My two girl piggies are outdoorers and have a large wooden hutch with a bedroom area and run. The whole hutch is carpeted with a thick layer of wood chip and the bedroom packed with hay to nest in. When the weather gets really cold i'll put them in the garage and I also use a heat pad under the bedroom area each night when it's very cold.
Following them having a bust up last week I'm keen to make it as interesting as poss for them, last week I added an edible wigwam hut, today i've removed the (remaining) roof off it and put in a big branch off our apple tree over it and a cereal packet tunnel in the bedroom hay. Other thoughts I have had are:
- Growing a shallow tray of cress as a 'field' for them
- a whole corn on the cob to gnaw
- a pot of growing parsley to eat like a tree
Any other tips for safe twigs/branches or playing stuff would be gratefully received. Also any new food tips? Currently they have dried cereal mix and fresh food which is usually grass/dandelions/carrot/apple/lettuce/broccoli/peppers/green beans...i was thinking of trying some thawed frozen peas/melon/kiwi/banana to give them a bit more variety? Are they allowed nuts? is there a guinea oat cake recipe or something i could make, like fat balls for birds but for piggies iyswim?
Love seeing them so happy when I give them new things to eat/explore