Had A Few Ideas,Would Like Your Thoughts

so as you know,ive got 2 rabbits and a piggy,now i know there not suposed to live together and ive had no trouble with them yet,iam having a little trouble with feeding time as i know piggys need different food,so ive put my thinking cap on,another cage is not a option as there is no room and hubbie would kill me so ive come up with these ideas and not sure which would be best,so as you know this is my cage



so there is 2 full floors and the bit on the top (the bit on the top,i will call this top floor and then middle and then bottom,hope your still with me )

so at the moment in the middle floor, i have the vet bed and then next to that i have the hooded basket,now option one is- ive put a wooden house under the stairs,the hole is big enough for piggy to go in and sleep ect,they is enough room for a small bowl so i can put her piggy food in

option two is-to block the top bit off and let get another piggy or 2 and let them live in the top bit and let hubbie make a cover for the bottom floor so i can keep the middle and bottom bit just for spike and snowflake (at the moment,at night i close the opening so the bunnies cant get to the bottom bit)

or option 3,ask hubbie to make a box the width of the cage were the hooded cat bed is with two compartments in,one for the rabbits and one opening small enough for the piggy,so she can get her food that way

up to now piggy wont go up and down the ramp to the top floor,i was hoping in time she would but its been about 3 months and nothing

hope you can all make sense of this what do you think ?

sarah

Could you not enclose the bottom floor and put a sectioned off bit in that for piggie? You will need to enclose the bottom bit fully with a floor and legs tho' else it'll be draughty and get damp.



Or use the top bit for food and bed and get a tunnel and attach it to the ramp. From experience, piggies will use a ramp if you disguise it as a tunnel instead (easily fooled )



Out of interest, does your piggie use the runaround tunnel as a toilet as mine did and it became disgusting very quickly?

Or use the top bit for food and bed and get a tunnel and attach it to the ramp. From experience, piggies will use a ramp if you disguise it as a tunnel instead (easily fooled )



Out of interest, does your piggie use the runaround tunnel as a toilet as mine did and it became disgusting very quickly? [/quote]


i will try that idea,if that works,that would be a better idea,thank you

she uses the tunnel which connects the middle bit to the bottom bit but she hardly uses the tunnel which connects the run to the bottom cage,i dont know if shes a little shy due to been the only piggy

Have you tried putting extra grips on the ramp? Piggies like lots of grip to get up and down ramps.

no i havent,will also try that as well

thank you

Also, try putting sides on the ramp, they seem to like being enclosed when traveling up and down ramps.



I think some piggies are more adventerous than others, younger pigs seem to be more confident than older ones. Good luck!

Oh goodness me - I have no idea, but with you and vince the bunny coming up with idea's together (two of the best set ups I have seen) I am pituring some sort of piggy mansion in the making!

Good luck!

thanks ladies,knew i could count on this place

The roof bit at the top of the hutch...... could that be built into and upwards for piggie? Pig would need to get used to ramps/tunnels tho' or would end up stranded!



How much space is there to the left of the photo? Could you go out sideways?

no,cant go out sideways as they is 2 massive boxes filled with rabbit things not sure about building upwards as i dont think they would be much space but hubbie was thinking about it agers ago to do something and i think she would be stranded but just thinking about it,hubbie might be able to figure something out,so the top bit connnects to a little extra room on the roof........

wish i lived next door to you the amazing things we could do

lol, I think it would all get quite out of hand very quickly