Inactive Piggies

[Rosanna Kapur]

I adopted two pigs at the end of January. They were incredibly skittish but have settled in quickly.

They have a 8 ft by 2ft top level and a 5ft by 2ft base level and live in my conservatory. They hardly move and tend to stay in the same corner, despite having plent of room to run around.
In the evening they either sit on my knee or are free range in the kitchen with me and during this time they love running around and using the tunnels and toys.

I was wondering if there was a reason for this? I hate the idea of them being bored while I'm out of the house.

 

[VickiA]

Have you tried putting food etc in different places to make them forage for it? That would make them move around a bit. Also, have they got tubes/ tunnels around the cage so that they feel less exposed? I find that helps them move around more.
You may find that when you aren't watching they run laps of their cage. Mine do it at night or early morning and I never knew until I went through a period of insomnia and heard the commotion!

 

[Rosanna Kapur]

They have plenty of tubes and toys in their cage that they tend to ignore. But love to play with them during floor time.
I've tried forage around the hutch but I might start moving their veggies about. Thanks for the tips

 

[VickiA]

Some piggies (like some humans) are less "busy" than others.......

 

[sport_billy]

Some piggies are more lazy than others and tend to get more sedentary as they get older. Like us I guess.

We have a piggy that is so lazy she lies down with her head in the food bowl eating ...

Make sure they have two hideys in there cage so they can go from one to the other, Maybe two piles of hay to encourage them to go off wandering to them... How big is your setup? Do you have a photo?

 

[Rosanna Kapur]

These are the only pictures I have of it before they went in. I know some pigs are lazy it's just that they are so active when they're out for floor time.

 

[7squeakers.]

That's a lovely big cage you have there. They are two very lucky piggies! Their behaviour (or lack of it!) is perfectly normal.