Gayla Thompson Starts New Life With Pet Pig After 10-Year Marriage

After a 10-year marriage, Gayla Thompson got a fresh start in a pigsty.

Following her recent divorce, the 33-year-old born and raised in Nashville swapped her disorderly spouse for a much less tidy pig pen. In November 2025, Thompson welcomed eight-week-old Daisy, a tiny nine-pound piglet.

The divorcee says finalizing the split was the moment she decided to do something just for herself by securing the baby pig. Rolling in the mud, Daisy quickly grew into the center of her world.

Building a Mini Farm After the Split

“My ex-husband always told me I couldn’t have a pet pig,” Thompson told the New York Post. “So when the divorce was settled, getting my dream pig was the best way to start my new life.”

Thompson is also making plans to construct a small agricultural plot, intending to finally secure her own happily-ever-after that her matrimony lacked, complete with a pigsty.

Weighing 50 pounds now at 4 months of age, Daisy is equipped with her own bed, toys, and litter box. She even gets a weekly ride to her local spot.

All the employees love her; she’s part of the clean-up crew in every aisle.”

Gayla Thompson Replaces Her Husband With a Piglet Named Daisy — Narratore Italiano

According to Thompson, Daisy is even a frequent visitor at Sonic, the popular fast-food chain, where staff members who recognize her immediately treat her to a “pup cup”.

From Childhood Animal Rescue to Pig-Proofing

Even though strangers often look on with skepticism, the newly single Thompson said that her relatives weren’t surprised at all. Thompson was always an animal lover, helping rehabilitate injured creatures since she was a child.

“You know the movie Charlotte’s Web? I’m the little girl in that movie,” Thompson told the New York Post. “I was always rescuing baby birds and rehabilitating them. An indoor pet pig is nothing short of expected from me.”

Daisy introduced unique obstacles for Thompson, despite the fact that she had previously kept large dog breeds such as Great Danes and English Mastiffs.

“At about three months old, she realized she could open cabinets and pull everything out,” Thompson said. “And pigs naturally root, so I had to baby-proof everything and protect my carpet.”

Even with the necessity of safeguarding the house against a pig, Daisy proved to be remarkably simple to look after and cleaner than anticipated.

“She only goes potty in her litter box. Pigs are actually very clean animals; people don’t know that,” she noted.

Daisy Costs Little to Feed and Care For

Caring for a pig isn’t as costly as a husband. Throughout the initial winter months, caring for Daisy ran up a bill of roughly $50 per month, though Thompson anticipates that figure will decrease.

Once she relocates to a specially constructed enclosure, Daisy will live outside and incur monthly expenses of roughly $20. Her daily menu is fairly simple, consisting of grain pellets twice a day, with lettuce and Cheerios as her favorite treat.

“Pigs are great for leftovers,” Thompson said. “I actually waste less food now.”

Thompson has since found a new significant other who has fully embraced the vision, assisting in hauling Daisy every weekend to his sprawling country estate so the animal can freely roam and root.

“We’re moving in together and building them a beautiful pig pen,” Thompson said.

The pair expanded their animal family by giving Daisy a sibling named Dude, alongside intentions to develop a modest hobby farm featuring chickens and potentially a donkey in the coming summer.

“It’s a beautiful new journey with a new partner,” she says. “This is my dream. And I’m finally living it.”