On Mar 11, 8:48=A0am, "poison dwarf" <newsgroup.2nd...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Mar 11, 3:30 am, "Esther du Bois" <edb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Megan,
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> > Your new friends need to adjust to their new surroundings. Don't stop
> > talking to them and handling them. But also give them time to settle.
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> > About the rat thing: make sure a rat cannot enter their cage. The rat
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> > attack your sweet piggies, resulting in severely wounded piggies
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> > with fatal results).
> > So no matter if your piggies are living outdoors or indoors, please
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> > Sorry if I made you even more worried right now, but it's just the way
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> > Esther & the Bunch (Kayley, Rambo, Zorra and Mayka + kids)
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> Thank you for this. =A0Yes I am more worried now. =A0I have checked and
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> checked the hutch for gaps that a rat might squeeze into. =A0I'm pretty
> sure it is rat proof, but I'm still worried.
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> Megan
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> My three ladies live outdoors in a two story hutch. Last year we had a
> problem in our gardens (neighbours more annoyed than me) with a rat. Not
> once did it bother with the cage as it is sturdy and there were easier
> pickings.
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> I'd never leave them in the run overnight, but safe and snug in their
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Hi. Are they meant to be clean animals? At the moment they are
soiling their bed. Will they eventually stop doing this once they get
used to their new home do you think?
Megan


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