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Hi! Unless you are dealing with a bladder stone/sludge, please keep on the greens. They do fill an important niche in the diet (including providing vitamin C and more importantly, magnesium). Bacterial urine infections, which are most often caused when faecal bacteria in the urinary tract...

Hi there, This is my take and how we ended up with a lovely pair of rescue boar brothers. My husband was always adamant that he didn't want pets- he too is a carpenter. I started thinking about guinea pigs a while ago, did some research and seemed like they would fit the bill- family and...

Ok, thankyou! Do you think a heater in the winter would be ok? My girls have a big outdoor hutch which is similar to this one, but homemade. They have a heater in their bedroom area, but they still go out in the run in the day and nighttime even in the winter. :)

To be honest, hay, hay and more hay is an excellent insulator for outdoor guinea pigs. They will eat it and flatten in down but if you put enough in, they will soon snuggle down in it to keep warm. Snuggle safe heat pads that you put in the microwave for a few minutes are also great for guinea...

Sorry for your loss, sometimes guinea pigs do just die of sudden heart attacks etc as humans do. The temperature range of down to 10 degrees sounds a bit cool, are your piggies shut away in a hutch at night to stay warm and safe? 15 degrees is really the safe minimum, especially if the...

Just regarding rats, how much of a threat are they to pigs? I know they can chew through pretty much anything and they do worry me a bit.

I think your story is an odd one out. I have outdoors pigs and mine have lived anything from 2 years to just over 7 but you will see many members on the forum with piggies living 8 years and they are indoors. I don't think any of the environments is healthier than the other as long as the time...

Hi and welcome Unfortunately for you, I haven't come across anything like it either in over a decade and literally tens of thousands of piggies passing through here and some other online forums. Has your piggy been properly treated with vet strength ivermectin or have you home diagnosed and...

I am very sorry you lost your otehr guinea pig. You sound like a very caring and committed owner, and I am sure they had a lovely life with you. A lot will depend on your current guinea pig really. Firstly how old are they? If they are quite young then it isn't really fair to allow them to live...

Thank you! I really do think we will be fine with Guinea Pigs. I've spoken to my two children about observing them more than interfering. When I say my two are avid wildlife fans - I mean their ideal way to send they day is to walk foraging for mushrooms and other hedgerow goodies - it's a...

Hi! My 2 year old boar pair were previously indoor guinea pigs, but due to change of circumstances (had to move house and the only landlord who would accept them insisted they have to be housed outdoors "at all times") they made the transition to being outdoor piggies over the summer. They're in...

Ok we'll check them out thanks very much xx

Guinea pigs who are to be kept outdoors year round need a lot of protection from both heat and cold. Any temperature below 15 degrees is too cold for them, and anything above 25 is too hot. They are most comfortable when kept between 18 and 22 degrees. They will require lots of hay, thermal...

Just sharing a couple of ideas. First one is something that I found has helped my pigs use their hutch ramp more easily. I already have steps on it, but for one particular agouti girl, her paws still slipped a little between those steps, so rather than cutting up carpet which would shred so...

Good evening, I am new to the forum and I am finding it super helpful. Thankyou. We brought home two female guinea pigs on monday - cocoa and popcorn Apart from an initial issue with popcorn after only being home 3 hours ( haypoke and scratched eye) they have been great. They started off very...

Exactly that's what I am confused about because if they feel cold they have the option of endless fleece hideys but they don't use them much so I m thinking for an option of heating the room but it might get too warm for them

The outdoors are an environment that is overpowering the sensory input of indoors guinea pigs at first. The first exposure resembles that of the arrival from a pet shop into a home environment: Arrival in a home from the perspective of pet shop guinea pigs Please give your piggies time to get...

Okay the idea was that they could stay with the others while it was slightly warmer during the day, then they could be inside during the night when it got colder. It also meant they could have easier access to the food, as the outdoor housing is quite large, whereas the indoor setup is much...

is oil filled radiator expensive to run for that period of time?! I’m wondering whether it’s because of the type I bought or maybe I should have left it on all day to fully test it out but I thought over 6 hours of it being on should have warmed up the room more than halogen! The pigs are in our...

No problem! Sorry to hear that he doesn't seem to be swallowing food :( ... You're absolutely right, he needs to be able to eat, so trying to fix whatever is preventing him from eating is essential. Perhaps his tongue is trapped under his molars, preventing him from swallowing. That's a good...