The pesky porker has been pigging out on home-grown vegetables in Stockham Park allotment since October - clearing out an estimated two tonnes of the root vegetables.
The stray sow - believed to be a Gloucester Old Spot - is often seen hamming it up at the allotments before she trotters off "home" to an empty barn in a field close to the West Site of King Alfred's Community and Sports College.
A vegetarian porker, she has now munched through all the parsnips, carrots and cabbages growing in the 41 allotments.
Allotment holder Mick Sutton, 71, said: "It has left a great big hole in some of the allotments and all the parsnips are gone." Bob Turner,72, of Stockham Park, said: "She has eaten everything. All my parsnips are gone and I'm not very happy because we love parsnips. They normally would have kept us going until Easter.
"We can't really laugh about it now, we are paying £17 per year for our rent and all my vegetables are gone."
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