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Oh sorry, I read it correctly and then posted incorrectly! It doesn’t matter really which one you get. It would be nice if they match but chartwells are nice hutches and as I say probably a bit bigger internally

This is what I have going on now (and believe me it has taken me several goes to get to this!). Its been fine for this summer but its not yet winter tested and I do have concerns about warmth for Wilbur. (I don’t particularly like having c&c in the shed but it’s the only thing that’s working...

Could you give us a bit more information please Is the cabin insulated? Are they in hutches inside the cabin? Are the hutches insulated, including thermal covers, blankets etc? Do they all have snugglesafe heatpads inside their cages? Are they all fully bedded on hay? Do you have a thermometer...

My hutch thermometer is remaining steady at 21° so far, though I expect it will rise a bit as the afternoon goes on. I've put one of my reflective insulation sheets outside which I guess is helping. The air temp is pretty hot. I need to go and check the piggies, probably some of the hot air...

They are outside year round, currently in a large-6ft double. The plan is to move them into the upstairs part of the run( - 4ft square, might be slightly larger) at end of sept or when it starts to get colder. Is fully insulated, so will be toasty. The run will then stay empty till its warm...

Hi All! I thought that it might be nice to start up a thread where people can share their hutch set-up pics, with a view to pooling advice, tips and ideas. I find that hutches are harder than cages when trying to make them interesting! My two sows live in a 5 foot by 2 foot hutch. For most of...

Definitely use heat pads! No they won’t warm the hutch but they are so valuable to the piggies in providing that warm spot. It makes all the difference. Being able to go into a warm hide with a heat pad will provide what they need to keep warm. I use a pad per piggy. Bear in mind that...

Yeah I think I'll go with the correx as it'll be quite a cheap option and I'll get some insulation for underneath too. Thank you :)

Oh i am so sorry to hear this. Is your garage really only 5-6 degrees now? Is there absolutely no way you can bring them into your room if things are already that cold out there, even if they are 2x3s? Two commercial cages even (which will come in narrower than c&c)? (Without reggie having a...

Yes they come off easily,they protect against the wind and draughts ,as well as flys in the summer.you could use it without.i used snugglesafe pads in the hutch and lots of hay for insulation inside the hutch.

I know of someone (through somebody else) who currently has their two piggies living outside (and have always lived outside). Whilst they have insulated hutches (next to each other), I can't help but feel for them being outside in all weather's, especially at the moment. Both piggies are about...

Yeah my sister in laws piggies are in like a big kennel area on the floor . I have thought about the ramp actually, I am going to put carpet on it to start with as it helped my girls when they were getting used to it . I had to teach my 2 to go up and down the ramp so I know this is going to...

In terms of the hutch size while narrower than would be advised (a hutch should be 60cm in width) it does just meet the minimum of 8 square feet for two females. I appreciate it is smaller than that which they are used to in their c&c but it isn’t absolutely dreadful. If your mum is adamant...

I’d only keep them in the c&c full time in the summer months. I know you’ve said before about the temperatures you deal with in the winter in the garage. If you surrendered to a rescue centre you wouldn’t need to worry about any of it - they would be going to a good home; the rescue would make...

My shed set up is similar (mine has a wooden floor though) and I have recently moved my hutches out. As long as there is no cold getting up through the floor in winter, hence my suggestion of putting insulation down first, then it is definitely easier to just sweep the shed out. I have old...

If the cabin is at zero you need to do a lot more to keep them warm. It is far too low - they should not really below 15 degrees. When you say the ones on tile, what do you mean by this? I assume you don’t have electricity in the cabin? At the very least you would be well advised to fully...

Brilliant, thank you. I’ll get the Snugglesafes too, and I’m sure I’ll be back when I think of more questions!

Aldi has foil insulation in their special buys for £9.99. Thought I'd share for anyone who is looking to insulate hutches/sheds 😊

How about getting another hutch and joining them together to give them more room? There is nothing wrong with them being outside in a hutch year round provided you insulate the hutch, covers and snugglesafes. If you do sadly have to rehome then the safest way is to surrender them to a...

Thank you I appreciate your feedback I have thought the hutch situation was maybe wrong and have been thinking of using the shed that backs up to thier lean-to. I thought about taking a brick or two out the bottom and putting a door on for night time. I was going to put the hutches in there but...