Hi I was wondering if anyone could give me a bit of friendly advice, my daughter's guinea pigs have always lived outside since June when she had them and now it's starting to get colder I was wondering what I could use to insulate the cage a bit more.
The only problem is that because the hutch is a weird shape (a castle) I can't find a hutch hugger to fit :{.
My boys are outside but have a normal hutch which came with a cover and both cages are behind my garage in a corner sandwiched between the hedge and fence so there's very minimal wind (if any) and they are protected by rain from a huge gazebo.
I spoke to my vet earlier after reading some coments on here about guinea pigs shouldn't be outside at all and after explaining their housing situation she said they'd be fine so long as they have huge amounts of bedding (which they do anyway) she also said to change the hay to straw as they won't eat it then so they'll be constantly warm but to have loads of hay to eat in there.
They all have hidy tubes, hidy houses, loads of hay and shavings and like I said they are pretty much well covered but after reading that previous thread I did feel a little bit guilty for having them outside so I wondered if there was anything I could buy to make it even warmer.
Would appreciate any help
The only problem is that because the hutch is a weird shape (a castle) I can't find a hutch hugger to fit :{.
My boys are outside but have a normal hutch which came with a cover and both cages are behind my garage in a corner sandwiched between the hedge and fence so there's very minimal wind (if any) and they are protected by rain from a huge gazebo.
I spoke to my vet earlier after reading some coments on here about guinea pigs shouldn't be outside at all and after explaining their housing situation she said they'd be fine so long as they have huge amounts of bedding (which they do anyway) she also said to change the hay to straw as they won't eat it then so they'll be constantly warm but to have loads of hay to eat in there.
They all have hidy tubes, hidy houses, loads of hay and shavings and like I said they are pretty much well covered but after reading that previous thread I did feel a little bit guilty for having them outside so I wondered if there was anything I could buy to make it even warmer.
Would appreciate any help