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I'm not sure that I do - there were changes in the shed when my two old boys passed away so the hutch isn’t in use any more with the two youngsters

...living together outdoors for the last couple of months completely fine until last weekend. Oliver has now started chasing Nutmeg around the hutch and out into the run and back inside again (they have a zippi tunnel and come and go inside/outside as they please), and chases him away from all...

Yes a run is better than a hutch when it’s warm but only up to a certain point, even a run will get too hot (so it’s good you will keep them indoors when it’s hot). Don’t use plastic hides outside (not in the hutch or in the run). The hot weather guide I linked in explains ways to keep them cool...

Hi there! My piggies live in an outdoor hutch most of the year, and with the outdoors comes insects. When I first bought my guinea pigs, the breeder gave me a bug spray for the hutch to keep the nasties out. Recently I have run out of this spray (I have to give the hutch a spray down every few...

...radiators tend to be used), snugglesafes microwaveable pads are pretty much the safest and only thing. If you can get electric to your hutches then greenhouse heaters have been used in hutches but you would obviously need to make sure it was very safe; mount the heater and cables well out...

Hi, we're on the hunt for a suitable (sturdy and warm) hutch before we get our first guinea pigs. I'm tying myself up in knots trying to get the best we can without spending too much. I've read on here that the Chartwell is a good hutch. I've found the below site online, but I imagine this is...

A hutch in the garage with carbon monoxide monitoring does seem to be your best option here. You will need to make sure you have a thermometer on the hutch so you ensure they don’t get too hot or too cold in there, along with all other associated measures (hutch covers, heat pads for winter...

...house. It's sheltered with natural light and plenty of space but it's an awkward shape - octagonal. I was originally thinking of having a hutch and C&C cage combo but there isn't enough room. If I just went for C&C cage, could I get a wooden guinea pig house to sit inside this and would that...

Yes you should be able to. Remembering that changing the cage constitutes change of territory so all the usual advice of making sure not to use fresh bedding when you change it back and making sure the hutches smell of both of them

My piggies have an Eglu run for chickens in the garden, it’s 3 metres long, and they have a wooden hutch from pets at home they go in during the night. i love the eglu run it’s very safe and secure and my piggies love being in it, but the hutch i had an issue a few weeks ago with predators...

If we are able to put them back in their home enclosure, should we take both mini-hutches out? One has very much become Betsie’s domain, and yet the whole run is definitely Ophelia’s. This would be temporary and there will be hideys.

...I have silver foil insulation in my shed. Winter is pretty easy - it involves plenty of hay as as bedding. Hides stuffed with hay. Thermal hutch covers and blankets on the hutch. And importantly Snugglesafe microwaveable heatpads inside the cages to provide warm spots for them to sit...

Yes, it does. I assume you don’t have the option to have a shed they can live in? Adapting and joining two hutches (removing the solid sides and replacing with mesh) becomes the best option to meet all needs. You would have to DIY hutch covers and insulation as you won’t buy one off the...

Yes I can see how they may need to spend quite a lot of time inside over the summer! Luckily our utility room is really cool as it's a concrete outbuilding, usually at least 5-10 degrees cooler than the rest of the house.

...I need to prepare? Any tips for shed living? :) It won’t have electrics so I will be getting a battery light, and I will keep the existing hutches to use as “sleep areas”, and to use as hutches in the winter. Obviously as it can go as low as -6, there still will be days where the boys need...

Hi all newbie here. I'm looking into getting a pair of guinea pigs either from rescue or breeder. Currently looking at hutch options. They would be outside, but in bad weather could have access to a shed, obvs thermal and waterproof cover on as well if needed. What hutches do you all...

...by 6 feet on the inside. It’ll be 9 foot something by 5 foot something internally, which is important to consider when thinking of putting a hutch inside. Like my shed is 8x6 but a 6ft hutch does not fit along the 6ft wall of the shed (a 5ft hutch does with a couple of inches gap down the...

...we don’t use fresh bedding. I’ll have to remember to leave the smaller fleeces out for them to walk over, before returning to the old set-up and putting the fleeces in the hutches. Thank you very very much. In the midst of all this washing, I’d forgotten all the times when you need it to smell!

...if I was late with veggie dindins in the afternoon or supper in the evening. Shy Little Meg 🌈 would stand with her feet on the mesh of the hutch and I would have to open the hutch door just a bit and close it again several times before she would stand down and I could open the hutch to give...

My Guinea pigs have been indoors for about a month to help get on top of mites. They have now gone back into their hutch on snowflake supreme Woodshavings. I’m starting to wonder if the Woodshavings are causing one of my girls to be itchy as she’s started scratching a lot since going back in...