Darceys Piggies ❤❤❤❤❤💙

VickiA said:
Gorgeous photos of stunning piggies. And your grass looks far greener than ours. Lucky piggies.
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Thanks Vicki 👍 its a bit patchy and yellow in places but I've been watering it which is helping but the long stuff on the field is so lush as its not been mowed this year at all! Hope you are doing okay x
 
Hope everyone is doing well?
Full on piggie clean out and grooming here today! As its been so wet and my pigs love to sit in the runaround tunnel some of them have been in need of a good groom (especially my long haired pig Shelby). The time is always right when she looks like Rod Stuart 😂.

They were all easy to catch today (never happens!) But as its been so wet they were all inside the shed and not in the run or in the tube. I shut the exit off and ushered them one by one into a box to transfer into my indoor pop up pen.

I managed to clip all their nails this time without incident. Shelby is the most difficult customer for this as she sometimes gets so cross she nips and gives me the look.of death but parsley helps. She is amazingly calm during the haircut though.

Afterwards I left them to relax whilst I cleaned the shed out and I came back to find the cutest sight...all 6 of them snuggled up together in the box I used to move them.

I gently lifted them up & popped it as it was into the shed. Easiest piggie catching day I have ever had!
 

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piggieminder said:
Just had a catch up with this thread @Darcey15 your piggies are gorgeous. I love the silver agouti, I have a very soft spot for that colouring. I find with my tunnels that most of the poop is at the entrances which is also where it gets walked in. I brush the tubes out as far in as I can reach regularly and every now and again I take them off the runs and give them a good shake then a blast with the hose pipe.
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Don't remember updating you on the tunnel cleaning but I finally did it a few weeks ago. I roped my husband in (nice romantic afternoon eh?!😂). Honestly I have never seen so much poo in all my life! Definately wise to pick a dry day after many dry days as when we tipped up on end it was like one of those rain maker toys...all into a huge bucket. Went down the tube tapping with a hammer to lift the bits stuck in the grooves and I think most of it came out.
Used some on the garden as fertiliser and the rest to compost.
It wasnt as bad as i thought in the end 😊
 
Darcey15 said:
Don't remember updating you on the tunnel cleaning but I finally did it a few weeks ago. I roped my husband in (nice romantic afternoon eh?!😂). Honestly I have never seen so much poo in all my life! Definately wise to pick a dry day after many dry days as when we tipped up on end it was like one of those rain maker toys...all into a huge bucket. Went down the tube tapping with a hammer to lift the bits stuck in the grooves and I think most of it came out.
Used some on the garden as fertiliser and the rest to compost.
It wasnt as bad as i thought in the end 😊
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Yes it’s a right job cleaning out the bunny tunnel, we did it at the back end of last year. I was amazed just how much poo came out. We have only used it once this year as the girls hid in it and we just couldn’t get them out to bring them in. We ended up having to undo the tube and carry them in in it to their cage and empty them out! What a carry on, never had too many problems with Bill and Ted, they did like to sit in it, especially when you tried to bring them in when it rained but usually came out pretty quick when they thought food was available. We will attach the bunny ark with the run once Ted comes home in a few weeks time once they are bonded, hopefully he will show them the ropes!
 
Some of mine dive in their tubes and hide when I approach if they suspect it's time to come in. I have to look like I'm doing something else and quickly slide the doors down trapping them in one run. I've arranged 'home time' to be nugget time now, some have caught on and eagerly jump in their pet carriers to come in doors for treats!
 
Bill & Ted said:
Yes it’s a right job cleaning out the bunny tunnel, we did it at the back end of last year. I was amazed just how much poo came out. We have only used it once this year as the girls hid in it and we just couldn’t get them out to bring them in. We ended up having to undo the tube and carry them in in it to their cage and empty them out! What a carry on, never had too many problems with Bill and Ted, they did like to sit in it, especially when you tried to bring them in when it rained but usually came out pretty quick when they thought food was available. We will attach the bunny ark with the run once Ted comes home in a few weeks time once they are bonded, hopefully he will show them the ropes!
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I had the same issue at the start with my smallest piggie Sonya hiding in the tube or staying in the run & darting in and out (was a carry on- like you say!). It didn't take long to associate me (and my bright pink collander of food) with feeding time & now they literally fall over themselves to get through that tunnel at speed. Not always successful if Roma jumps in first....nobody is getting past her! I can then shut the outer hatch for the night. I leave the inner hatch open as I think having access to the tube to sit in is great in summer.
Such a great invention & makes life with a herd so much easier!
 
Darcey15 said:
I had the same issue at the start with my smallest piggie Sonya hiding in the tube or staying in the run & darting in and out (was a carry on- like you say!). It didn't take long to associate me (and my bright pink collander of food) with feeding time & now they literally fall over themselves to get through that tunnel at speed. Not always successful if Roma jumps in first....nobody is getting past her! I can then shut the outer hatch for the night. I leave the inner hatch open as I think having access to the tube to sit in is great in summer.
Such a great invention & makes life with a herd so much easier!
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Those tunnels are great fun for them. Bill and Ted used to charge from the run through the tunnel into the bunny ark and back again. I will try the girls again once Ted is home and he can show them the ropes. Luckily it’s not too bigger job uncoupling so managed to get them in the house via the tunnel!
 
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