Recent content by CactusCavy

Well at the time I had just brought her home at 3 months old from a lovely rescue, and she was only 600g. ...Of course, by now she's...900+??

I guess...my grandparents' water has tons of water softener, and we can't (or aren't supposed to) drink it, so they have special other water for drinking. It's weird, I never thought it could be the tap water either, but you know...it's always possible, I guess. :)

Big revelation!!! My mom reminded me that the water we get straight from the faucet is very hard, with lime, which has lots of calcium, which probably explains why Gabrielle peed white a few days ago--I'm not feeding them bad foods, it's the dumb tap water!! I was so glad to hear it was the...

Just out of curiousity, at what weight (in grams, please :)) is a pigg considered obese?... Also, do piggs always pee white or just when they have sludge? It was said that if it's smooth when it's dry then you're fine. What causes a pig to pee white in the first place??........:) ~Cactus

...So mounting among sows means that they're in heat? A long while back I was a bit shocked to see Nutmeg mount Callisto after lots of "chuttering" (is that the right word?) on both their parts. I know 100% that Nutty's a girl, so I was thinking she was (seemingly) randomly stating her dominince...

Technically, 3 are mine and 2 are my little sister's, but she doesn't have an account here and is too young (lol, like I was when I first joined), so my vote is 5, and not 3. And my mom won't vote, either. (That'd be messing up the numbers!) ~Cactus

Thanks for all the great suggestions, guys!

Oh, thank you, y'all!

I guess one could, but it's a bit soft, and I would be worried the pigs' legs would sink through the fleece-covered holes in the cubes. However, if you put wood or something firm between the cube and the fleece, I believe it would do just fine.

I've never heard of "mesh" cubes, but yes, I suppose that will do. (There's nothing wrong with higher sides as I said before, it's just that if you have a lid like mine, it makes the inside rather dark and gloomy...:) ~Cactus

Okay, thanks, everyone! It looks like carpet does well, as well as that potato-sack-type material...so, material in general. Maybe I won't bend so many cubes after all--I liked cavy-cool-crazy's idea of using carpet (or towels!) over wood. Still, it might be good to stick a bent cube at the top...

I'm making a second level soon (already have all the materials, yay!...but first my dad wants to know my plans before I start cutting...:D), and to my delight have enough (coroplast) for a 2x6!!!...Anyway, I am planning to make a ramp out of bent cubes, but need to cover it over with something...

I used some heavy-ish cardboard that an unfolding bookcase from OSH (Orchard Supply Store) had come in. I cut off the back, and basically following the instructions from making the corplast tray, I made a--well, cardboard tray, lol, with two-inch sides, held together with coroplast. It's very...

Well, if you're leaving the front at 6 in., it shouldn't be too much of a problem. My cage used to have 8 in. sides at the front and back, with 4 1/2 in. ends (I was determind to have a 2x5 cage), BUT I had a cardboard lid going down about two inches, which meant my piggers only had about 4...

Aaw, Laura, she is so cute and her cage sounds so luxurious! I like the soap-dish-under-the-water-bottle idea--I once saw Callisto drinking (my dad says it sounds like they're using a little typewriter, lol!) and she made this huge puddle underneath, from all the dripping from the bottle! I...