Homing Criteria, Indoor Minimum 140 cm cage for a pair, see below for minimum size for larger groups No woodshavings or straw Ideally a run for the garden in summer Indoor run, or safe space for floor time No hutches indoors. We need...
At the Nest, we use VetBed with fleece pouches and tunnels. We find it easier, cheaper and less messy than disposable bedding. We sweep the poo once a day, wash the VetBed and pouches once a week and change the puppy pads under, easy! A bo...
Bonding a neutered boar with your girls is usually straight forward if you allow them to meet in a neutral area, such as a room they don’t usually go in, or in a run outdoors in the summer.
This is the routine we follow at the Nest; it’s a guide for working out what is best for your set up. Piggies soon learn new routines and let you know if their veg is more than 2 minutes late! Morning Top up hay One handful of pellet...
Our policy is to always home boys first, if you don’t have a boy in your group of piggies, this is because boys are often overlooked for being boys! We have so many boys looking for homes!
We don’t bond boys unless they are over 4 years and too old to safely neuter. Bonding boys is tricky and stressful and they often still fall out a few months on, neutering a single boy is the best way to find him friends.
We don’t believe piggies should be given as gifts, they are members of your family.
What food and hay do you use? We have a lot of donated pellets, so we usually mix them. This means that when piggies leave us, they are used to many types. These are generally Harringtons, Science Selective and Burgess. Hay Any hay i...
A 140cm cage is the minimum size for a pair or a 2x4 C&C. C&C cages are a great way to have a bigger setup, they are flexible and make the best use of the space you have, you can also expand them in the future, should you want to.
