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Hi I have my piggies in a lodge in garage with a hut attached to it, I had to bring them I last year but cause I’ve got 4 now it’s not possible cause of space,so would like to know if cardboard with foil insulation round hutch will keep them warm enough aswell as a snuggle cover?

You may not need to insulate the hutch at all as you are heating the shed and the shed is insulated - it may well all just be warm enough anyway I have made my own (I have also bought some). I used silver foil insulation and taped it together with proper foil tape. It needs to cover the...

thankyou, its just the heater dropped slowly last night down to 14 and i got a little worried. i suppose its been a week now though so they should be more acclimatised? and really, its less than 10 degrees i need to worry about isn’t it?

14 would not concern me. Adding insulation around the hutch given they are in an heated shed probably isn’t going to change the temperature in the hutch by much given it’s your whole shed that you are heating. If the temp in the shed drops then surely given the whole of the front of the hutch...

fantastic! i can probably start to lower the temp they can be in now anyway cant i? they’ve been here for a week now! its sitting at 14/15 today in the day, am i right in thinking not put the heater on?

Hi, I am having a double 8ft x 2ft hutch built and I’m looking for a cover for it (one of those insulated ones with the silver foil doesn’t need rainproof as not outside). They keep it nice and cool in the shed in summer and warm in winter. However no company seems to make them that big. 6ft is...

This is an old thread, you might be better off starting your own one. FWIW, I used to have my 3 pigs in a hutch in an outbuilding. I had the proper insulated cover over the main part of the hutch, then the waterproof cover with clear screen at the front over that. I would have put any extra...

This is a very interesting and useful thread. When you say blankets over the hutch, do you put them over the top of everything or between the insulation and the waterproof cover (for those whose piggies are outdoors all year round).

That is a good plan. If you can keep them warm in their hutch then they will be ok. Mine never got below 10 degrees in their hutches even when the shed was colder than that (insulated but unheated shed)

In terms of adding more insulation to the floor, the hutch is raised well off the ground, and inside the pull out trays we have lino, then newspaper, then a thick layer of sawdust, the a thick layer of hay. Would putting some of that foil insulation underneath the house itself be enough? Or...

Thanks for this. I'm very cross with the pet shop in that case for telling me that hay doesn't insulate and to buy straw! This is where we got the piggies from in the first place. I'll stop using straw and just bank up with hay instead + heat pads if the temp drops to lower than 10 (which it has...

Welcome to the forum I keep my piggies in a shed. Like yours, my shed cannot be heated but I have made sure it is fully insulated. I have external stable doors. It also has internal mesh (stable) doors so I can open the external doors and still have the shed secure with the internal mesh doors...

You can make it yourself with the foil but you don’t need to staple it to the hutch. I made mine by taping (with the special insulation tape) all the sides together but I made a lip of foil slightly over the front of the hutch (coming down the front a bit - not enough to impede the door but...

this is what i thought, i knew it wouldn’t work but tried to convince myself as its the only option i have, I'm at a complete loss at what to do

As Q&F said, the blankets would go underneath waterproof layers - You obviously don’t want the blankets to get wet. Mine were in a shed, so while I still layered silver foil insulation, fleece blanket, thermal and waterproof covers first, I would put a duvet on top of all that in extreme cold...

Thanks again for your response. Sorry I'm new to the Forum and not sure how to find the thread numbers you've quoted above? We are new to keeping piggies (since April) and desperate to keep them cosy over Winter. We have a two tier hutch with insulated cover back and top that’s made for the...

In that case with the temperatures then yes they do need a bit of extra warmth at night (they will be fine without anything during the day (well obviously they need a waterproof cover)). I definitely wouldn’t use the duvet at this point though. It’s always a learning curve with this being your...

Do you have a photo of your DIY cover? I’m having a go at making one this evening and could use some inspiration 🤣

If you look along the top of a post, where the date and time it was posted is, across at the top right there is a # and a number. That is how you will find the post I mentioned above. Straw is not a recommended bedding for guinea pigs. It’s too sharp for their eyes and feet. It has no...

Some very good points there Truffolo. I will be having electricity connected to the shed. It will be insulated and will have a heater in the winter and a fan in the summer. The guinea pigs (Shimmer and new guinea pig once I have one) will come into my bedroom in the very hot and very cold...