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I know - summer has been rubbish! I think it’s because it feels so autumnal now that I’m starting to think about winter! I’m really appreciative of your advice. I just adore my ungrateful little boys (they only want me when I come bearing food!) and want to make sure I’ve got everything right...

Unfortunately i’ve spoke to my mother and if Winston doesn’t come inside I have to get rid of Reggie and keep Winston in the hutch. She doesn’t believe (and is kind of right) that I can’t fully insulate and keep Winston safe in a freezing brick garage in a open bar cage. The only reason they...

What would you recommend to someone thinking about having a similar open enclosure? Or a hutch/run combo within a shed? I'm stuck with a bit of a dilemma having 3 'groups'. I can't find a commercial hutch that will fit between the current hutch and roof of the shed. So I'd either need to make...

You’ve done the right thing in bringing them indoors if you can’t maintain their warmth outside. However you do need to try to avoid sudden temperature changes so suddenly putting them back out will be a shock for them. Anything more than a 5 degree change in one go is too much. Managing the...

As I was putting the washing out on the line this morning and couldn't feel my fingertips when I'd finished (such is my devotion to not putting on my tumble dryer and therefore saving on the electricity), I realised that now is the time for the Snugglesafes to put in an appearance overnight...

Currently they live in their 2 hutches and I open the doors and they run on the floor (It's currently artificial grass but its hard to clean and not waterproof) with a hole to go outside too. So I'd like to get rid of the hutches and just get some little wooden houses and then just sweep up the...

Yes I do have hutches in my shed. Bit less run now that Wilbur and Hugo have fallen out - it’s more of a time share now! My shed is insulated but unfortunately not heated. Without electric I personally wouldn’t have open enclosures. I can keep the hutches warm with their covers and...

:wel: I’m sorry you were given bad information regarding a boar trio. A single piggy must be kept side by side with the pair 24/7. He is likely to be lonely if he doesn’t have that constant interaction through the bars. If you mean you have an omlet eglu house and run, then I’m sorry to say...

Thank you so much for the detailed reply! It’s cleared up a lot of confusion. I was thinking you were meant to use small hutches at night then runs during the day for extra space all year round. Ok so my idea now is to perhaps get a child’s Wendy house, insulate it (celotex covered with thin...

What about splitting the bottom half of the cage overnight? So overnight the boys would live in 81x71.5cm (is this liveable?), with a grid inbetween them so they can see each other. Then at 7am their cage will be opened into a run that will be able 3x3 or 2x4 for each pig. Then they will be...

:wel: Well done for taking them in. You are right, a 5 foot bluebell is not big enough for 4. For 4 piggies you ideally need a 7 foot hutch on a single level which is not something that is commercially available - you’d have to have one custom made. The minimum for 4 piggies is a 6 foot...

:wel: A very important factor is that it is now starting to get late in the year to bring new piggies outside if they have only been used to living indoors until now. Normally, where there is an intention for them to stay out year round, they would have come out at the beginning of summer so...

:wel: How old are they? Have they always been in the garage? Do you have a thermometer on the hutch? They should be fine. Keeping them outdoors/in a shed etc does take more work but is very possible to keep them Perfectly safe. Being in an outbuilding of any sort goes along way to helping in...

Thank you for the advice. I don’t think I made my post particularly clear as they are fully bedded on hay. I have however added a piece of cardboard to the bedroom area to lower the ceiling and I’ve packed barley straw between this cardboard and the hutch roof, I’ve also used a bigger...

Hello and welcome to the forum. Well done for doing your research. Please do have a good read of the threads that have been linked. They are full of very helpful advice and photos. And our members are always happy to answer questions. If you are planning to keep outdoor piggies please do pay...

1 Outdoor guinea pigs living in a hutch - How to prepare your hutch for Winter - Insulation - Daily care 2 Outdoor guinea pigs living in a shed/garage 3 All outdoor guinea pigs 4 Indoor guinea pigs - Preparing your cage - Preparing the room 1 Outdoor guinea pigs living in a hutch How to...

Ive just found this on Amazon and I personally would not get this. The enclosed hutch part is only 90x30cm - meaning it doesn’t come anywhere close to minimum welfare sizing. If you were to have this, then it could be very difficult to keep it warm even in a garage and because the enclosed...

Hello, quick question for all those who keep their piggys in a hutch in a shed/summerhouse. As summer slowly approaches I wondered if you allow your piggys to roam in the shed at night? My routine is to let the piggys out of their floor level hutch to roam throughout the day, they have the...

Hutch/s update. I now have 2 hutches, a bluebell hutch and a foxglove hutch, they are both from pets at home. As you can see the top of the bluebell hutch is now vacant as there is only one older boar living downstairs, Winston. In the foxglove hutch I have two boys named Reggie and Remy, it...

Hi all, I had Guinea pigs as a child and am ashamed to say I had no idea they weren’t meant to be outside below 15 or so degrees, they lived outside in a standard hutch all winter. Now we are looking at getting either a pair or a group of four for our four children and I’m trying to work out...