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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...

Does anyone know any alternatives to the Pets at Home branded thermal hutch cover that would fit this hutch (5ft). We've had a couple of these and find they're not brilliant and have both split in under 6 months along the side and therefore let cold in. They're also very expensive to keep...

Definitely think that site is too good to be true, I will be leaving it 👍 We don't have space for a shed, we do have a wendy house for my daughter but it's on a high platform and would be almost impossible to keep clean as I'd be climbing up a ladder to get to it every day. As funny as that may...

As the thread is quite old and does not have much additions anymore, in honor of my boys moving back into their hutch just yesterday I thought I would share my setup. It is not the best decorated and definitely not as fancy as some of the hutches on here but it is functional for me and my boys...

Thankyou so much for the advice! I could split them into two pairs and two smaller hutches, would this be a viable option or should they stay together? It’s a shame as they all huddle up together. 3 of them tend to be together 24/7 and there’s another which is a little more independent but they...

Is this their first Winter in the cabin? I only ask as zero is far too cold for them. Do they have lots of hay filled boxes and a thick layer of insulation on the floor?

Hi, guinea pigs can live outside all year round but it’s a lot of hard work and they wouldn’t be able to go out until May time when night time temperatures are around 15 degrees and we’re no longer having night frosts. The hutch would need to be insulated and have a wind / rain cover over the...

The log cabin is not insulated and they are not in hutches within the cabin. I don’t have heat pads but they are on hay and are cleaned and changed regularly. They all seem happy and are eating well. I do have a thermometer which is at zero at the moment. They are on 2 levels within the cabin...

I would go for a large, outdoor hutch without an attached run. The run will be too cold, and heating it will be impossible. I would also take the same precautions that you would if they were still in your garden: Insulate the hutch on the outside, line it with cardboard inside, give them plenty...

You can either keep the hutch and keep the door open, or not have a hutch at all. The choice is yours. My shed still has its normal glass windows. I haven’t not replaced them with wire. You could make these so they can be opened maybe but then as cold air drops, the piggies will be exposed...