[booogirl]

HI, I'm a newbie so if I sound weird, please forgive.

We adopted a piggie from a lady with a day care for preschoolers- he was housed outdoors in a small cage and probably dropped a lot...
SHE got him from someone who abandoned him ..
So "Slash" is timid and gun shy. (My son named him after a Pokenmon character, not the singer from Guns N Roses). I have never bought a friend in my life and believe that there are already too many loving pets without homes, so we "adopt" our family.

We didn't like the idea of a cage- he is family...I am a retired Animal Control Officer and Humane Society graduate....
so.....since he is not a climber/jumper, we have a kiddie pool of hard plastic in our dining room on the floor (when the weather permits no drafts) or on the dining table (when drafts are a problem).
No top, no boxing him in. He can see everything, and keep an eye on us all, and be a member of the family (he gets dinner greens when it's salad time for us as well!). I took the old cage apart to make 2 curved walls to hold the water bottle and feeder box for his kibble, and then he has a bowl for snackies and a hay rack for his fresh greens....

I read and read all kinds of posts, but couldn't find anyone else using this approach for a piggie house (cage is an ugly word in our family). When we find the right friend for Slash, we plan to get him a buddy- and a bigger pool. It's perfect for running (round edges), hard plastic is easy to clean or move (we use the carefresh gray-- the white shows up the urine as gross!), and is a once piece situation so I never worry about my piggie getting his little toes hurt in a crevice.

He's been happy in this pool since the day we did it- but I just hadn't seen this solution before and wonder if I am missing something or have overlooked some horrible thing that will hurt our dear Slash..
any thoughts?

Booogirl, mom to furry people as much as the smooth ones.