LittlePigs2
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Cavy Gazer
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Hello everyone.
I have two pigs. Jessie and Melly. Ive had them both for just under a year now. I got them from a lady who had them a shoe box at a yard sale... they came with a cage.. lets just say it might as well have been a shoe box! She said her children wanted them, but started to neglect them and she didn't want to deal with them anymore. No food was given to me when I purchased them from her. no hay... nothing! These pigs had a water dish.. in terrible condition, with disgusting water. The lady informed me that she ahd told her kids she wasn't taking of them if they didn't. Guess washing the bowl was too much effort... OYE!
Anyway, I have loads more to say, but I don't want to rant and make this a huge post!
I have built them a DIY cage, but am unhappy with it, so I will be expanding and changing materials. They are currently in an 8 square foot cage. (much bigger than the shoe box they were in...)
But that will be upgraded to a 14 square foot cage! I can't wait! Plans all drawn out and supplies ordered! (except the coroplast. How the heck do I get an 8' x 4' sheet of coro home?! Jeez!)
I'm not sure I can post a question here, if not I apologize.
I was wondering if anyone had any tips or advice on preventing fleece burrowing? I have hideys, and an extra blanket on top for them to burrow in... but they keep going under fleece liner and onto the wooden floor.... which means they sit in puddles of urine because there is nothing to absorb it.
Any tips?
Other than that, MY ladies are great. They still don't seem to be very fond of me. haha. but we are working on that. I spot clean every morning and every evening. (soon to be once a day. Fingers crossed I get this new job!) We do a full cage clean twice a week! Wednesdays and Saturdays.
As I am typing this, they seem to be playing peek-a-boo. Jessie is under the fleece (again) and she pops her head out, wheeks, looks around and then hides. Then does this again but at another area of her cage. Silly piggy.
Thanks for reading, and I am happy to be part of this community.
I wanted to add, when I asked their previous owners for their names, I was told they didn't have any, but were often reffered to as Smelly and Icky... lovely....
I have two pigs. Jessie and Melly. Ive had them both for just under a year now. I got them from a lady who had them a shoe box at a yard sale... they came with a cage.. lets just say it might as well have been a shoe box! She said her children wanted them, but started to neglect them and she didn't want to deal with them anymore. No food was given to me when I purchased them from her. no hay... nothing! These pigs had a water dish.. in terrible condition, with disgusting water. The lady informed me that she ahd told her kids she wasn't taking of them if they didn't. Guess washing the bowl was too much effort... OYE!
Anyway, I have loads more to say, but I don't want to rant and make this a huge post!
I have built them a DIY cage, but am unhappy with it, so I will be expanding and changing materials. They are currently in an 8 square foot cage. (much bigger than the shoe box they were in...)
But that will be upgraded to a 14 square foot cage! I can't wait! Plans all drawn out and supplies ordered! (except the coroplast. How the heck do I get an 8' x 4' sheet of coro home?! Jeez!)
I'm not sure I can post a question here, if not I apologize.
I was wondering if anyone had any tips or advice on preventing fleece burrowing? I have hideys, and an extra blanket on top for them to burrow in... but they keep going under fleece liner and onto the wooden floor.... which means they sit in puddles of urine because there is nothing to absorb it.
Any tips? Other than that, MY ladies are great.
They still don't seem to be very fond of me. haha. but we are working on that. I spot clean every morning and every evening. (soon to be once a day. Fingers crossed I get this new job!) We do a full cage clean twice a week! Wednesdays and Saturdays. As I am typing this, they seem to be playing peek-a-boo. Jessie is under the fleece (again) and she pops her head out, wheeks, looks around and then hides. Then does this again but at another area of her cage. Silly piggy.
Thanks for reading, and I am happy to be part of this community.
I wanted to add, when I asked their previous owners for their names, I was told they didn't have any, but were often reffered to as Smelly and Icky... lovely....
