[Gpdd] Care: pig toys

[Mieke Staaks]

Hi Joanne,

My girls have lots of toys..
For example I kept the cardboard boxes in which the fences came, they love
using them as little houses.
I have 2 pieces of drainpipe, one which I use to connect to cages (I sawed a
hole in every cage in which the pipe fits to connect their cages), one for
running through when they feel like it.
Here's the topview:
http://picasaweb.google.com/pandameisje/Piggyplay01/photo#5121673884566421154
Sideview:
http://picasaweb.google.com/pandameisje/Piggyplay01/photo#5121673888861388466
And Guiny showing us how it's done:
http://picasaweb.google.com/pandameisje/Piggyplay01/photo#5121673893156355778

Things that are not really toys but more for relaxing are the basket,
cuddlecup and hammock
http://picasaweb.google.com/pandameisje/Piggyplay01/photo#5121672776464858386and
http://picasaweb.google.com/pandameisje/Piggyplay01/photo#5121672858069237154
 and tubes:
http://picasaweb.google.com/pandameisje/Piggyplay01/photo#5121672965443419778.
Also a variety of tents and tunnels are available in (dutch) petshops.

A thing to sharpen their nails on is a Brick, here's Suus little sister
Zorro sitting on the brick.
http://picasaweb.google.com/pandameisje/Piggyplay01/photo#5121672815119564114

Pigs love houses and things to hide under. It's good for sitting on:
http://picasaweb.google.com/pandameisje/Piggyplay01/photo#5121672883839040978
Or in:
http://picasaweb.google.com/pandameisje/Piggyplay01/photo#5121672849479302546
I bought some bricks (brand Abrick, they sell it in europe, or at least in
france, belgium and the netherlands) and Daddy slave build them a house:
http://picasaweb.google.com/pandameisje/MyCameraPigtures/photo#5112391730095319618
On this pigture you can also see the cardboard boxes from the fence.

A thing my girls are very fond of is this ball filled with snacks (or
pellets, when its coming form the snack ball it's good!!), playing soccer
with the whole gang is not uncommon:
http://picasaweb.google.com/pandameisje/Piggyplay01/photo#5121672785054792994
Maybe the girls could take the balls when they go camping?

Cardboard can be used for multiple purposes, as little houses:
http://picasaweb.google.com/pandameisje/Piggyplay01/photo#5121672832299433330
a labyrinth:
http://picasaweb.google.com/pandameisje/Piggyplay01/photo#5121672892428975586
the pigmac filled with hay:
http://picasaweb.google.com/pandameisje/Piggyplay01/photo#5121672939673615938
a hay silo:
http://picasaweb.google.com/pandameisje/Piggyplay01/photo#5121672943968583250
or even a castle:
http://picasaweb.google.com/pandameisje/Piggyplay01/photo#5121672952558517858

Slave Janneke also made a ramp to make it easier for the pigs to move in and
out the cage, or from one cage to the other..
http://picasaweb.google.com/pandameisje/Piggyplay01/photo#5121672978328321682

Papers are great too, either to pee on, or hide underneath:
http://picasaweb.google.com/pandameisje/Piggyplay01/photo#5121672866659171762
Or a paperbag to hide in:
http://picasaweb.google.com/pandameisje/Piggyplay01/photo#5121672926788714018

And last for keeping your piggie(s) warm, A hot water bottle:
http://picasaweb.google.com/pandameisje/Piggyplay01/photo#5121672909608844802
Or when it's hot, a waterbottle filled with ice cubes, or a plastic bottle
filled almost completely with water, frozen (take it out of freezer and let
it heat up a bit, wrap it in a towel, before putting it in the cage):
http://picasaweb.google.com/pandameisje/Piggyplay01/photo#5121672901018910194

Ow, and one more, a nice snack Idea, the veggieBBQ:
http://picasaweb.google.com/pandameisje/Piggyplay01/photo#5121672823709498722

Sorry this is so long, but Janneke (and me) are planning to make fill a
topic on piggie play items that is a bit more comprehensive than this
concise overview..!

Enjoy!
Mieke Slave to the Winky girls: Lotje, Guiny and Dunya
and Auntie to the Winky Team: Suus, Yaya, Igor and the late Jan the Boar
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