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Do Guinea pigs ever climb

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I am going to get known on this forum for asking stupid questions ! I am lookin at gettin a C & C set up as they seem to offer the most versatility but it crossed my mind that they might just climb out like a hamster would...! Obviously they don't as so many of you seem to use cages without roofs... Am I just being a paranoid new owner LOL....! ::)
 
I've never seen mine climb!

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Bev x x
 
:D you will get used to my daft questions ! I used to have hamsters and i know they are different animals but it got me thinking ;D
 
Some of them climb on top of next boxes to sit and look but thats just when its a step up... they are not really capable of climbing up bars. I must admit I did wonder the same before I got my C&C pens. My piggys are in an open C&C run and I have never worried they would come close to getting out- its really lovely to have easy access to them. It has made even my more nervous pig more confident with being picked up beacuse there is no faffing with doors and clanging of bars etc. If you are worried though you could try a lid. There are some examples of closed versions of the pens on the Cavy Cages site iteslf ww.cavycages.com
 
Yes my hamsters used to do that too :)

Climb up the side then along the top like they were on monkey bars ;D
 
Yet again thanks for the link i am really cr*p at searching the net for things I always end up on some random sites !
 
Riffy climbs up me and sits on my shoulder - even tried to get on my head ;D
 
Squeak tends to take a run up and then jump ontop of her little guinea villa in her run in the garden, but thats about her limit I think..:) I have never seen her try and climb any bars, but tbh, I dont think she could be bothered anyway! haha ;)

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my guinea pig Mongoose climbed out of her run once, I've built a cover for it now
 
When I was little we had a pig called Queen Bee and she used to climb upstairs when noone was looking.... apart from that I've never had any that would be so active as to jump out of a cage! They have all tended to be pretty lazy :)
 
Woo really! I didnt know they could climb upstairs. My piggies live in a cage under the stairs that my hubby built and we just open the door in the evening and allow them to run riot in the hallway, i suppose I'm going to have to watch them now or they could end up popping upstairs to visit the kids while theyre in bed! :)

Not that the kids would mind infact they'd love it lol
 
just to add, my houdini Harvey does and often climbs the bars of his c and c run I did post a pic of him doing it on here once, he uses it like a ladder, nothing a guinea pig can do amazes me any more i have had one male climb on his pigloo jump onto a two by four bit of wood balance and walked along it about 3ft, and jumped into the girls run, if you could have seen it it was amazing, now they have seperate sheds, to stop Harvey climbing i added a grid from the corner he used, on top now I'm waiting for him to walk up side down, but to be honest nothing surprises me anymore,
 
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Yes my hamsters used to do that too :)

Climb up the side then along the top like they were on monkey bars ;D
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Yer they are too funny and when they finally get to the top they look around
as if to say what the hell am i doing up here ;D
 
I think i have a 3o sec clip of my hamster Marleen, hangin on by 4 feet then then 1 then she dropped a few inches....... so funny to watch i will see if i can find it and post it :)
 
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there you go Harvey on his climb, smart little man goes on his fiddle stik first then he climbs with his mouth and feet and over he goes
 
Vash tends to jump more than climb he will go up to my sholder but that is about it. He jumps quite well if he wants out of his cage he jumps on his igloo and every night he jumps up the stairs to where his cage is on the top floor. Since we are moving I guess he is going to have to get use to not having steps to climb.
 
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