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Junior Guinea Pig
I'm wondering if anyone has their pigglies living outdoors on the grass. I'm talking about in a large enclosure, fully on the ground in a secure pen.
I have 6 pigs, 2 are rescues and a lot more possibly as many people are emailing me and wanting me to take their pigs in.
Yard is 100x100ft with 6 strands of hot wire, so fox and coon aren't much of a concern anymore. I'm thinking of 1x2in walls and top with an open bottom, since pigs don't dig. I'd like to make it real big with the top and part of the sides shaded. They would have one end closed off to the ground to keep rain and wind away from them. I'd have to get them a board so they can get off wet grass.
Anyone else have pigs living outdoors? How would you deal with the heat? Pigs are from South America, so I'd think they would be ok as long as they have shade, water and the cool ground to lay on.
Please no bashing, 'extremest' type comments or anything like that, keep it civil!
Pigs will be with others they get along with, none alone. I'm a farmer, so I spend a lot of time outside tending to all the critters. Pigs aren't 'played with', they don't like it. They live in their 2.5x7ft pen in the living room and see us walk around, but rather keep away unless we have food. I do check them over to trim nails, long butt hair, check weight/ears/nose/eyes and such once a week. Their pen is cleaned 2x a week and they would much prefer to be outside eating tunnels in the grass. I'd also be able to give them a ton of room, 4x10ft, easily can make it bigger.
If the weather plans on being over 85f, I can bring them in until the heat breaks. They would come back to live indoors for Winter.
I see a lot of meat guinea pig housing in Peru. It's clean, shaded and all the pigs look very happy and active.
I have 6 pigs, 2 are rescues and a lot more possibly as many people are emailing me and wanting me to take their pigs in.
Yard is 100x100ft with 6 strands of hot wire, so fox and coon aren't much of a concern anymore. I'm thinking of 1x2in walls and top with an open bottom, since pigs don't dig. I'd like to make it real big with the top and part of the sides shaded. They would have one end closed off to the ground to keep rain and wind away from them. I'd have to get them a board so they can get off wet grass.
Anyone else have pigs living outdoors? How would you deal with the heat? Pigs are from South America, so I'd think they would be ok as long as they have shade, water and the cool ground to lay on.
Please no bashing, 'extremest' type comments or anything like that, keep it civil!
Pigs will be with others they get along with, none alone. I'm a farmer, so I spend a lot of time outside tending to all the critters. Pigs aren't 'played with', they don't like it. They live in their 2.5x7ft pen in the living room and see us walk around, but rather keep away unless we have food. I do check them over to trim nails, long butt hair, check weight/ears/nose/eyes and such once a week. Their pen is cleaned 2x a week and they would much prefer to be outside eating tunnels in the grass. I'd also be able to give them a ton of room, 4x10ft, easily can make it bigger.
If the weather plans on being over 85f, I can bring them in until the heat breaks. They would come back to live indoors for Winter.
I see a lot of meat guinea pig housing in Peru. It's clean, shaded and all the pigs look very happy and active.
