Carton O’ Treats
Carton O’ Treats

Behaviors
Foraging, Chewing
Animals
Pigs
Type
Manipulanda
Why They Love It
As long you make the holes big enough, and put tasty treats inside, pigs will spend time rooting for the rewards.
Sanitization
Spray inside and outside jug after use. Run through Cage wash.
Recipe
Carton O Treats
Carton O Treats is a fun way to get pigs to work to retreive to fruit treats from the milk carton. Pigs will be occupied for some time depending on the size of the holes you choose.
Yield: 10 pigs
Equipment
- Scissors
Materials
- 10 carton Milk Carton
- 1-2 cups Chopped fruit: apples, strawberries, berries, cantaloupe, mangoes, watermelons
Instructions
- Sanitize empty milk cartons by putting them through cage wash or soaking them disinfectant solution.
- Cut, or carve out 6-8 2-4 inch holes around whole milk carton ( size is based on the difficulty) with scissors (smaller holes, harder to get fruit out via rooting, bigger holes, easier.
- Place ½ cup of fruit in milk carton, remove milk carton top
- Place it in pig room, or cage and watch pigs root to get there treats!
Video
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