My Own Pig Room :)

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Flutterby said:
So, obviously I'm going to install some litter trays in the area's they use. What do you put in them? I know they like going in hay lol x
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I've just put newspaper in mine and horrid hay which they don't eat it works well for my boys Hun, I think the key to litter training is to put the loo in the place they piddle most and put their hay above that area too. I have two loos one in the bedroom part too as I had too main areas to cover. I do get a couple of other areas they sometimes piddle in so I have puppy pads under those areas (I cut pads so that I can make 3 runners out of one pad)
 
My3cuteBoys said:
I saw a hutch like ours on eBay they have added a plank of wood to stop the piggies falling down that huge gap at the top (that's the only thing I don't like about my hutch)
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This hutch sold for under £25....poop I always miss the bargains :( would of made a great home for my Oreo and his future ladies
 
Oh yes....shavings were everywhere when we used them inside, even in a coffee mug once! My husband said it felt like we lived in a hutch rather than that the pigs lived in our house! I was constantly hoovering and sweeping.

I use newspaper and cheap hay in litter trays in the corners.
 
Flutterby said:
So, obviously I'm going to install some litter trays in the area's they use. What do you put in them? I know they like going in hay lol x
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I use wooden cat litter pellets in my litter trays. I have 2 on the upstairs level under the hay rack (beside each other) ,and a small corner litter tray on lower level. (C&c cage on top of a ferplast cage.) they seem to use them quite a bit. Still the odd pee on the fleece but getting better at using the trays. Fudge was running about the other day stopped and then ran into the litter tray peed and then went back to running about. Clever piggy. My old guineapig snowball was paper trained used to run and pee on the newspaper at floor time.
 
My3cuteBoys said:
Hi Hun, I change my boys fleece every 3rd day spot clean two to three times a day but that's only a small amount each time and I could spot clean morning and early evening really. I hate shavings with a passion the mess drives me potty and I know my boys hate it too. I'm really pleased with the fleece it's worth giving it a got mine off of eBay :)
I also find my fellas walk better on the fleece they don't like the build up of shavings between their legs as they would often stop shake or pull the shavings off of their fur between their legs.
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thanks for replying hun, soo tempted to try it! I think I even have some fleece spare... You just put towels underneath right?
 
i have newspaper then finacard then hay.Have papelit in my rat litter traysas gentler on their feet than wooden litter.Can get it from the finacard people
 
katie-elizabeth said:
thanks for replying hun, soo tempted to try it! I think I even have some fleece spare... You just put towels underneath right?
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Yep :tu:
I have the Lino then newspaper (because mine are pooping and peeping piggies) then towels to soak up the urine and softness then the fleece. (don't forget to wash your fleece a few times if you have to buy new Hun so it wicks) then I simple use a dustpan and brush twice to three times a day to scoop the poop :)
 
Thankyou guys, I will be going out tomorrow to get the bits to sort things out :)
 
Flutterby said:
Thanks @Chief Guinea Pig it was as to be expected. I have a crappy week ahead. Funeral today, my dogs in the vets all day tomorrow for investigations, dentist Wednesday, another funeral Thursday and physio on Friday. Long week.
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Poor you.
I hate the dentist (not the dentist personally) just the place and what they do! Ugh! *shudders*
 
That's good. My dentist is a bit smarmy but oh well, fingers crossed everything is ok as usual *touch wood*.
 
Flutterby said:
That's good. My dentist is a bit smarmy but oh well, fingers crossed everything is ok as usual *touch wood*.
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Fingers crossed from this end too, hun.
xx
I'm just glad to have a dentist which isn't trigger happy with the fillings. Luckily I don't have any fillings, and haven't had any teeth out, yet. But my luck has ran out, because I will need braces soon. Ahh!
 
Thankyou! Dentists are horrible horrible things. I have to be sedated for any work done too so I love it when nothing is wrong :)
 
Flutterby said:
Thankyou! Dentists are horrible horrible things. I have to be sedated for any work done too so I love it when nothing is wrong :)
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Don't even go there with a needle, would faint if it had to go in my gum, I'd prefer gas. But gas is more dangerous if they give you too much.
 
I've never been offered gas but I get myself so worked up over the numbing needles that they just don't work. I'll have them done but so wound up that the adrenaline stops them setting in until I have left the dentist so I just have a sedation now and before I know it I'm done and dusted no fuss. Not scared of needles in any way UNLESS they are near my face or in my mouth, urgh *shudders*
 
Flutterby said:
Thanks @Chief Guinea Pig it was as to be expected. I have a crappy week ahead. Funeral today, my dogs in the vets all day tomorrow for investigations, dentist Wednesday, another funeral Thursday and physio on Friday. Long week.
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:( Oh no not a good week at all Ruth :(
Sending a huge hug your way from me and my boys :hug:
 
Thankyou Kell, it means a lot. I'm just worried about my little doggy, they think he may have cushing's and needs to go and have investigations tomorrow, he'll be in all day :( I know he'll be fine but you always worry about all your pets.
 
Flutterby said:
Thankyou Kell, it means a lot. I'm just worried about my little doggy, they think he may have cushing's and needs to go and have investigations tomorrow, he'll be in all day :( I know he'll be fine but you always worry about all your pets.
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Find things to keep you busy tomorrow Hun if poss, he's in the proper hands and it's thanks to you that he is getting the care he needs and hopefully they will find the problem and sort it ASAP. Sending positive thoughts too and hugs from me and my boys x
 
@Flutterby I am so sorry you are having such a bad week. And two funerals in one week, thats awful.
Regarding your dog, if it is cushings then its easily controlled with pergolide, my horse has cushings and is doing really well. Has he started to get a curly coat?
 
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