Rosie&Lily
New Born Pup
Hey
So I have done a shed for my piggies that I am picking up on Saturday the shed is on a raised bed, the garden is pretty secure the back fence is fox proof and the rest of the garden edge is dry stone wall.
I have been contemplating just turning the entire top bit into a big play area. (The bed is too deep For flowers anyway you have to trample everything to weed the back!)
I’m thinking of running the 1m tall wire Around the top of the raised bit and putting a gate on the top step. Then running bird mesh over the top of the shed covering the whole area.
There are no cats, I live in the countryside where foxes and rats are nocturnal and would be locking them safely back up
Before dusk! There is really no way for a fox to get in. My only worry is rats, but they really are nocturnal here.
Then I was going to seed grass, oats, barley. Plant a hawthorn and crab apple maybe also some rock stacks for them to scramble on and naturally work on nails.
I have searched the forum for ideas and images of outdoor set ups and everything is very anti outside! I’m a big believer in letting animals be animals though and want my piggies to enjoy the great outdoors. I don’t want to have lots of ‘no they must be kept locked up in a guided cage’ I want solutions on how to do it safely
Thank you,
Rosie
So I have done a shed for my piggies that I am picking up on Saturday the shed is on a raised bed, the garden is pretty secure the back fence is fox proof and the rest of the garden edge is dry stone wall.
I have been contemplating just turning the entire top bit into a big play area. (The bed is too deep For flowers anyway you have to trample everything to weed the back!)
I’m thinking of running the 1m tall wire Around the top of the raised bit and putting a gate on the top step. Then running bird mesh over the top of the shed covering the whole area.
There are no cats, I live in the countryside where foxes and rats are nocturnal and would be locking them safely back up
Before dusk! There is really no way for a fox to get in. My only worry is rats, but they really are nocturnal here.
Then I was going to seed grass, oats, barley. Plant a hawthorn and crab apple maybe also some rock stacks for them to scramble on and naturally work on nails.
I have searched the forum for ideas and images of outdoor set ups and everything is very anti outside! I’m a big believer in letting animals be animals though and want my piggies to enjoy the great outdoors. I don’t want to have lots of ‘no they must be kept locked up in a guided cage’ I want solutions on how to do it safely
Thank you,
Rosie