Put Magnum in the run for the first time

[lizzie_71]

Today I needed to rearrange the playroom so I could build a C&C cage for Ruffle and Magnum, so I thought it was a good idea to put them outside in the run. Ruffle has always loved being outside, but Magnum is only 6 weeks old and hadn't been out before.

As I put him in the run, I turned to the children and said 'I hope he won't be able to get through those bars'. Before I had finished the sentence, Magnum had run right across the run, out through the bars and halfway across the garden mallethead

Luckily he then paused to see where he was, and I pounced and grabbed him. But I felt really bad that I hadn't thought to check properly before I put him out there.

In the end I put the top half of a cage on the lawn and put Magnum under that, knowing that he couldn't get through the bars. But Ruffle is rather large and wouldn't fit, so they ended up in separate runs, which didn't work because Magnum kept squeaking and trying to get to Ruffle 8...

I got the C&C built double quick, and reinforced it with some panels with narrower bars, just in case, and they seem very happy in there now, so alls well that ends well.

 

[flintstones]

It's amazing the spaces baby pigs can get though - thank goodness you where there. I'm sure he was mighty chuffed with himself! x

 

[dylansmummy]

lol bet ruffle was miffed he couldnt fit through the bars aswell.

 

[piggyfan]

Phew thank goodness you caught him. Show us the c&c you made.

 

[CandyFloss]

Oh wow....what a fright ..... my Smartie escaped in my garden once (at my last house) and I dont thing Ive ever moved to fast to grab something
Glad everything was fine in the end
x

 

[Guinea pigs <3]

Whooopsie! Thank goodness you were there to notice and catch the little fellow!

 

[lizzie_71]

The c&c is 5 by 2 and the little one is loving all the space to run around. He hasn't managed to escape yet so I think we will be safe now.

By the time he is big enough to go in the run, it will be winter so he will probably stay in till spring now.

 

[BossHogg]

My Lola was able to get through the sides of my pen until her belly got too big for her to escape, little did I know, she was pregnant, I just thought she was fat!