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No, I will get some tomorrow thank you for the idea! I didn’t know that about straw thank you for the advice on that I will take it out tomorrow and pile more hay instead 🙂, they have a big quilt on the top and draped down the back will that help with the heat? Is there anything else I can do to...

Hiya, what size shed is yours please, I am trying to decide on a shed for my 3 bonded sows

There is no issue with keeping them outside year round provided the hutch is sheltered and insulated. - staple silver foil insulation all around the hutch - add lots of hay inside the hutch. Stuff hides with hay. - Snugglesafe heat pads - Put blankets/old duvets/old sleeping bags on the...

Shed is insulated in the foil insulation stuff. Got curtains up at windows and doors. Hutches have thermal covers plus foil insulation on the inside and cardboard against the walls. There's blankets and duvets over the top as well as a tarp. Lots of hay to snuggle in with snuggle safes. Large...

I will get something for the from too and extra quilts, I’ll also under the snugglesafe :)

G Great thank you will they still get ventilation ok with the foil and my other fear is not spending as much time with them how do you work around that I know yours are outside

The cover on the website is purely waterproof with no insulating qualities. You need to also insulate the hutch and you can do it with a proper thermal cover - try the scratch and newton website as they do both waterproof (called hutch hugger in their website) and thermal cover (called hutch...

My own piggies live in my shed. They used to live in hutches within the shed which made things much easier to keep warm and protected. Circumstances have meant I have had to move mine into c&c cages in the shed which is something I’d personally always avoided due to the fact it can be much...

Welcome to the forum It’s night time temps which you are watching now. Anything below 15 degrees is considered chilly for them. The sudden drop expected, certainly in my area, down to around 5 degrees will have me putting in winter measures. It’s those sudden drops which are hardest on...

I also have Wilbur in a commercial cage in my shed. It sits at an L shape to Hugo’s hutch. I have made a cover using silver foil insulation (actually two layers for the coldest parts of winter). I throw a thick blanket over all of it during the night. The front panel of the cover lifts up...

I have a shed. I originally had four boars (in two pairs) so I had a two storey hutch with one pair at the top and one pair at the bottom. The shed floor was used as a time share run space for each pair. This worked very well as it was easy to insulate the hutch (as well as the shed) and use...

People who are shocked to see guinea pigs in a house are well out of step with welfare improvements and more recent developments in keeping guinea pigs. There has been a general worldwide shift to keeping them as indoors pets because you get a lot more interaction and enjoyment out of them as...

So is there nothing covering the front? If so then that needs to be rectified. I would not think one quilt is enough. I wouldn’t just use a quilt without full insulation and mine are in a solidly built shed which is also insulated You really need thermal hutch covers/ for the hutch to be...

Welcome to the forum It’s absolutely fine to keep them in the garage in winter but its best for them to be shut in the hutch at night for warmth. A kavee (c&c) cage would be fine to use as a run during the day in the garage in winter. A hutch needs to have covers for winter nights to keep...

Yes you can set it up just with their houses. Don’t forget the shed will still need to be insulated particularly if it cannot be heated. The floor will need a waterproof layer ie plastic sheeting to protect it, and then to be filled with bedding and hay. I still have hutches in my shed for my...

You are in a catch 22 really but a small hutch which is cooler (provided it is cooler and remains cool. is there a thermometer on the hutch?) vs a shed which is beyond 25 degrees, then the small hutch would be the safest option for now. Is there any insulation on your shed? It can help keep...

Thank you so much! They have definitely been to the vet a lot and Bianca's pain medication is costing us a fortune (we were advised to buy enough for one month rather than six as it wasn't sure whether she would even finish that but we are now three months in and have spent more than double)...

Will you have an insulated hutch cover? And plenty things to keep them warm? Lots of Hay, cardboard boxes can help too or wooden hideouts xx

I had a Chartwell Hutch outside for a few years before I moved and put it in the garage. Did you have a waterproof/rainproof cover and an insulating cover to go the rainproof cover? I never had a problem with mould while it was outside as I had the covers to go over it.

If the hutch door was left open it would count. 6x4 is big enough for four piggies Yes insulate the hutch as well. My both shed and hutches are insulated. Don’t worry at this stage about one being alone. My guess is they are hiding because they’re nervous. Keep an eye on their general...