I recently added a second level onto my ex pen. The pigs only get little bits of time in it so it takes awhile for a full rotation of the caviary—they’re cautious at first-- but I think they’re all comfortable in it now.

Today it was a turn for Posy and her two half-grown sow offspring. They were in there a little over an hour—about the time it takes me to completely clean a few cages, water and feed everyone and clean up.

Well had they had me laughing so hard. No one’s done this to date. Usually they NASCAR in circles around the lower level, and every now and then one will venture “upstairs,” check it out and come back down. I have a Texel sow who likes to nap up there after exercising, probably because it’s covered in fleecy fur rather than the toweling on the base level.

Well today—and all three of them did it the same way at least once I’m pretty sure— the pattern was zip in a circle around the hut “downstairs,” then run up the ramp at full speed, spin around at the top and zip back down again, another lap around the hut and back up the ramp and repeat. They were all doing this at once—and Posy is 2 1/2!   

They had the fleece at the top of the ramp all kicked up they whirled around so fast. Every now and then someone running up would run into someone coming down and it’s a tight squeeze, but they barely paused the MPH. OMG I was in stitches.