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PippinMom

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Hi!

I'm a first-time cavy mom - Pippin is 5 weeks old and I read that cavy cages should be furnished with toys, but the book didn't specify what kind of toys cavies will play with! Should cavies have toys available to them, and if so, what kind? Can they be engaged in play with their humans?

Thanks!

Robin
 
You can give them a towel tent, a crinkled up newspaper,toilet roll with the top cut open so they can not get stuck or you can buy a chube which you can get at (broken link removed) . You can also get them bird toys,tunnels,diffrent kinds of hidey houses. Look at the accesories page in the photogallery for my ideas.
 
Try:
*brown paper bag
*Tennis ball
*Fleece cozie
*PVC piping
*Newspaper/towel tent
*Rocks
*Plastic kids stool
 
Rodney LOVES the bell that is in his cage. It is soooo funny to watch a young piggy with a bell.
 
My piggies love their step stool. Coco has managed to get ontop of it.
 
My boys love anything that can be eaten or chewed.They are HUGE fans of crumpled up newspaper. Atticus likes the little plastic curls you get when you open the milk, he fights with them and ends up "killing" them. My boys like the metal folder organizer I put in their cage, they sleep under it thinking I can't see them. They like bent grid "futons" or single grid ramps.
 
Rodney also likes to pick up toilet paper tubes in his mouth (he's usually in his house,) and then throw it. Chip loves his "tent" (bent grid with a pillow case over it.)
 
Oh yeah, the bent grid thing is a favourite with mine. I just threw an old towel over it to make it dark. They liked is just as much when there wasn't anything on there though
 
I threw a towel over my step stool so it seems now like a big pigloo except their are 3 ways to get out.
 
$500.00 down the road you will finally find out what your piggy likes best. I have purchased everything there is to purchase for my piggies and their favorite pass time is munching on treats, and exploring new hidey houses and lap time with me.
 
I second all of those toys, especially the bell(my boys love ringing them just to annoy their mommy when she's doing her homework). I'd also like to say one of my boy's names is Pippin. :)
 
My pigs like to chew on pine cones and fruit tree branches.They also love sleeping with their stuffed animal buddies. Just make sure they dont chew on the animal.
 
Mine really like their PVC pipe.... to bouce it around with their heads! Weird piggies :D
 
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