All 7 Of My Boys!

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Tim said:
Ah you mean Trig!? He's gone to see if he can be bonded with a couple of wifepigs. I miss his cheeky character not being round :soz: x
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Yes that was him! Awe that's good he will have some lady friends :). So do you foster them then? X
 
Laura mason said:
Yes that was him! Awe that's good he will have some lady friends :). So do you foster them then? X
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He's a right feisty character, lol! No I don't foster, there was a call for help and I had space so I went and picked him up :) He is now with Barbara at BARC, she's hoping to get a spayed sow for my Zebedee x
 
Tim said:
I would have thought so. I'm not 100% sure though, sorry x
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That's what I have mine on for the next 5 days. I was researching the snowflake stuff and was going to order it but then found it in my local homebargains. It was £1.79 for a "large" bag (I wouldn't call it large), but it was well compressed and only took 3 bags for my bottom cage. I don't know much about woodshavings since I use fleece, but it definitely wasn't dusty :) X
 
Tim said:
He's a right feisty character, lol! No I don't foster, there was a call for help and I had space so I went and picked him up :) He is now with Barbara at BARC, she's hoping to get a spayed sow for my Zebedee x
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I haven't met zebedee yet (such a cool name). Any pics? X
 
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Anarchybmc said:
Well clearly you pair don't know me at all :whistle: :))

I promise I'm stopping at 8!

Love how diverse this thread has become lol now back too my piggies lol
It's only took 8 piggies too finally work out what a cuddle cup is for!

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Awe how cute! :) Do none of your other ones use cuddle cups? X
 
Anarchybmc said:
I KNEW HE WOULD :yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:

Yay I demand updates and pics young lady :D

How's the hol going? Is your mom coping ok with the wood shavings?
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Yeah mum is grand :) she's finding the woodshavings in the bottom cage much easier :).

We're having loads of fun although the weather isn't great. Haven't actually taken much pics this time :(

He gave in after all three of us were piled on top of him today squashing him and asking for Guiness and gus lol.

How's Oakley and Ollie? X

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Laura mason said:
Yeah mum is grand :) she's finding the woodshavings in the bottom cage much easier :).

We're having loads of fun although the weather isn't great. Haven't actually taken much pics this time :(

He gave in after all three of us were piled on top of him today squashing him and asking for Guiness and gus lol.

How's Oakley and Ollie? X

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Awww well at least your having a good time, weather been tat en all that and now you have got GG to go and get woohoo!

Glad your mom is managing better, I'm only 38 and I get outta puff sometimes doing the cages :D

Oakley & Ollie are fab! It's like they have always been together bless them. Ollie always follows Oakley everywhere and they spend most of their sleep time snuggled together :love: it's almost like fate played a part here :hmm: xx
 
Anarchybmc said:
Awww well at least your having a good time, weather been tat en all that and now you have got GG to go and get woohoo!

Glad your mom is managing better, I'm only 38 and I get outta puff sometimes doing the cages :D

Oakley & Ollie are fab! It's like they have always been together bless them. Ollie always follows Oakley everywhere and they spend most of their sleep time snuggled together :love: it's almost like fate played a part here :hmm: xx
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That is soooo sweet! None of mine snuggle together lol. They will sleep near each other but not tucked up beside each other :).
Now I'm working out my cage! My options are go to ikea and get a 75x150cm table top and shelving units OR go to b&q and get white conti board and cut it to size. I could fit 80x160 in my space. Cost wise it would be pretty similar...only a couple of £ in it, but would need to cut everything to size with the b&q stuff (my hubby can do it ok) and would need to put a trim all round it so u don't see the bare wood, so a little more time consuming, but the cage would then be 13.7 sq ft as opposed to 12.1 sq ft. What u think?
Also ordered some INGS hay :). Got 2 X 9.5 kg bags and delivery was only £6 so works out £2.20 per kg which I think is pretty good :). Just hope my picky piggies like it! Lol X
 
Laura mason said:
That is soooo sweet! None of mine snuggle together lol. They will sleep near each other but not tucked up beside each other :).
Now I'm working out my cage! My options are go to ikea and get a 75x150cm table top and shelving units OR go to b&q and get white conti board and cut it to size. I could fit 80x160 in my space. Cost wise it would be pretty similar...only a couple of £ in it, but would need to cut everything to size with the b&q stuff (my hubby can do it ok) and would need to put a trim all round it so you don't see the bare wood, so a little more time consuming, but the cage would then be 13.7 sq ft as opposed to 12.1 sq ft. What you think?
Also ordered some INGS hay :). Got 2 X 9.5 kg bags and delivery was only £6 so works out £2.20 per kg which I think is pretty good :). Just hope my picky piggies like it! Lol X
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Yeah only Kimi & Murray snuggle together but I think that's because they are brothers and babies so find each other comforting, the others are very much 'get off this is my spot' lol

Gosh £6 delivery is a bargain!! I've just had another delivery myself and this one seems a lot more soft than the last one but my piggies adore it they go CRAZY for it, hopefully your piggies will be the same let me know :D

I would go b&q that's what we're using :D I did look at ikea shelves but Ted and chewy are very good jumpers and I know they could get over them height wise! So ours are made from conti board. Although I'm not to keen on the trim as it does show every bump but we have hidden most of these at the back luckily :D I can just imagine you around the camp fire drawing your cage designs, popping into b&q on your way home in your muddy clothes with a car full of camping gear lol

Gus & Guinness are very lucky piggies indeed xx
 
Anarchybmc said:
Yeah only Kimi & Murray snuggle together but I think that's because they are brothers and babies so find each other comforting, the others are very much 'get off this is my spot' lol

Gosh £6 delivery is a bargain! I've just had another delivery myself and this one seems a lot more soft than the last one but my piggies adore it they go CRAZY for it, hopefully your piggies will be the same let me know :D

I would go b&q that's what we're using :D I did look at ikea shelves but Ted and chewy are very good jumpers and I know they could get over them height wise! So ours are made from conti board. Although I'm not to keen on the trim as it does show every bump but we have hidden most of these at the back luckily :D I can just imagine you around the camp fire drawing your cage designs, popping into b&q on your way home in your muddy clothes with a car full of camping gear lol

Gus & Guinness are very lucky piggies indeed xx
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Lmao...I would actually do that if I could fit them into my car with all the camping stuff lol. What size did you go with for your sides? And what waterbottles do you use again?
Non of my current piggies climb. There have been times on the bottom cages I've put my little wire hammocks attached to the open side and they have never tried to get out even when they easily could have, however with this one being high I wouldn't want to take the risk. I know Guiness wouldn't as I dont think his poor back legs would let him, but Gus might have a go lol.
Flip I don't know about them being lucky piggies, but I do my best.
Mine love soft hay so I'm hoping mine is pretty soft. Only thing is, is soft not as good for their teeth? I'm planning on putting my meadow hay I get from the bale into their hay boxes which they also eat from and that is pretty stalky so I guess they will be getting a bit of both....although I have a feeling they will go straight for the INGS hay lmao x
 
Laura mason said:
Lmao...I would actually do that if I could fit them into my car with all the camping stuff lol. What size did you go with for your sides? And what waterbottles do you use again?
Non of my current piggies climb. There have been times on the bottom cages I've put my little wire hammocks attached to the open side and they have never tried to get out even when they easily could have, however with this one being high I wouldn't want to take the risk. I know Guiness wouldn't as I dont think his poor back legs would let him, but Gus might have a go lol.
Flip I don't know about them being lucky piggies, but I do my best.
Mine love soft hay so I'm hoping mine is pretty soft. Only thing is, is soft not as good for their teeth? I'm planning on putting my meadow hay I get from the bale into their hay boxes which they also eat from and that is pretty stalky so I guess they will be getting a bit of both....although I have a feeling they will go straight for the INGS hay lmao x
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None of my others climb or jump like Ted & chewy, if there were Guinea olympics they would so win gold lol the sides are 30cm tall and I will make sure that everything that is able to be climbed on is nowhere near the edges lol little sausages they are!

I bought the meadow hay from the same place and they eat that,( again the only meadow hay they will really eat) although only when the ING is running low, that is always the first to be gobbled up. But yeah I do make sure that they have the meadow hay too, and they have got those wooden necklace thingies, tug and chews and the wooden ball with a bell (oh why did I get one with a bell lol) they chew those a lot!

Bertie & Marley are becoming abit more brave now feeding from my hands and not hiding to eat their veggies! And a couple more of Ollie & Oakley chilling together, the pic where their sleeping nose to nose is abit blurred as I didn't want them to move thinking I had food lol xx

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Omg I just want to eat Oakley! His wee face in that pic! Lol. How did you end up with Bertie and Marley again? U got them recently too didn't u? I'll have to have a look at them bottles! The shelves in ikea were 29cm so I was thinking of maybe going 36? Do u think that's too much? Did you cut the conti for the sides or did you get them at that size? Sorry for all the questions lol x
 
Laura mason said:
Omg I just want to eat Oakley! His wee face in that pic! Lol. How did you end up with Bertie and Marley again? you got them recently too didn't you? I'll have to have a look at them bottles! The shelves in ikea were 29cm so I was thinking of maybe going 36? Do you think that's too much? Did you cut the conti for the sides or did you get them at that size? Sorry for all the questions lol x
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Laura mason said:
Is it these ones? How do I attach them to the sides of the wood? x

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Bertie & Marley were two of my foster piggies they were from a breeder that sells to pet shops but nobody wanted them :no: they came with lice and was kept in a very small space! I started fostering them but just fell in love with them instantly Marley has got a wheek that sounds like a broken school whistle and I swear he wolf whistled the other day lol they are completely Ferrell so probably my toughest challenge yet!

Yeah those are the ones I use the medium size which seems to be fine, they come with suckers that you can attach to the inside of a cage but we are going to build a wooden cradle sort of thing for them.

36cm isn't that much higher really, I just chose a height that didn't look too imposing but also safe :D we had to get ours cut to size to fit our plans, we had the largest size which I've just gone to find and it looks like they don't do that size anymore ohho I need more for the next builds :eek:

Oakley is adorable isn't he? I'm so glad I didn't leave him there and adopted him! Originally I wasn't sure as I usually use rescue centres and I've heard some not so nice stuff about p@h but I'm so glad I did his lovely :wub: xx
 
Why are you making cradle things? Will they not stick to the wood on their own? I really like the living world ones, they have never leaked on me and the piggies seem to like them. Only problem is you need to attach them higher up on the cage the way the attachments work and I'm not sure the sides will be tall enough. You can get a stand for them tho so I'll maybe just do that....although I always have 2 water bottles
In the cage just incase one doesn't work for some reason, so could work out quite costly! Oh I don't know lol.
Do u have pics of your other piggies? Don't think I've seen them yet! X
 
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