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wildjasmine
Hiya
I'm in two minds what to do here. My piggy's have a spacious run, one for the boys and another for the girls. In my garden when the sun hits it, which will be about an hour, i have no shade. The runs do have a cover attached to the run but when the sun is beating down it can get very hot in there, yesterday i covered half the run with sheet to provide them some cover when grazing.
What i am asking advice is, i got my first two Piggy's at the end of summer last year so didn't have this problem, is would it be fair to leave them out in the run all day with this heat? Its going to hit 25o later on i feel very guilty to leave them in their hutches all day, although they are big hutches and that is one place where the sun doesnt go. I cant put the runs there as its on concrete.
I might just let them out now before the sun comes round to the back garden for an hour, then put them back. Its a lot cooler in their hutches then it would be out in the run, yet as i said i feel guilty leaving them in there. At the weekend i,m going to invest in a cheap gazebo and see if that helps during the hot afternoon sun.
I'm in two minds what to do here. My piggy's have a spacious run, one for the boys and another for the girls. In my garden when the sun hits it, which will be about an hour, i have no shade. The runs do have a cover attached to the run but when the sun is beating down it can get very hot in there, yesterday i covered half the run with sheet to provide them some cover when grazing.
What i am asking advice is, i got my first two Piggy's at the end of summer last year so didn't have this problem, is would it be fair to leave them out in the run all day with this heat? Its going to hit 25o later on i feel very guilty to leave them in their hutches all day, although they are big hutches and that is one place where the sun doesnt go. I cant put the runs there as its on concrete.
I might just let them out now before the sun comes round to the back garden for an hour, then put them back. Its a lot cooler in their hutches then it would be out in the run, yet as i said i feel guilty leaving them in there. At the weekend i,m going to invest in a cheap gazebo and see if that helps during the hot afternoon sun.