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The Mens Room Daily Podcast

Michael Helps The Dog

The Mens Room Daily Podcast

Audacy

Society & Culture

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Mens Room Question: What's the most you've lost because of a pet or an animal?

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0:00.0

Welcome back to the men's room, 99.9 KISW.

0:05.9

Count of 4.30, we got a major announcement for you.

0:08.3

In the meantime, our question, what is the most money?

0:10.2

You've lost because of a pet or an animal.

0:11.8

We get this one.

0:12.4

They say lonely and isolated Americans have been turning to unconventional pets for companionship during the pandemic.

0:19.0

One of those pets turns out to be more than a family bargain for, so-called teacup pigs.

0:25.1

All right.

0:25.8

Which a woman named Amira McKee quickly explains is a misnomer because there's no such thing.

0:33.3

Buyers are lured by Craigslist ads and cutesy labels like Micro or Pixie.

0:38.2

And discovering years later, pigs take up to five years to reach full size.

0:42.4

They get there.

0:43.9

That was their supposed 40-pound lap pat could easily top 200 pounds.

0:49.7

Veterinarians quoted in the story are blunt.

0:51.4

There's no recognized breed of teacup pig or mini in breeder speak usually just means smaller than 300 pounds.

0:59.7

I did not know that.

1:01.5

McKee details how owner Jessica Mowell's now 200-pound pig has outgrown the family bathroom, shredded a couch, and required the installation of a heavy-duty horse panel to keep him from escaping the yard of his Arizona home.

1:15.8

Sanctuaries are rehoming.

1:17.4

Networks say that fields of hundreds, even thousands of surrenders, are requested per year.

1:24.1

Damn.

1:24.7

Did you know that about the teak?

1:26.5

I honestly thought. I just figured it'd be like a little pot. I mean, I knew that big. I knew it was a misnomer only because last year. Damn. Did you know that? No. About the teacup? I honestly thought.

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