[satimiriam]

I am very happy to have found a place like this. Thank you so much for having it here, and for being a part of it. My name is Miriam and I just got two male piggies, both found on Craigslist. I just read that I should have had them quarunteend, oops. All the names in my family start with M, so my new babies are Magellan (or Mage) and Mandarin (or Manny), the orange one.

I adopted Mage before I knew how much work he would be and then I started doing research online. I have become pretty obsessed with them. I find this website to be very informative, again thanks. My cage is a chest coffee table (not cedar) that is 2ftX3ft and I have created a second level with some white shelving (that is mentioned as an alternative on the C&C page). This was stuff that I had around the house. I can't afford to buy any extras for now. I got some coroplast to line it with, but the sets of cubes are too much for my budget right now. I am trying to give them lots of floor time, whenever I am home and awake. Is this going to be okay for now?

Also, is it possible to give them too many fresh vegetables? They wheek for treats a lot. I haven't seemed to been able to find anything on how much is too much.

Last question: does anyone have any suggestions on the best way to get them back in their cage? I have to chase them down and they hide underneath the couch and table.