised in a herd of pigs, this usually means picking fights with other pigs. When a pig is raised with people and no other pigs, the pig considers the people to be other members of the herd, and begins to show aggression towards them.

So, first she needs to see a vet to figure out what is wrong and how to fix it. There's a list of vets here    http://www.petpigs.com/vet_list/map.html   If none are near, try calling the closest ones, they may know of someone in your area who can work with them, or does see pigs.

Second, if she is not spayed, now is the time to do it. Older pigs can and do survive spaying, but spaying a 2 year old pig who is in basically good health is much safer than spaying a 12 year old pig with uterine tumors.

Finally, the piggy needs to understand that people are not pigs and aggression is a no-no. Aggression can be a difficult problem to fix because it involves a lot of retraining and adjustment on the part of both people and pig. Some quick fixes are regular training sessions, no treats unless they are rewards for desired behavior, and establishment of a regular routine. Every person in the house should take some time to work with the piggy, perhaps doing a few simple tricks. I strongly suggest Priscilla Valentines book Pot-Bellied Pig Behavior and Training, available from Amazon or her website www.valentinesperformingpigs.com  She devotes several chapters to handling aggression in far more detail than I can offer in an answer here.

Hopefully after the medical problem is fixed, piggy will be feeling better and the steps to handle the aggression will go smoother.