Travelling together or apart?

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chaz_p77

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I’ve got to take one of our pigs to the vet tomorrow and have been asked to take the other one as company. We’ve got a cardboard pet carrier (the one we were given when we bought them 3 years ago, because they never go anywhere..!). Should we put both pigs in there together or should we put them in separate carriers? They would just about fit in there, but it would be pretty cosy. They’re bonded, but tend not to like being too much in each other’s space usually.
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Could you get a bigger box of a carrier from pet shop at short notice? The aim is to keep them together really.
 
I had been hoping to get something bigger, but the vet brought our surgery forward. We were supposed to be going in next week, but a space has opened up tomorrow. I’ve got to be there at 8am, so I’m stuck with what we’ve got at home. Annoyingly, I will drive past a massive Pets at Home on the way to drop them off, but at least that means I can get a bigger box to bring them home in, when I’m guessing our poorly piggie might want more space.
 
Any large cardboard box? Or a plastic storage box? Put in some fleece and hay, a few pellets. Punch holes in cardboard one but keep shut in case someone tries to leap out. Metal grids over the top of plastic one - either C&C grids or the side of a cage depending on what you keep them in normally. Something like Parcel tape to secure and then a blanket/towel to cover. Strap it into the car securely.

You won't be able to put a water bottle on but am I right in thinking that once there they will put the companion into one of their cages to await the other coming out of the op and then put them in the cage together while piggy recovers? If so you're just basically travelling in the makeshift carrier.

I use a front-loading cat box I got off my mum. A lot of 'piggy carriers' have a handle on the top but then the whole top is removable to access piggy and I dread lifting one to have the bottom suddenly drop to the floor. Cat box also comes in two halves but there are 10 separate clips to secure it!
 
Free Ranger said:
Any large cardboard box? Or a plastic storage box? Put in some fleece and hay, a few pellets. Punch holes in cardboard one but keep shut in case someone tries to leap out. Metal grids over the top of plastic one - either C&C grids or the side of a cage depending on what you keep them in normally. Something like Parcel tape to secure and then a blanket/towel to cover. Strap it into the car securely.

You won't be able to put a water bottle on but am I right in thinking that once there they will put the companion into one of their cages to await the other coming out of the op and then put them in the cage together while piggy recovers? If so you're just basically travelling in the makeshift carrier.

I use a front-loading cat box I got off my mum. A lot of 'piggy carriers' have a handle on the top but then the whole top is removable to access piggy and I dread lifting one to have the bottom suddenly drop to the floor. Cat box also comes in two halves but there are 10 separate clips to secure it!
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Thank you for these suggestions -we’ve got a large cardboard box we use as a den for them, so I might see if I can tape up the various “windows” my kids have carved out. I’m assuming her sister will be put in a cage to wait for her...I hope so, because I think the op is supposed to take a few hours.
 
I should add to support the bottom with your hand when you move it around - esp once the pee soaks in! Good luck with the Op and let us know how you get on.

(We have cages, runs, hideys etc but right now George (left) is spending a lot of his day encased in a cardboard box with a small door cut into each of 2 sides. I've put a heat pad, fleece and a hay pile in there. He loves it - and when another pig comes near he pokes his head out and rumbles like a demented tortoise)
 
I ended up using our cardboard carrier and they were actually very happy snuggled in there together! I’m definitely going to get something bigger to bring them home in, though, so that if she’s sore, she can find her own space.
 
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