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My 3 are indoors from Oct then in an outside hutch when it gets warmer around April. (I live in Scotland).The outdoor hutch has a raincover which goes down at night. I do miss them at first when they leave the garden room as it is true there is quite a lot of interaction especially at fridge...

Thank you this has helped. My piggies are outdoor all year round piggies so more hardened to cooler temps unlike indoor piggies. However I don't have a clever system like yours to give them the choice and I agree with you they are well able to judge for themselves as they would in the wild. Its...

i get mine from Amazon. I use four pads to warm my 6ft x 2ft hutch. Without power in the shed the space is going to be cold, so you’ve got to do whatever you can - as I said in my post, insulation on the hutch (and on the shed itself if you can do so) - I’ve got foil insulation on the...

Is your shed heated and insulated? Fleece is easier to spot clean but it won’t keep them warm and it can draw moisture from the air when used outside And therefore not remain dry or urine patches dry quickly enough. Mine live in a hutch in my shed and I only use fleece in summer. In winter...

Thank you @Swissgreys. Thue hutch has been covered in insulator board all over the outside and has a Scratch and Newton Hutch Snuggler on as well. The fleece blanket I cut is from Ikea, only a few quid and that's a good idea about the strips of fleece over the entrances. Which wooden hidey do...

Ok. How do you stop loose substrate falling out the hutch then? I was going to use correx but Jupiter likes chewing it :(

That sounds lovely and protected for your pigs. My husband has tools in the garage, bikes, a fridge, camping stuff, spare wood (he's a carpenter) and other bits and pieces - it is a bit of a junk space at the moment! He also makes his own wines and stuff, so he keeps that stuff in there, too...

No the fleece is not wet at all, no thermometer as it broke. I stopped bed hay as so messy, now just got hay to eat. My friend has a hutch outside all winter with hay and not even sure she has a cover but they have been fine 4 years! Maybe I'm being paranoid

With the hutch, only the ground level counts. That upper level of the hutch looks too small. The ramp there is also too high and too steep as well as the one in the run. Piggies wouldn’t use it. It needs to have the sides covered and be much less of a gradient but with there not being much...

They will give them a warm place to sit but only after their body heat has warmed them up, I personally don’t think they will be anywhere near as good as a microwave heat pad. They will still be within cold air though. The other problem will be that they are made of fabric/fleece which...

I have thermal and water proof hutch covers on my hutches (one hutch in the shed for the piggies but this doesn’t have the waterproof cover as it doesn’t need water protection given it’s inside the shed) , and two hutches outside (for my rabbits). The thermal covers are thicker and help hold...

Hi all. So today was Project Shed. Cleared it all out and then rolled out lino to cover whole floor. Then cut and taped insulation board all over hutch including underneath. Then put the Scratch&Newton silver Snuggle cover on top. The half of old outside run in shed as extra rat deterrent...

I used them under hay when they were outside. They are now on fleece and puppy pads and they are in the garage. It worked well with both.

Thank you, it's a double height hutch so overnight they stay in the top area and we put puppy pads on the lower part. I had thought about fleece over the slabs or possibly the mats too, the mats are currently down for them in the shed and covered with pads which is fine inside but not practical...

Regarding her feet, then only a vet can really advise you with a hands on check. It would definitely be a good idea to get them seen though given Bumblefoot can occur. The type of bedding you use is personal preference though. What works for one doesn't necessarily work for another. Fleece...

:agr: my two also live in a hutch in my shed and unfortunately don’t have power either. They have four snugglesafe heatpads between the two of them. Their hutch is covered with three blankets, a thermal hutch cover and then a duvet pulled over all of it. Mine are bedded on hay and only...

I use a horse bag too for washing. Although it helps having a cat litter tray for the hay. I often place the litter tray in a big paper bag (Morrisons/Primark). Helps keep hay within the tray and the piggies like the extra cover and warmth. Despite all this, the amount of hair that clings to the...

Do you have a thermometer on the hutch itself so you can see the temperature within the hutch? Mine live permanently in my shed (they have a hutch in there). I would not recommend having fleece in the hutch in winter. I use it in summer but being within the shed I don’t find any problems...

I think your cage is rather small for two boars, the minimum would really be 140 x 60 cm and even that is rather small for boars. You can buy C&C type cages which you can make up to any size or shape at very low cost. I purchased these from eBay a few months ago to use as a bonding pen, when I...

This is my temporary cage for our two new baby boars who came home yesterday (too shy to be out in the pictures just yet). They have an outside hutch and also a Kavee 5x2 being put together in a spare room but this one is to just get them settled in and used to having humans around, so it's a...