piggl
Forum Donator 2024/25
My 5 year old boar now lives alone in the bottom half of a bluebell hutch and my 5 month old boar and baby friend now live a couple ft across from the bluebell together.
I was going to do timeshare in a run but it felt a bit impractical and I was really full of anxiety that my old boar was feeling lonely, so I can up with an idea.
I have split the run into two, with the pair getting the bigger half. So Winston (5 years old) now gets his hutch and a run extension daily of about 2x1 or 3x1 in c&c length, which I understand doesn’t seem much but it’s alright from his old leggies. The pairing get about 3x3 in run size, but I don’t feel that’s big enough for them to be in for 12 hours a day, so what I would like to do is attach them to their hutch and the run via a tunnel set up.
I have no idea what it’s called, I was hoping to get some help with that bit, but I think it’s a great idea. So both sets of pigs have a chance to interact through bars and my pair get enough room.
I have inserted a picture of the tunnel set up I am looking to get, taken from someone’s post in the members shed section.
I am hoping someone else has a similar set up (tunnel wise) or could point me in the direction of where to get the equipment and get it all sorted.
I am also wondering if i’m able to detach and reattach it easily on atleast one side, as I understand some of them have ways to shut off access to the tunnel, overnight per say, but the run needs to be able to be moved back and forth overnight aswell. It’s infront of the bluebell hutch and I would have no way of accessing it (the bluebell) without moving the run.
I am also going to attach the pictures of my boys run as i’m very pleased with myself and I am also very happy that they managed to interact nicely through the bars. I even saw baby pig popcorn for the first time!
Thanks!
I was going to do timeshare in a run but it felt a bit impractical and I was really full of anxiety that my old boar was feeling lonely, so I can up with an idea.
I have split the run into two, with the pair getting the bigger half. So Winston (5 years old) now gets his hutch and a run extension daily of about 2x1 or 3x1 in c&c length, which I understand doesn’t seem much but it’s alright from his old leggies. The pairing get about 3x3 in run size, but I don’t feel that’s big enough for them to be in for 12 hours a day, so what I would like to do is attach them to their hutch and the run via a tunnel set up.
I have no idea what it’s called, I was hoping to get some help with that bit, but I think it’s a great idea. So both sets of pigs have a chance to interact through bars and my pair get enough room.
I have inserted a picture of the tunnel set up I am looking to get, taken from someone’s post in the members shed section.
I am hoping someone else has a similar set up (tunnel wise) or could point me in the direction of where to get the equipment and get it all sorted.
I am also wondering if i’m able to detach and reattach it easily on atleast one side, as I understand some of them have ways to shut off access to the tunnel, overnight per say, but the run needs to be able to be moved back and forth overnight aswell. It’s infront of the bluebell hutch and I would have no way of accessing it (the bluebell) without moving the run.
I am also going to attach the pictures of my boys run as i’m very pleased with myself and I am also very happy that they managed to interact nicely through the bars. I even saw baby pig popcorn for the first time!
Thanks!