New to having piggies

[sherlock]

I'm taking the full bedding out everyday is this wrong i take it out cos its wet in same place but every time they go back in cage they rumblestrutt ( shaking bums) then a lunge but they then settle has it got anything to do with me taking scent away ? (Removing bedding ) also they do it under the ramp and sometimes only at there food x

 

[Piggies&buns]

Yes, as I explained in your other thread, by removing all the bedding in one go and every day, you are removing all their scent and causing them to need to reestablish every day. That is stressful for them.
Rumbling is a normal behaviour so they are always going to do it but it is very important with boars that you don’t disrupt their territories and hierarchy.

As I think you are using fleece, It would be recommended that you use smaller pee pads squares or bobble mats under hides where they pee most. That means you remove the smaller pads every day and can leave the main fleece in place for several more days. Thus leaving their scent.
It is also best to use two pieces of fleece - one at each half of the cage - rather than one fleece that covers the whole cage. Again, enabling you to just remove half at a time and then change the other half the next day.

Regarding food - make sure you have at least two loose hay piles so both pig can easily have access.
Also, don’t use food bowls. Instead scatter their one cup of veg each and one tablespoon of pellets each directly into those loose hay piles. They then have to forage for it which encourages natural behaviours, keeps them occupied and stops any food hogging by the dominant pig

 

[Bill & Ted]

if you have access to newspaper put some down under the fleece as it will absorb moisture from the fleece, unless you have weatherproof ones that don’t allow moisture to seep away

 

[sherlock]

if you have access to newspaper put some down under the fleece as it will absorb moisture from the fleece, unless you have weatherproof ones that don’t allow moisture to seep away

I have been using newspaper and taking the wet out everyday x

 

[Grand Guinea Pigs]

I have been using newspaper and taking the wet out everyday x

Do you use fleece as well?

 

[sherlock]

Do you use fleece as well?

Yes i have a few and alternate when one needs washing x

 

[Piggies&buns]

Personally I’d use a better absorbent layer than just newspaper. Newspaper is ok but it just goes soggy rather than actually keeping moisture locked away.
As I said, also use smaller fleeces so you don’t need to remove it all every time - just remove the wet ones - and that will help minimise dominance issues caused by constant scent removal.

However, as we know from your other threads that your cage is far too small, once you get a bigger cage it will help improve some cage maintenance issues. Ie the cage you currently have is going to get wet much more quickly because they don’t have enough space.