I have been reading on some forums that you shouldnt use wooden houses that have those little windows in. At least not if you have very young guinea pigs. Now, that doesnt apply to me right now, but I might have a little one again at some point, and wanted to know if the following has ever happened to one of you.
I was told that the reason against windows is, that the small guinea pigs fit through them easily. And often, they still try to use them as "doors" when they are really too big for them. Some people told stories about their piggies getting stuck in them, and they had to cut the house up to get them out of there! O_O Which is obviously quite scary for both piggy and owner.
Now, apart from one piggy, I always got them as grownup ones. So I cant really say anything about this subject from my experience.. Did anything like this happen to your piggies?
Same goes for hayracks - alot of piggies like to jump into them because its cozy and there is plenty of food
But I heard stories where little piggies tried to do it and got stuck with the head between the bars of the hayrack
I mean, obviously all this applies to babies only, so I am in no real danger of anything happening to mine atm, but it would be interesting to hear your thoughts on this, just so I know for the future...
also, are there any other things in a cage that I should be aware of, that are possible hazards?
I was told that the reason against windows is, that the small guinea pigs fit through them easily. And often, they still try to use them as "doors" when they are really too big for them. Some people told stories about their piggies getting stuck in them, and they had to cut the house up to get them out of there! O_O Which is obviously quite scary for both piggy and owner.
Now, apart from one piggy, I always got them as grownup ones. So I cant really say anything about this subject from my experience.. Did anything like this happen to your piggies?
Same goes for hayracks - alot of piggies like to jump into them because its cozy and there is plenty of food

But I heard stories where little piggies tried to do it and got stuck with the head between the bars of the hayrack

I mean, obviously all this applies to babies only, so I am in no real danger of anything happening to mine atm, but it would be interesting to hear your thoughts on this, just so I know for the future...
also, are there any other things in a cage that I should be aware of, that are possible hazards?