Tewdric
Teenage Guinea Pig
Hi all, any ideas gratefully received.
I have two boys (Telford and Brunel) who live outside in a 6ft by 2ft insulated hutch. They have to live outdoors due to my OH's sever allergies.
Telford ended up having a ringwormy foot back in September. This was treated with surolan and Imaroval dips. They'd been outdoors all summer and after an initial drip-dry indoors it was warm enough to put them back out into their hay stuffed hutch to finish drying off after their dips. Their hutch was disinfected with F10 and I followed they hygiene advice from the forum. The ringworm cleared pretty quickly and Brunel didn't catch it.
Over the weekend I've got a strong suspicion that Telford now has a small patch of fungal on his face above one eye. I've ordered fresh imaroval and will contact the vet on Monday. HOwever, if it is fungal (I strongly suspect it is worst luck) and I need to dip the boys again they're going to have to move indoors for the duration of the treatment. I can't put them back in their hutch to dry in this weather no matter how thick their bed is or how insulated the hutch itself is. It's about 6C outside now..... much too chilly for wet boys.
I also know if they're inside 24hours to dry transferring them back outdoors isn't going to be good for them. OH loves the boys - so if we need to dip them they're going to have to take up residence in the spare room and hope that a shut door and contained hay will keep OH healthy for a few weeks.
So finally my question.......
Temporary housing for my lads. I do have a fereplast cage for real emergencies - but with two lively males for potentially a month it really isn't big enough.
There is space for their 5ft by 5ft outdoor run to go into the spare room on top of something waterproof - but it is wooden and I'd like to disinfect that in case the fungal has come from the run via a neighbors cat.
I there anything I can build a decent sized run out of easily (and fairly cheaply)? They'll be moving back out to their hutch once they've finished treatment (if they need it) and the nights warm up if they've become acclimatised to living indoors.
Telford's eye yesterday morning.
![DSCF0663.webp DSCF0663.webp](https://data.theguineapigforum.co.uk/attachments/22/22775-67e781f0321c65e4e9ddb963eef90caa.jpg?hash=HLWgJvLphq)
I have two boys (Telford and Brunel) who live outside in a 6ft by 2ft insulated hutch. They have to live outdoors due to my OH's sever allergies.
Telford ended up having a ringwormy foot back in September. This was treated with surolan and Imaroval dips. They'd been outdoors all summer and after an initial drip-dry indoors it was warm enough to put them back out into their hay stuffed hutch to finish drying off after their dips. Their hutch was disinfected with F10 and I followed they hygiene advice from the forum. The ringworm cleared pretty quickly and Brunel didn't catch it.
Over the weekend I've got a strong suspicion that Telford now has a small patch of fungal on his face above one eye. I've ordered fresh imaroval and will contact the vet on Monday. HOwever, if it is fungal (I strongly suspect it is worst luck) and I need to dip the boys again they're going to have to move indoors for the duration of the treatment. I can't put them back in their hutch to dry in this weather no matter how thick their bed is or how insulated the hutch itself is. It's about 6C outside now..... much too chilly for wet boys.
I also know if they're inside 24hours to dry transferring them back outdoors isn't going to be good for them. OH loves the boys - so if we need to dip them they're going to have to take up residence in the spare room and hope that a shut door and contained hay will keep OH healthy for a few weeks.
So finally my question.......
Temporary housing for my lads. I do have a fereplast cage for real emergencies - but with two lively males for potentially a month it really isn't big enough.
There is space for their 5ft by 5ft outdoor run to go into the spare room on top of something waterproof - but it is wooden and I'd like to disinfect that in case the fungal has come from the run via a neighbors cat.
I there anything I can build a decent sized run out of easily (and fairly cheaply)? They'll be moving back out to their hutch once they've finished treatment (if they need it) and the nights warm up if they've become acclimatised to living indoors.
Telford's eye yesterday morning.
![DSCF0663.webp DSCF0663.webp](https://data.theguineapigforum.co.uk/attachments/22/22775-67e781f0321c65e4e9ddb963eef90caa.jpg?hash=HLWgJvLphq)