Getting them to use the ramp!

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Hi All,

Well I have made a 7x2 downstairs with 2x2 upstairs for the girls and they love it although they haven't used the ramp. Any ideas how I can make them...lol

Thanks!

Louise
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maybe put a trail of their favourite veg up there and some at the top level, that sometimes work. even if you place them at the top they may come down to the food and water. thats what i did to mine when had a ramp in his cage and it worked!
 
hehe! little devils! i think its a secret ploy to get lots of veggies by them! :))

if that doesnt work, mayplace place them halfway on the ramp, then they are going to have to use it in one direction to get off it! so will know its then!
 
haha thats true. Fleur won't be happy she's lazy as it is! :)
 
Mine had the same problem, I used to put them at the bottom of it and sort of gently pushed them up a bit lol. I tried putting veggies up it but they just stood up on their back legs at the side and got them that way! How naughty lol. They soon got used to it, but even now they'd rather stay down stairs! Hope it works for you :))
 
Thanks I think plonking them on it will work...lol I have 4 lazy madams they really are the opposite to my boys! :D
 
Has your ramp completely wooden? Some piggies dont like the fact that they cant get a decent grip on a ramp if it is a bit steep for them... You cuold try covering it in non slip rubber matting or converting it so it is a bit of an easier climb? :)
 
It's made of the metal Grids with soft fleece underneath and fleece tied to it. :)
 
Have they started to use it yet Louise?

Mine have a small ramp onto a little playform, then they just jump onto their second level. They don't actually use the small ramp a lot of the time, they just like to jump up there. It took them a while to do it but I made sure there was food up there as a temptation to go up. Some people would say just to put food on the top level but I wouldn't do that because then I'd be worried that they're not going up and not getting any food. :{
 
I plonked Amber and Flora on it and they used it very slowly. Fleur and Pearl justran off. The new C&C has built in Igloos under the 2x2 upstairs I put more grids in to support the weight of the upstairs so the 2 monkeys hid in their and I couldn't get them. Maybe they will follow Flora and Amber up the ramp! If it was an electronic one like they have in Asda then they would be up and down like no tomorrow! :)
 
aww what sweeties! they will get used to it, just takes time sometimes as some are more wary than others! i am sure they will soon love it!
 
I'm putting them out now its too hot for them in the shed. So we'll have another go later. :)
 
i couldnt get mine to go up their ramp for two weeks after i finished the cage.:( then one day i put them upstairs whilst i cleaned down and then just removed the block from the entrance and they ran up and down themself wheeking:<> now there is no stopping them it was like they didnt actualy know what it was for ?/ and i hadnt told them:a19:
 
Hiya,

I still haven't seen Flora and Fleur using it but the minis (I call them that as they are all under 8 months) are using it with no problems. Pearl popcorns up and down the ramp and also over Elora who she seems to have bonded with which is nice for Pearl as she was always the outsider of the group that I had! :)
 
SunshineAndTwinkle said:
Hiya,

I still haven't seen Flora and Fleur using it but the minis (I call them that as they are all under 8 months) are using it with no problems. Pearl popcorns up and down the ramp and also over Elora who she seems to have bonded with which is nice for Pearl as she was always the outsider of the group that I had! :)
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oh thats good! it may take the older piggys a bit longer - l am sure they will get there! thats cute calling them the minis! hehe!
 
You should but the lazy ones on the ramp and leave them to figure out how do get down it and up it there selfs like put them on the top and eventully they would want to come down hehe.

Anna x
 
I'll do that today Anna thanks. It's catching the little monkeys they are so quick and having 7x2 downstairs they can hide under the built in igloos I made ROFL! :(|)
 
SunshineAndTwinkle said:
I'll do that today Anna thanks. It's catching the little monkeys they are so quick and having 7x2 downstairs they can hide under the built in igloos I made ROFL! :(|)
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louise, do you have a picture of the cage, i would LOVE to see this!
 
Yes same hehe
My piggies did the same when they had the hutch with a run and they woudn't go down the ramp so i kept them at the bottom and they figured it out eventully and they went up and down it all the time but now the rabbit has that hutch because i got a new one for the pggies.

Anna x
 
Not sure I'll be able to get the whole cage on the photo as its an 8x4 shed and I have to climb into the cage to see to the boys...lol I'll give it a go though! :)
 
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