Outside

[Elaine Prince]

Hi. Its 12 degrees and sunny outside, my piggies have been inside since end of September. Would it be ok to put them in their outside hutches in the daytime while its this warm ?

 

[KHBz]

Hi. Its 12 degrees and sunny outside, my piggies have been inside since end of September. Would it be ok to put them in their outside hutches in the daytime while its this warm ?

I’ll bump this up in the hope that someone with more experience sees your question, but my understanding is that it needs to be above 15 degrees and without too much of a temperature difference between their inside environment and the outside.

 

[KHBz]

I’ve just seen a thread called ‘outside play’, also from today, which gives a lot of information. I don’t know how to do a link to it, though!

 

[KHBz]

Whoops, I see that that thread was also yours, so my replies are rather redundant!

 

[Tara95]

My understanding is it needs to be over atleast 15 degrees and the grass needs to feel dry not damp and cold which it sometimes feels like when it's 15. I would be very wary as they can easily catch a chill (as a few of mine have in the past the day after lawn time) which can lead to URI's coming back! X