If I want to make my own hay rack/area, what things should I be careful of?
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Or get their feet trapped. If you use a bent grid rack, be sure to close up the ends with coroplast, cardboard, or something similar so they can't get in it and break a leg.
Lots of people swear by those fleece hayracks that have lots of holes in them. See the picture gallery for some examples.
It's a dog bowl from Walmart and it costs $2I currently made a box out of Chloroplast and it looks nice, but they are always peeing and pooing on the hay, and right after I clean it and put fresh hay, I feel like its wasteful. I might try the Utensil idea. what is that round thing until the utensil holder? it looks nice
Ok, I think I'm just going to keep adding questions about the hay area here whenever I think of them.
So the one on my mind now is: If I make a little area to put hay (roughly the size of the pig to be in) on a sheet of coroplast, how high can one of the walls be to contain the hay but still allow the pigs easy access to step into, and also to feel welcome (rather than them considering it might be blocked off and making them feel unwelcomed, if that's anything they might even feel in the first place).
My last pigs learned to climb stairs (is that even safe for them with their backs? I knew not to get them the spheres/wheels/leashes/etc because of their backs, but I didn't think about it when I taught them to climb stairs. They seemed at ease when doing it though), so I know they can reach a pretty good height.
Also, is the rougher/more jagged edge of coroplast going to be a problem for them?
Have you considered making a hay rack out of a grid and having it verticle? This is what I do, and it works great. No risk or fear of injury.
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