clmpendragon
New Born Pup
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Hi everyone! Just wanted some advice/answers to a couple of questions.
Firstly – hay. I give my two girlies loads of hay every day, in two different places, and also in a hay rack. I read that guinea pigs won’t eat hay that they’ve gone to the toilet in, but my girls seem to just go to the toilet in all of it. They even pull the hay out of the rack and then go to the toilet in it. I do see them eating hay sometimes, but I worry I’m doing something wrong and they’re not getting enough. Do I need to present it in a different way?
Secondly, I just want to check that they’re not bored. They’re indoors at the moment, in a play area, and they have a cardboard tunnel, a little wooden cabin, their hay, water and food, and treats. They get fresh food every day and I put hay in left over kitchen roll tubes and a play ball, as well as getting them out every day to snuggle. They spend a lot of the time running around and jumping and interacting with things and each other, but they also sometimes just lie around on the hay, sometimes with their eyes half closed or fully closed, and sometimes fully open. Is this because they’re bored or are they just lazy?
Lastly – my girls have been living inside during the winter months, and they go outside when it’s warm enough. This summer we’re going to get a shed built so that the piggies can live outside during the slightly colder months (they’ll still come in when it gets too cold), but I just wanted to ask about how to regulate the temperature inside the shed. It will just be a simple wooden thing with no windows, we’ll have a light in there, and I just don’t want it to get too hot. Is this a problem or do sheds regulate themselves pretty well?
Thanks everyone!
Firstly – hay. I give my two girlies loads of hay every day, in two different places, and also in a hay rack. I read that guinea pigs won’t eat hay that they’ve gone to the toilet in, but my girls seem to just go to the toilet in all of it. They even pull the hay out of the rack and then go to the toilet in it. I do see them eating hay sometimes, but I worry I’m doing something wrong and they’re not getting enough. Do I need to present it in a different way?
Secondly, I just want to check that they’re not bored. They’re indoors at the moment, in a play area, and they have a cardboard tunnel, a little wooden cabin, their hay, water and food, and treats. They get fresh food every day and I put hay in left over kitchen roll tubes and a play ball, as well as getting them out every day to snuggle. They spend a lot of the time running around and jumping and interacting with things and each other, but they also sometimes just lie around on the hay, sometimes with their eyes half closed or fully closed, and sometimes fully open. Is this because they’re bored or are they just lazy?
Lastly – my girls have been living inside during the winter months, and they go outside when it’s warm enough. This summer we’re going to get a shed built so that the piggies can live outside during the slightly colder months (they’ll still come in when it gets too cold), but I just wanted to ask about how to regulate the temperature inside the shed. It will just be a simple wooden thing with no windows, we’ll have a light in there, and I just don’t want it to get too hot. Is this a problem or do sheds regulate themselves pretty well?
Thanks everyone!
