Help - Indoor Pigs Going Outdoor.

[Grapes]

Hi there, I have 3 boys at a year or under and they stay in my living room in a large c and c cage lined completely with fleece.

Due to a change in my circumstances I am going to need to move home to my parents house which leaves an issue with the pigs. There is simply no room indoors for them. Which gives me two options. I could contact guinea pig rescues or somewhere like that and give the boys away - something I really don't want to do, they are very well looked after and eat like kings!

Or I could keep them and put them in my parents garage. This way they could be brought into the house every night, fed the way they always have been etc. I live in Scotland so obviously winters are cold and the garage will be cold in the winter however there is no wind and nothing else can get in. If I just put the c and c cage in there would they be ok to live in that remembering they live on fleece and have fleece tunnels and fleece pigloos etc or would it be too cold?

 

[artcasper]

i am no expert but a garage is better than giving them up.. I am sure plenty keep theirs in the garage over winter.. so long as no car fumes lol x

 

[Kerrie74]

A garage would be fine as long you can keep the guinea's warm, there's no car's parked in there and they have light I think someone like @PiggyOwner could advise.

 

[Deleted member 114675]

Garage is manageable as you can keep them dry and away from draughts. Make sure they have plenty of hay to snuggle up in. My guinea pigs live in a hutch in an insulated shed . I have an oil filled radiator to help keep them warm .

 

[Grapes]

Garage is manageable as you can keep them dry and away from draughts. Make sure they have plenty of hay to snuggle up in. My guinea pigs live in a hutch in an insulated shed . I have an oil filled radiator to help keep them warm .

Thank you, I thought the garage would be ok as they have all the fleece and would always have plenty of cosy places to go and also lots of hay. I just wondered if they were going to be in the garage if they would still be ok in the c and c or if they would really need to be in a wooden hutch.

 

[Deleted member 114675]

Thank you, I thought the garage would be ok as they have all the fleece and would always have plenty of cosy places to go and also lots of hay. I just wondered if they were going to be in the garage if they would still be ok in the c and c or if they would really need to be in a wooden hutch.

this boils down to personal choice. Personally, I think C&C cages are great for indoor settings but not for sheds. I started off with a C&C in our shed but changed to a hutch when I upgraded. I feel they are more secure in a hutch and a hutch is easier to keep warm - especially if it gets really cold. We have been blessed with a relatively mild winter so far but I know I couldn't afford to heat the whole shed if it got really cold .

 

[flintstones]

I would go with a hutch also, as C&C would be harder to keep warm.