Hay-in-a-tube treats

Hay-in-a-tube treat: oat hay on the left, timothy in the middle, and orchard grass on the right

Sometimes when our slaves have extra cardboard tubes, they make us these hay-in-a-tube treats. They first got the idea from this useful list of ways to entertain your piggy. It's really easy!

Basically, they just take cardboard tubes (from paper towel rolls or toilet paper rolls), remove all the excess glue and whatnot, then stuff them with hay. Our humans always stock timothy, orchard grass, and oat hay, so whee get three different types of hay in our treat rolls. Dispensing hay to us in a different manner makes it more challenging and entertaining for us, plus then whee get to throw the emptied tubes around with our teeth afterwards. Occasionally, they also stuff some wheatgrass in there, yum!

Just a word of caution, it is advisable to cut a slit down the tube so an overzealous piggy won't get stuck like Poof here!*

*Note: no piggy models were harmed during the taking of this pigture. The tube was removed from her snout immediately after.

Piggy Pics of the Day: Poof in a tube

Poof sits amidst the carnage of half eaten corn husks and watches Truffle from her cardboard tube. Our humans made it for us by removing the top and bottom from a Quaker Oats container (for Morry's original post on this, see here). A fun and simple toy for any cavy!

Toys: Tubes and Logs

Even though cozies and huts are fun to snuggle up in, sometimes a simple cardboard tube or log works just as well! One of Morry's favorite things to do is cozy up inside a tube and take naps. Other times he likes to perch inside while keeping watch over his domain. Here he is sitting inside an empty Quaker Oats container with the top and bottom removed. Sharky likes this log tunnel that has another opening up top and small viewing holes on the side. When laid on its side, this also works as an alternate entrance.

"My tube is better than your tube!"