Clip On Fans For Hutches

[poohbear01]

is there anyway I can buy a clip on fan like one you put on a buggy for a Guinea pig hutch would that be appropriate for helping them stay cool in this horrid heat I hate looking at a clean empty hutch so even though I miss popcorn I really want another piggie maybe 2 please don't think I'm heartless but I feel awful just looking at a empty hutch that used to hold my wheeking little boy

 

[Beans&Toast]

It's not heartless at all. You do what feels right for you and yeah you can get clip on fans, eBay, amazon, Mothercare sell them too. Have you tried ceramic tiles? They can help to keep piggies cool. An ice pack wrapped in a towel too

 

[Adelle]

Fans can be good for circulating the air around the room, but having one as well as an open window works best.

Fans aren't recommended to aim at an animal to cool them down, especially if they are already hot. The constant cold air flooding towards them causes the vessels at the skin surface to close, as it percieves it as cold surroundings. This will make the piggy less able to expell heat, and in turn become hotter.

The cold water bottle/ice bottle under beds as @Beans&Toast mentioned is a good idea, as this will cool bedding that they are leaning on.

Cracking a window open to allow cool air to circulate the room without causing them a draft of cold air works well too.

Provide extra cucumber or feed veg torn up in a deep plate of cold water will keep them cool and well hydrated.

Replace any fluffy snuggly beds with well ventilated large cardboard boxes or similar.

This hot weather is a nightmare for the piggies!

 

[Wiebke]

is there anyway I can buy a clip on fan like one you put on a buggy for a Guinea pig hutch would that be appropriate for helping them stay cool in this horrid heat I hate looking at a clean empty hutch so even though I miss popcorn I really want another piggie maybe 2 please don't think I'm heartless but I feel awful just looking at a empty hutch that used to hold my wheeking little boy

Here are lots of tips for keeping cool on hot days. Please be careful about not directing the full power of a fan directly at a guinea pig.
Hot Weather Management And Heat Strokes

 

[poohbear01]

I got some ceramic tiles from my mum and I already have 2 of those ice pods

 

[poohbear01]

Hi

It's not heartless at all. You do what feels right for you and yeah you can get clip on fans, eBay, amazon, Mothercare sell them too. Have you tried ceramic tiles? They can help to keep piggies cool. An ice pack wrapped in a towel too

I have just got 2 large ceramic tiles for the hutch and 4 smaller ones for the run I already have 2 of the scratch and Newton ice pods one was already in the hutch with popcorn but unfortunately didn't help him

 

[poohbear01]

Well I'm now the owner of two baby boy Guinea pigs they have been together before I got them so they are hutch sharing things are going good in the past I had 2 male piggies together Ben and Jerry that live peacefully with each other I was looking up on google most fighting between males will take place of a female piggie is present and I don't have one when I picked them up it was a older man and he had them in a carrier bag I thought I was seeing things And when he saw I had brought a small cat carrier he said oh brilliant lol there was no way I was going to be taking them home in a carrier bag at least he had put some hay in there

 

[poohbear01]

Oh and there names are rubble & zoomer after paw patrol my friends little 5 year old named them

 

[poohbear01]

 

[Piggypiggypig]

I fill empty water bottles up with tap water and freeze them it's economical and they lie against it works a treat.

 

[poohbear01]

Yeah I'm going to try this and it's recycling too lol

 

[poohbear01]

My piggies are perfectly shaded