Quarantine Over - Should They See The Others?

Reenie

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Well that's quarantine over for my new boys Bailey and Bobby. I'm going to move them up to the piggy room today and get my kitchen back to some semblance of order!
Is it better if they can see the other three from their cage or not? They won't be right next to them, as there is a very annoyingly placed radiator, so I have to have the cages on either side of it.
B&B will be in their current 120x60 cage, onto which I will build a run of the same size. The run will be made from opaque grids, but I wondered if it would be better to swap a few of the open grids from the other piggies cages and use them to create a 'viewing section' where they can each other across the room. There will be about 2ft between the cages, and they're all boars.
 
I don't think it will matter if they can see each other as they're not single piggies and each have their own friend. Good luck with the move.
 
Julie M said:
I don't think it will matter if they can see each other as they're not single piggies and each have their own friend. Good luck with the move.
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Thanks @Julie M I'm dying to see the reactions of being aware of other piggy noises and smells, and giving the new boys a bit more space. B&B were popcorning and doing zoomies in their cage the other day and it's far too wee for that nonsense lol
 
Aww bless them. They will love it.
It won't matter if they can see each other as my boys are opposite sides of the room from each other and can see each other. Peanut and mango often sit and wheek at each other across the room. Ha ha
 
Good luck with the move. You might get a bit of frantic bar biting to start with when they can see each other, but it usually dies down after a few days. I think it's nice if they can see the others. Mine only see each other when the upstairs neighbours are having floor time, but saying hello to the others makes at floor time more interesting. I used to cover the grids to stop the biting and just let them see each other for short spells until the excitement died down, I was a little concerned for their teeth!
 
I've just used the opaque grids meantime. I will be fitting some corex in a few weeks rather than the plastic table cloth which I have just now. I'm going to put new corex in the three boys cage, as I made a bit of a mess of that, then use what's in there for B&B. Looking not half bad for the moment me thinks. Believe it or not all five of them are in their cages (hiding, obviously!) .....hmmmm, room for another couple do you think? lol
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eileen said:
the small bendy logs/stix make good ramps @Reenie ,correx or grids also are useful !love your cage .:)
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Thanks @eileen I tried the logsticks which they have, but it wasn't long enough (the side is quite high). I think I'll need to get the bigger size. (Funny - I used that exact same sentence in Dorothy Perkins yesterday lol)
 
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