MissFormosa
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Cavy Slave
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I have a question about upper levels and boars.
My boars do well in their cages, but occasionally they carry on with each other to re-enforce dominance. There is never any blood drawn, so I just let them be. But I don't want anyone to feel too crowded or provoke anything, though, because I still have the smaller two brothers that haven't hit puberty yet. It seems so far that with all the space, they haven't had any major issues yet.
I can't do two 3-grid wide cages due to available space, so I was thinking I could add more space on the bottom by building an upper level for a kitchen to move the hay and such up top. So with the upper level, I don't want anyone to get trapped, so my question is, with boars, should I make ramps down on both sides of the upper level? Anyone do this? Or has anyone not really had a problem with this?
Oh, almost forgot to add. I have two 2x5's now, but I do have available space issues, so I can't build any further out, just up. There are 3 boars in each. The one cage has Alton (the oldest), Winston and Carlton (which are still in puberty, but not as aggressive about it anymore) and the other cage has Byron who is almost a year old, and the two younger brothers who are yet to hit puberty.
(I hope all this makes sense, I am having allergies today and am a little dopey)
My boars do well in their cages, but occasionally they carry on with each other to re-enforce dominance. There is never any blood drawn, so I just let them be. But I don't want anyone to feel too crowded or provoke anything, though, because I still have the smaller two brothers that haven't hit puberty yet. It seems so far that with all the space, they haven't had any major issues yet.
I can't do two 3-grid wide cages due to available space, so I was thinking I could add more space on the bottom by building an upper level for a kitchen to move the hay and such up top. So with the upper level, I don't want anyone to get trapped, so my question is, with boars, should I make ramps down on both sides of the upper level? Anyone do this? Or has anyone not really had a problem with this?
Oh, almost forgot to add. I have two 2x5's now, but I do have available space issues, so I can't build any further out, just up. There are 3 boars in each. The one cage has Alton (the oldest), Winston and Carlton (which are still in puberty, but not as aggressive about it anymore) and the other cage has Byron who is almost a year old, and the two younger brothers who are yet to hit puberty.
(I hope all this makes sense, I am having allergies today and am a little dopey)
