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Bella is an outdoor pig (soon to be indoors) . Right now in London it’s super rainy ,wet and cold. Here’s what I’ve done in the cage to make it cooler She has a ton of hay , tea towels covering the cage to insulate it . Her wooden bridge has lots of hay and towels drapped in and ovet it. Is...

Hi! In hot weather you ideally move your piggies to the coolest room in the house. If you can, put some old bed sheets in front of the windows to prevent the sun from reaching the glass. That is making a surprisingly massive difference. If you water the sheets occasionally that will create an...

hi everyone! I got 3 guinea pigs, now living in a wooden cage we built them, in my house. I have fleece bedding but I'm really tired of taking care for these beddings - very smelly, need to change it very often and I have no time for it, its a big deal. I have a garden with lovely grass my...

Hi and welcome Please make sure that your hutches are doubly insulated against the cold and the wind. Accustom your guinea pigs gradually to the outdoors. Treat any new and indoors piggies like tender plants and don't move them outside during frosty nights and cool days; especially not...

So first I thought I’d share my hay sock idea. I suddenly remembered that I use to do this for my pigs when I was younger. Stuff a sock full of hay and peg it up! My pigs seem to enjoy it and it’s a handy way to have an extra feeding station and keep things a little tidier :) Don’t worry they...

Hi! You will have generally more interaction with indoors piggies and they are generally safer as less exposed to predators, fire works/thunder storms and other weather extremes. Climate change is happening; and it is also impacting on how we keep our pets - the climate is not getting nicely...

:wel: You could possibly put some plastic down on the ground under the run with plenty of bedding on top of it so they aren’t standing on wet or cold ground (with a tarp over the run roof in any event). I wouldn’t let them out at all if it is actively raining though. You might be able to give...

Clean the cage every two days and the bedding area daily. Healthy piggies are usually able to fend off an infection. It is not highly contagious in well kept adults. UTI and URI are pretty common in outdoors piggies at times when you go from very cold nights to warm days; guinea pigs struggle...

I have just moved our outdoor hutch into the shed for the winter. Admittedly, my shed isn't very shed-like since we converted it into my study, given that it has a concrete floor and a proper roof with a velux window. (We also put cladding on the inside.) It is insulated, water-tight and free...

Hi I am new to guinea pigs so may have lots of questions! I have read through lots of the forum and have found loads of great advise, so thanks! At the moment, we are concerned about the guineas getting cold outside. We bought an indoor playpen so have been trying to bring them inside for a few...

t Thank you will start cleaning them lots and lots! Although they spend most of their time in the run other than at night and horrible days. It's probably due to the weather being so random here in the UK recently and going from cold last weekend to 23 degrees today 🙄

Adding a 'kitchen' area downstairs may give more interest but make sure that it has got exits on different sides. I would not expect fights; my concerns are more in the direction of avoiding bullying scenarios, which is something that is also being addressed in the teenage guide. Teenage is by...

Hi! It is unfortunately a human misconception that all guinea pigs love to snuggle up at night, perpetuated by the (human) demand for cute pet videos. While a few do, most will sleep nearby but apart. Your girls are still right in the middle of the post-intro dominance phase, which lasts about...

Hey all, I have found out recently I have developed an allergy to my piggies. I moved them rooms, but my allergist said as long as their in the house, my allergies will flare. Giving them away was not an option. I was curious about an outdoor hutch? I found a rabbit hutch someone is selling for...

Hello everyone, how are you all doing? So, my situation is pretty specific. I have had two female guinea pigs for like 3-4 months now, and they've been kept in an indoor C&C cage this whole time. However, I've had some extreme issues with my landlord (I live in Australia), and I'm having to...

Thank you! That really useful information, I guess I just feel guilty that they don’t get out much compared to their whole days outside in warmer weather but I get that it’s for their health! So do your guinea pigs go for relatively long periods over winter when they don’t get out at all?

I can’t recommend them enough! They are fantastic! Mine haven’t chewed the covers. They are outdoor and I have four heat pads between the two pigs. I know there are people on here with indoor piggies who also use them as it provides them with a nice warm area to sit directly on if they wish...

Please treat any new piggies like tender plants when it comes to the outdoors. It would also be good if you please made sure that you can protect them adequately from weather extremes like we are increasingly experiencing - heat, more and strongers storms, more heavy rain and cold snaps...

Hi! Please get a good sized indoors cage; if necessarily, look for second-hand rabbit cages on your local free-ads. You need to treat indoors guinea pigs like tender plants and keep in mind that you need to a) carefully acclimatise them to the outdoors b) be aware that guinea pigs don't deal...

He’s started nibbling on his nuggets and I’ve been syringe feeding and giving him small amounts of water at a time, what could of caused for this to happen because he is an outdoor pig but he always has lots of hay, Resh food and water clean dust free bedding heavy duty hutch cover I’m so upset 😢😢