| Re: An outside cage which is cat proof
I have an outdoor run for my guineas, and as long as the weather is nice (I'm in England) and I'm actually at home, I'll leave them out there all day as they seem to love running around in the fresh air, eating all the grass.
I wouldn't leave them out there on their own, (for example, when I go to work) but I'm not out in the garden all the time that they are-I pop out regularly to make sure they're ok though.
The run intself is 8'x3' and the lid is split into 4 2'x3' sections-one of which is solid wood, and the other 3 are mesh. The solid portion means they always have a shaded area, which I can extend by use of a panel that covers the mesh lid next to it. If we have a particularly warm day and I feel they'd benefit from a little extra protection from the heat, I have a 2 litre coke bottle filled with water that I keep in the freezer-I put this in their run so they can cool themselves off against it.
I wouldn't advocate housing your pigs outside on a permanent basis, but it's definately possible to provide them with a safe outdoor enviroment to play in, without them requiring constant monitoring-it just depends on how much time, money and effort you can put in, and your level of skill at constructing such things. I'm actually toying with an idea for a new outdoor run myself.  |