setting up a run for hot days

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so with the hot days expected over the next week, i am obviously considering getting the girls outside in a run..

how is the best way to do this? set up the run in the shade and cover with a blanket? what temperature is okay for them to be put out in?should i have a thermometer in there? we have no grass so ill be using an indoor cage from pets at home as a temporary measure, i thought this would be better than a c&c style run. i just want back up incase it gets too hot in the summer house for them to be in there! i will line it with newspaper and the bedding they are on. any other tips / advice please?
 
When I used to put mine on the grass (can't now we've moved because of foxes) I used to put a blanket over the top to help protect them from the sun (and the sparrowhawks and buzzards!). When they'd eaten all the grass I put them on an old duvet on the patio which I washed every couple of days again the run was always covered with a blanket.
 
Betsy said:
When I used to put mine on the grass (can't now we've moved because of foxes) I used to put a blanket over the top to help protect them from the sun (and the sparrowhawks and buzzards!). When they'd eaten all the grass I put them on an old duvet on the patio which I washed every couple of days again the run was always covered with a blanket.
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so i only have a plastic pets @ home type cage to put them in essentially if the shed gets too hot, on a stand thing in the garden. was going to just line it with news paper and the floor stuff i have for them in the hutch. then put a blanket over them. i suppose i need to make sure its a extremely shaded place though!
 
Piggies&buns said:
Yes it would need to be shaded. They can’t be in it when it is 25 or more though.
Also consider heater breezes which can raise the temperature in a run or cage like this more than the outside temperature would suggest

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okay i may have to put it on the floor, i was just worried about rats etc as we have a river behind us! okay so is that when the ‘live’ temperature like on weather app says 25, or should i have a thermometer in the place where the pigs outdoor run would be? ill take some pics tomorrow of how I'm thinking of setting it up!
 
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