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nlkiser198343 said:
Should I be disinfecting the whole cage every 6 weeks then to and using the other cleaner weekly?
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If you have items which won’t be cleaned thoroughly by the product you are using then a good deep clean and disinfection is a good idea.
Mine live in wooden hutches so it’s not possible to give a wipe clean in the same way it is with plastic cages.
My hutches are lined with plastic sheeting so that gets vinegar/water solution cleaned routinely but I use F10 to spray round the wood as a deep clean given it can’t be wiped in the same way
 
I just ordered an already diluted bottle since I don't have a spray bottle. I think that will last me forever anyway. The undiluted stuff was way cheaper though. I think I bought more hidey houses then I can fit in there new cage lol. Should be coming in a day or 2.
 
nlkiser198343 said:
I just ordered an already diluted bottle since I don't have a spray bottle. I think that will last me forever anyway. The undiluted stuff was way cheaper though. I think I bought more hidey houses then I can fit in there new cage lol. Should be coming in a day or 2.
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If you mean you’ve bought F10 then the undiluted usually works out considerably cheaper (it does here anyway). It is so highly concentrated that you use much less at a time to make up a litre of solution than you do of the diluted spray bottle. Meaning the undiluted lasts much longer.
 
Piggies&buns said:
If you mean you’ve bought F10 then the undiluted usually works out considerably cheaper (it does here anyway). It is so highly concentrated that you use much less at a time to make up a litre of solution than you do of the diluted spray bottle. Meaning the undiluted lasts much longer.
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Yeah if I run out I'll get the undiluted one next time but if I'm only cleaning a couple wood houses every 6 weeks I think it should last a year or 2 at least
 
Piggies&buns said:
If you mean you’ve bought F10 then the undiluted usually works out considerably cheaper (it does here anyway). It is so highly concentrated that you use much less at a time to make up a litre of solution than you do of the diluted spray bottle. Meaning the undiluted lasts much longer.
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How can I handwash plush hide houses? I bought a cozy house that was pretty big and $17 that I thought it said it was machine washable but now the colors faded and it doesn't reshape right or stay up. It's a shame that it only lasted a couple weeks. So I'm trying to avoid this. I have hammocks that say handwash only but they don't even use them so far
 
nlkiser198343 said:
How can I handwash plush hide houses? I bought a cozy house that was pretty big and $17 that I thought it said it was machine washable but now the colors faded and it doesn't reshape right or stay up. It's a shame that it only lasted a couple weeks. So I'm trying to avoid this. I have hammocks that say handwash only but they don't even use them so far
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You’ll just need to hand wash them the same way as anything is hand washed.
 
nlkiser198343 said:
Yeah if I run out I'll get the undiluted one next time but if I'm only cleaning a couple wood houses every 6 weeks I think it should last a year or 2 at least
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Piggies&buns said:
You’ll just need to hand wash them the same way as anything is hand washed.
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Piggies&buns said:
You’ll just need to hand wash them the same way as anything is hand washed.
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Just dish detergent in the sink and soak for a while or should I use unscented laundry detergent? Can't say I ever handwashed anything lol. Guess I need to watch a video tutorial.
 
nlkiser198343 said:
Just dish detergent in the sink and soak for a while or should I use unscented laundry detergent? Can't say I ever handwashed anything lol. Guess I need to watch a video tutorial.
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Laundry detergent is always used when handwashing.
Youve got to replicate the action of a washing machine with your hands. Just letting it soak won’t clean it.
You need to wet the item, lather it up with detergent, squeeze it with your hands, against the side of the sink, and scrubbing (with your hands), rubbing it to get stains out Etc.
Then you need to rinse it a few times before trying to get as much of the water out as possible. You could put it on a spin cycle in a machine or youve got to squeeze it by hand repeatedly.
 
nlkiser198343 said:
I just ordered an already diluted bottle since I don't have a spray bottle. I think that will last me forever anyway. The undiluted stuff was way cheaper though. I think I bought more hidey houses then I can fit in there new cage lol. Should be coming in a day or 2.
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This is what I did when I first started using F10. Brought the spray bottle version and then after that just brought the concentrate and kept the spray bottle
 
I was wondering when one of my guineas passed is it ok to just keep the other one if he's already old age or should I find 2 young friends for him before he passes or do you think he'd rather not have 2 young ones running around? I don't think I'll ever have more than 2-3
 
nlkiser198343 said:
I was wondering when one of my guineas passed is it ok to just keep the other one if he's already old age or should I find 2 young friends for him before he passes or do you think he'd rather not have 2 young ones running around? I don't think I'll ever have more than 2-3
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You can’t keep three boars together as it will cause fights and broken bonds. Boars can only be in pairs. When the time comes that you lose a piggy, you will need to bond just one boar with the one left behind.
If you choose to end your piggy cycle then that is something to decide at the time. A piggy can struggle being alone.
 
I was told it's best to get 2 boar siblings together but idk in that situation if I'd be better getting the 2 and keeping them in separate cages or just get 1 piggie at a time then. I think it's hard to find females around here.
 
nlkiser198343 said:
I was told it's best to get 2 boar siblings together but idk in that situation if I'd be better getting the 2 and keeping them in separate cages or just get 1 piggie at a time then. I think it's hard to find females around here.
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Being siblings is not relevant - related boars will fall out just as the same if they are not compatible.

To get a new friend for a bereaved piggy the safest way to do so is to go to a rescue centre and get their help in finding a character compatible friend.
if that isn’t possible then buying another piggy would have to be the next option. You either buy a single piggy and bond with the one left behind. There is always the need to have a plan b when doing this. Two piggies need ro be character compatible to form a bond. When buying a piggy on spec you have no idea of whether they will bond and therefore they may need to live permanently in separate cages.

If you cannot buy a single piggy and need to buy a pair, then the pair would to remain in one cage together and your bereaved piggy would need to be kept alone but side by side with the pair for constant interaction through the bars only. You would not be able to put three boys together as it usually ends in fights and broken bonds.

Unless any either of your boys were neutered you would not be able to have female anyway.
 
Finally got the new cage. That's it so far. The cage was a little longer than the coroplast because I got the grids from different sources. I was worried the pigs might climb up and fall in but I stuffed old DVDs to fill in the gap. Does it look ok like this? I hope so. I have to stop spending so much money now. I just bought them another wooden house and a mini leather couch. Lol.
 

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I lined it all the way around so it's a tight fit and they got some cool pictures on the side of there cage
 

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Just need to add my Ikea bath mats after they wash and then I have so many toys and hides to add
 

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I was gonna ask if that water bottle looked to high but I guess if he can eat pepper from the same height it's probly fine. The bottles were much lower in other cage
 

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And I wanna keep there Midwest cage here and leave that door open after closing the area off with c&c grids and lining the floor this will be secondary cage with big play area and I can still open the cage from the top and I have a door panel to put on front
 

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Try to use hides that have two exits so Jo pig can become trapped. Then I’d leave the remaining space free so they have room to zoom around should the desire take them. I also wouldn’t add toys as they don’t use them. You can give enrichment but hiding some lettuce in the hay, scatter feeding or hiding pepper inside a loo roll stuffed with hay.

Is there any way you could stretch to a 2x5? 2x4 is the minimum recommended size but boars do need that little bit more.

Cage is looking good. For the lis, you could overlap 3 grids widthways. Cable tie the back end to the vertical grids then cable tie the grids you overlap. Hope that makes sense.
 
Well I don't really use toys anymore. I just consider the hides toys. There's a wooden fort thing with 2 exits I'm about to build. I try to avoid houses with one exit but they really like there pigloo. They take turns with it. It also holds up the pocket so they can get in it. One will lay in the pigloo while the others on the side in the pocket or sometimes they'll both be on the sides snug in the pocket.
 
The new cage liner don't have a pocket so I'm trying to weigh the sides of a small piggie blanket down to make a new pocket over it. Idk if they'll lay on the couch I got them but I had to get it lol.
 
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