Rural Gardening: More piglets on the ground, 0 by SHE_WOLFIE

SHE_WOLFIE wrote:
I tryed a heat lamp for my piglets but i had a really bad experience.They buitl a nest up around it and caused a fire! Thank godness i had left the hose turned on with a sprayer handle hanging on the cage as when the fire melted a side of the hose it sprayed the fire and put it out before the whole barn cought fire! I dident loose any pigs because i leave the side door to their yard open and they went outside.Needless to say i wont ever try that again but i have been reading about a huge heating pad they make for the floor.Has anyone tryed the pad? Im curiouse if it produces enough heat for a litter of piglets to survive in an illinois winter.

This picture was taken just days before the fire.

This message was edited Mar 24, 2010 10:13 PM