Search results for query: Fleece outside hutch

: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...

If you are going to use an outside hutch I would source a piece of lino off cut and cut it out to fit the floor of your cage. You can then caulk it in so that you have a waterproof base which is ray to clean down and will also protect the wooden base. Fleece cannot be used for outdoor cages as...

-4 will be the windchill but as they aren’t outside then they aren’t experiencing that. You are doing everything I do with mine in the shed (I don’t have electric out there either). I’ve never had to bring mine indoors in a winter, as even if it has been chilly, they have always been absolutely...

Hi everyone. Sorry if I’ve posted this in the wrong place, please feel free to move 😊 Also sorry it’s long! I recently aquired 4 female pigs. Unsure of age, young I think as the previous owner got them from a well known UK pet shop less than a year ago, they were being given away and were at...

How warm is it out there? The other issue will be that it may not be advisable for them to be on disposable bedding and hay while they are healing, but using fleece outside isn’t a good idea either particularly if it isn’t warm. It’s also harder to watch them in the days post-anaesthetic if...

Not sure if there’s already a thread like this, but i was thinking about my piggie journey and since everyone’s piggie journey is different I wondered how everyone ’got into’ guinea pigs? For me we’d had guinea pigs all my life growing up usually living with a rabbit (obviously we now...

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...

OK thank you. I'll replace the fleece for sure

:wel: First thing is to remove all the fleece. Fleece cannot be used outdoors in winter as it will not dry from the urine properly and can wick moisture from the air and remain damp constantly thereby exposing piggies to risk of illness. An absorbent bedding such as shavings, megazorb etc...

Hi You need to put some towel or fleece blanket down onto the ground; especially the patio area. Also make sure that the top is cat and fox safe and peg a towel or sheet over half of the run top to provide a shady area (keep in mind that the sun is moving). Please make sure that you are around...

Welcome to the forum Some kind of waterproof and wipe clean flooring for a shed such as vinyl is best. However, it will need to be covered with something absorbent - shavings/aubiose/megazorb and then some piles of hay. They don’t need paving slabs or different textures. They will also need...

We are in Scotland so not as hot as down South but i brought Belle and Ebony into the downstairs loo yesterday which is the coolest room in our house. They were back in their hutch outside last night (this is the first summer they have been in the fabulous hutch that Steve came and handbuilt in...

Dear Piggies in Forumland My Slave was late with breakfast this morning. Her excuse? Cleaning out the run so that I could go in it with a nice fresh fleece and lovely fresh hay. What sort of excuse is that? She may have had to get 4 washes dry today so that they dried outside and 2 of them...

They can stay outside, but it requires extra work. I keep my girl's on a sheltered patio (it has a roof and walls on three sides). I have insulated the hutch with foam pads and bubble wrap, three fleece blankets, a windproof/waterproof hutch cover, and a tarp that has a heat-reflective lining...

If you have the ability to either move them to live indoors in the winter or at least move their hutch into a shed or garage then it is best to do so where possible. Below 15 degrees is too cold for piggies so lots of extra measures need to be taken if you cannot move them inside/into a shed to...

Hi. I keep my two pigs Nacho and Cheese outdoors. They have a bed area stuffed with hay, and fleece over the areas they run around and feed in. They have two 20w outdoor-safe heat pads for the colder weather, one under the hay they sleep on and one under the fleece so the rest of the hutch...

Yes exactly that - I put them in and out when I am there to supervise their lawn time and to ensure the temperature remains suitable etc However any grass time needs to be built up slowly so you can’t put them out for long to begin with anyway as too much grass on unprepared tummies can make...

Welcome to the Forum. A good place to start would be here: New Owners' Essential Information and Practical Tips Starter Collection You will find lots of tips and helpful information there. Depending on where you hutch is located and where the piggies are coming from please bear in mind that...

:wel: Is the bottom part of it directly on the ground or does it have its own wooden floor? If it has a floor then they can have access to it all the time. The hutch covers being used for warmth in winter (thermal covers are needed for outdoor piggies) and rain protection. If the bottom part...

My boys have quite a lot but it's acumeulated over a long time. I like to buy them a new hidey or tunnel or something every Christmas and gotcha day but they don't really need it. I have some plastic hides that I got from a car boot and cleaned up. A couple of bendy bridges that are relatively...