sebedale04
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hey before i start this thread please do not down what i am doing understand its all i got THANK YOU...
Well about 8 months ago my girlfriends room mates in college went to there local pestmart and purchased a piggy to live with them in there room. After about a month they started to loose intrest in him(did not play with or really feed him that much) So my girlfriend descided to try and buy him.... and did. So she had this second hand perinoid little piggy who had to learn to love her while hiding in the bottom of her closet at school hiding from the room checks. The pig came with you standard tiny store bought cage with low sidewalls so the pig could just kick his shavings every where so we had to find somthing different.... She came up with the idea of using a laundry basket with all the holes in the side of them because it was inconspicuous (transporting in and out of the dorm) and was a slight bit bigger. Well the big took the cage in for a little while and with final permission from the parents we were able to leave the pig at home most of the time (so pig gets more room).
The problem was that a CandC cage was just to stationary (the pig is trying find a home in one of the rooms of the house ha ha ha) i had to think of some way to build something bigger that could be moved. I got the idea to link another basket next to the excisting one. I cut a hole in each of the baskets, then cut the ends off a 2L coke bottle and used it as a tunnlel between the two cages, and the zip tied the to cages together. This was working.... he had a place to eat, sleep/lay in his house, drink; and then a seperate place to "FROLIC"
I have noticed during the pigs floor time he liked to do laps so i got the idea to put pvc pipe around the back of the cage for him to tunnle through. So... i went to the local Lowes and got some 4 in sewer pipe(with the wholes drilled in the top) and 1 coupler(so that the pipe could be opened incase of a stubborn pig) and 4 90 degree elbows. and the pig has absolutly loved it he makes lap after lap after lap.
I do know that this is probbally a non recomended cage but it has worked for my needs and is seeming to work for the pigs to i just wanted to put out the word that my way did work and my pig is happy (notice i said my pig i become so attached ha ha ha)
So for closings i have 2 plastic laundry baskets linked together with the middle of a coke bottle and 4 in pvc drain pipe runing out the sides and down the back of the "cage" and into the other side....
I KNOW THIS IS HARD TO PICTURE AND I WILL POST A PIC NEXT WEEKEND But till then have fun and happpy piggying
Well about 8 months ago my girlfriends room mates in college went to there local pestmart and purchased a piggy to live with them in there room. After about a month they started to loose intrest in him(did not play with or really feed him that much) So my girlfriend descided to try and buy him.... and did. So she had this second hand perinoid little piggy who had to learn to love her while hiding in the bottom of her closet at school hiding from the room checks. The pig came with you standard tiny store bought cage with low sidewalls so the pig could just kick his shavings every where so we had to find somthing different.... She came up with the idea of using a laundry basket with all the holes in the side of them because it was inconspicuous (transporting in and out of the dorm) and was a slight bit bigger. Well the big took the cage in for a little while and with final permission from the parents we were able to leave the pig at home most of the time (so pig gets more room).
The problem was that a CandC cage was just to stationary (the pig is trying find a home in one of the rooms of the house ha ha ha) i had to think of some way to build something bigger that could be moved. I got the idea to link another basket next to the excisting one. I cut a hole in each of the baskets, then cut the ends off a 2L coke bottle and used it as a tunnlel between the two cages, and the zip tied the to cages together. This was working.... he had a place to eat, sleep/lay in his house, drink; and then a seperate place to "FROLIC"
I have noticed during the pigs floor time he liked to do laps so i got the idea to put pvc pipe around the back of the cage for him to tunnle through. So... i went to the local Lowes and got some 4 in sewer pipe(with the wholes drilled in the top) and 1 coupler(so that the pipe could be opened incase of a stubborn pig) and 4 90 degree elbows. and the pig has absolutly loved it he makes lap after lap after lap.
I do know that this is probbally a non recomended cage but it has worked for my needs and is seeming to work for the pigs to i just wanted to put out the word that my way did work and my pig is happy (notice i said my pig i become so attached ha ha ha)
So for closings i have 2 plastic laundry baskets linked together with the middle of a coke bottle and 4 in pvc drain pipe runing out the sides and down the back of the "cage" and into the other side....
I KNOW THIS IS HARD TO PICTURE AND I WILL POST A PIC NEXT WEEKEND But till then have fun and happpy piggying
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