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Mama Doe
When choosing a boarding place?
This is the first time I have had to board the crew, previously my grandparents did it. But with Pop passing away recently, Gran can't look after them all by herself (5 guinea pigs, 2 rabbits and 2 dogs). So we are looking at boarding them.
The exotic specialist vets have recently purchased a unit down the road from their clinic which has about 6 large rooms filled with boarding setups of various sizes. One of the vet nurses actually recommend we get the largest cage and then divide it into 3. The buns will have one section, the pigs another and the other group of pigs another.
Costs us $30 a day. The buns will get roughly 2mx2m of space, and the pigs 1mx2m for each pig section. The floor is a tarp with hay as bedding. They have airconditioning on at 23C when warm and 21C when hot. We have to provide pellets but they provide veggies. Only problem here is that they only feed them bok choy and carrots. :? I am also concerned that the buns will get bored with the (much) smaller cage and will turn destructive - and that Noah will be able to escape his enclosure if he gets really bored.
Any thoughts/ideas? What do YOU look for when choosing a place for your buns?
This is the first time I have had to board the crew, previously my grandparents did it. But with Pop passing away recently, Gran can't look after them all by herself (5 guinea pigs, 2 rabbits and 2 dogs). So we are looking at boarding them.
The exotic specialist vets have recently purchased a unit down the road from their clinic which has about 6 large rooms filled with boarding setups of various sizes. One of the vet nurses actually recommend we get the largest cage and then divide it into 3. The buns will have one section, the pigs another and the other group of pigs another.
Costs us $30 a day. The buns will get roughly 2mx2m of space, and the pigs 1mx2m for each pig section. The floor is a tarp with hay as bedding. They have airconditioning on at 23C when warm and 21C when hot. We have to provide pellets but they provide veggies. Only problem here is that they only feed them bok choy and carrots. :? I am also concerned that the buns will get bored with the (much) smaller cage and will turn destructive - and that Noah will be able to escape his enclosure if he gets really bored.
Any thoughts/ideas? What do YOU look for when choosing a place for your buns?