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So, couldn't really find a good playpen for them that was big enough to fit my budget. But I bought 2 small animal playpens for $10 each at wal-mart last night. Made a pretty decent size area :) Got them out in it today. Seemed to really help with their confidence! They both came up to me willingly to get scratches and making what I call Chewbacca noises lol. :love: Got some pics, some are a little blurry. If I can manage to upload it, I also got a small vid of one of my cats being weird and eating their hay XD
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I don't know that you really want the video linking to your personal facebook page!

Very cute pigs, and it seems as though they really enjoyed their time in the playpen. Personally, though, having the cats in there just creeps me out. I never, ever had a problem with either of my cats either, but I never trusted them that much either.
 

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I'm not to worried, my profile is all private, I just made the video public. I also don't have any personal info on it either. But thank you for the concern :)

They did enjoy it! The cats are fine, both have been around small animals before (rabbits, rats etc..) The big kitty doesn't care one bit, he just wanted the hay lol. My fluffy kitty just watches, she's just curious, doesn't try anything with them. But we are also there right in the pen to watch and catch them before anything happens. I would never leave them alone like that without one of us close by.
 

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I'm not to worried, my profile is all private, I just made the video public. I also don't have any personal info on it either. But thank you for the concern :)

They did enjoy it! The cats are fine, both have been around small animals before (rabbits, rats etc..) The big kitty doesn't care one bit, he just wanted the hay lol. My fluffy kitty just watches, she's just curious, doesn't try anything with them. But we are also there right in the pen to watch and catch them before anything happens. I would never leave them alone like that without one of us close by.

Fair enough, it was just a thought. Wasn't sure you were worried at all about the world knowing who you are lol!

My boys don't get floor time the same way yours do. They have an attached pen that's always open, so their cages and pen all together is about 40 square feet. Luckily for me I have the space to do that :)

I just always worried about my cats. They didn't seem to care either, but I was always wary.
 

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I wish I could do that for my girls! If I had the space, I definitely would! :)

I totally understand the weariness! I'm not to worried about my cats, the only one I really have to keep an eye on is my fluffy girl. But that's just because she is still much kitten like (she will be 4 in Aug.) So she tries to play with them (she is very gentle and NEVER uses her claws) but we watch and make sure, and when she gets to playful/excited we do remove her from the room to be safe. The piggies have no issues and go right up to them and both cats run from them when they do lol
 

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Great job on the cage and play pen! Your girls must be so happy in their new home. Grids zip tied together also make for a cheap play pen if you every want to expand. My cat is the same way, he is almost 15 years old but still very playful. A couple times he did come up to them my alpha sow chased him away so now he just sticks to watching them as t.v and laying in their hay boxes lol
 

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I'm out of grids :) the closest place to me that has them is $20 for a box. I'd just get another one of these pens to add if I do expand more for their playpen. Right now with 2 of them, it's about 6 feet give or take all the way around.

They seem pretty happy :) They've been making a lot of wheeking and purring (the sounds I call chewbacca haha) noises.

Also, Thank you! I love their cage and how much space they have. I want to do more, but I don't have the space. So eventually I'm going to get more grids and do something to improve it, but I don't know how yet
 

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Halley and Phoebe have definitely improved on their personality since floor time :)

Phoebe is still a bit more shy when getting. But both now seem to love cuddles! Have both sorta start to take veggies from our hands :D
Also both have stopped wheeking so much when one is out getting pets :)
 

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Got the girls a new giant hidey today. Also tried some loofa toys. They don't care for the wooden chews. They LOVE the loofa toys :D and love their new hidey!! They immediately went in and both started popcorning around in it :)

Have them some cilantro and a tried a lil parsley (getting them to eat greens at all has been nuts) Haley tried the parsley, but so far neither seem to really care. Phoebe only tried it cause Halley did. But they both LOVE Cilantro :)

New phone, so tested out a few new pictures.
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Loving their new owl fleece <3
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dont mind the hay mess, our cat did it lol
 

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Be sure to take the darker green husks off and throw them away. They're probably more nutritious than the inner ones, but corn is grown with a LOT of pesticide, and the outer husks will be the most contaminated.
 

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OK, I'll be sure to do that. Thanks for the tip!

We do wash it (along with all our veggies/fruits) pretty well. We also get them from an organic farmers market (i'm not sure if that really makes a difference) They say they don't use any pesticides (although I know that may or may not be exactly true)
 

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Had to downsize the girls cage. The 2x5 was just to big for our small apt. We tried to make it work, but it just wasn't. So until we do move (hopefully within the next yr) they will be in a 2x3 with a loft.

I still gotta make the loft part, but here is the set up so far :)
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side note.. that igloo isn't the only hidey they will have, I just haven't added their new one yet. Still working on making it.
 

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Finished making their cuddly cube! First one I've made, was a pain. Broke 3 needles on my machine -_-
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Also redid their hay rack. The basket I had wasn't working out like I hoped. SO trying this way with a bent grid.
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Awww! LightSeeker, they are SO cute!
 
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