Hi everyone, I just had a few questions about guinea pig exercise and was wondering if anyone could weigh in. I recently adopted 2 guinea pigs in November, Nutmeg and Pumpkin. An american and an abby. Pumpkin is still a baby and has lots of cute happy energy. Nutmeg is also young and likes to engage in the occasional popcorning fit. I was told when I rescued them to let them have floor time in my room. I did, against my parents wishes (I am 16). I just kept the door shut when “chocolates” were being cleaned off the floor after my piggies had been out. I would leave them out for hours on end, they ran around the whole room and had the time of their lives. Recently we developed ringworm, and this brought up a few questions for me about the disinfecting of the rug. There is no way I am supposed to be disinfecting the rug every time they exercise, right? Carpeting seems like it could hold so many germs and illnesses... Once they developed ringworm I had them in their cages for months on end. Their home is made up of two midwestern cages put the long way so it takes up almost the whole length of one side of my room. They run up and down between the two cages, I think they have like 6 ft of room to run. We have already gone outside this season on one hot day a few weeks ago. I also have a nice sized-playpen that just came for them. Am I doing enough? I am planning on letting them run on some tile or hardwood floors when I eventually get my own place in about a year. They seem dang exhausted all the time and all day they run across the cages, but I just wanted to confirm that I’m not letting them be little couch potatoes. I would love to hear any advice and creativity on how to give them the best amount of space for my situation right now.