how much floor time/space?

[kat04kt]

Question!

My c&c cage is 74cm wide and 186 cm long, there's an additional tier on top which is 74cm x 74cm.

So my question is, what additional floor time do they need? My piggies are very new, I've had them less than a week, so they're still settling in to their new home, and I don't think letting them out at the moment would be wise as I haven't piggy proofed my my flat - electric cables etc, although I will be getting to that soon.

Eventually when they are older, bigger, and more at ease - I hope to keep them as free rangers.

But I was just wondering if keeping them entirely within the cage now was cruel and whether I need to invest in a play run or another batch of c&c cubes for more floor space?

Many thanks
xx

 

[sport_billy]

Piggies definately need run time also, we have C+C grids that are cable tied together so they fold up easy and make the runs out of that, I try and use several and make the runs as large as possible so they have lots of exercise space.
Our piggies tend to have run time 3 times a week and on weekends they are normally in the run most of the day... Run time is important to keep them healthy.

Hope this helps

 

[kat04kt]

Thanks! That's totally doable, good idea about the cable ties, those bleeding connectors aren't half a faff to get on and off! lol.