E_Blackaby
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi!
So I'm pretty sure the standard hutch for most people housing their Guinea pigs outside is the classic 2 storey wooden hutch (probably from pets at home)
Basically I have had 7 pigs in my life and out of all of them only 1 has ever learnt to use the stairs in the hutch which essentially brands the hutch a one-storey (limiting space). I tried everything to get my other girls to use the stairs, thinking even my oldest and bravest pig might venture down but food/any sort of bribery just wasn't cutting it. I know lots of people with pigs and they also have the same problem!
This wasn't much of a problem whilst I have had 2 pigs (both of which did not use the stairs but since I had them inside every day for a long time the space was seemingly enough) but recently I adopted 2 more girls so I now have a herd of 4!
Originally I considered housing then seperately but the bonding went so well I really wanted them to be together! But I know no matter how big a double storey hutch I could find, they wouldn't use the stairs.
So I bought another double storey hutch and my (pretty amazing) mum constructed this piggy mansion! We used an extremely secure thick piece of large tubing and my mum (being the wannabe DIY gal) had a drill and an electric saw and as you can see from the pictures we joined the two hutches!
I just thought I'd share this 1) because it's pretty cool haha and 2) in case anyone else is DIY savvy or like me has a willing friend/parent/partner who will give it a bash! The girls have been in their 'mansion' as I like to call it for a week now and loving it it provides them the space of a 2 storey hutch without using the stairs. There should be larger hutches available but since there wasn't I decided this was best! It is 100% secure and sealed and perfect!
Hope it could help someone or just hope you think it's cool haha! x




So I'm pretty sure the standard hutch for most people housing their Guinea pigs outside is the classic 2 storey wooden hutch (probably from pets at home)
Basically I have had 7 pigs in my life and out of all of them only 1 has ever learnt to use the stairs in the hutch which essentially brands the hutch a one-storey (limiting space). I tried everything to get my other girls to use the stairs, thinking even my oldest and bravest pig might venture down but food/any sort of bribery just wasn't cutting it. I know lots of people with pigs and they also have the same problem!
This wasn't much of a problem whilst I have had 2 pigs (both of which did not use the stairs but since I had them inside every day for a long time the space was seemingly enough) but recently I adopted 2 more girls so I now have a herd of 4!
Originally I considered housing then seperately but the bonding went so well I really wanted them to be together! But I know no matter how big a double storey hutch I could find, they wouldn't use the stairs.
So I bought another double storey hutch and my (pretty amazing) mum constructed this piggy mansion! We used an extremely secure thick piece of large tubing and my mum (being the wannabe DIY gal) had a drill and an electric saw and as you can see from the pictures we joined the two hutches!
I just thought I'd share this 1) because it's pretty cool haha and 2) in case anyone else is DIY savvy or like me has a willing friend/parent/partner who will give it a bash! The girls have been in their 'mansion' as I like to call it for a week now and loving it it provides them the space of a 2 storey hutch without using the stairs. There should be larger hutches available but since there wasn't I decided this was best! It is 100% secure and sealed and perfect!
Hope it could help someone or just hope you think it's cool haha! x



