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PennyCopper

PennyCopper

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Good Morning,
I will be adopting a new guinea pig end of July. I will need a new 'hidey house' built for two for when Penny snuggles with her new brother.
On Instagram I notice both plastic igloos and fleece houses. I want to buy fleece because I think it would be more comfortable but as a new piggie mom
maybe guinea's preferred the plastic igloos. Is it important they have one kind over the other or does it not really matter? The cage will be lined with fleece already.
Thank you for your thoughts and information.
 
PennyCopper said:
Good Morning,
I will be adopting a new guinea pig end of July. I will need a new 'hidey house' built for two for when Penny snuggles with her new brother.
On Instagram I notice both plastic igloos and fleece houses. I want to buy fleece because I think it would be more comfortable but as a new piggie mom
maybe guinea's preferred the plastic igloos. Is it important they have one kind over the other or does it not really matter? The cage will be lined with fleece already.
Thank you for your thoughts and information.
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HI I would go with wooden ones, the pigs feel safer because they are darker inside plus piggies can sweet in plastic ones
 
PERFECT G PIGS said:
plus piggies can sweet in plastic ones
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Do you mean sweat? If so, guinea pigs can’t sweat, they use their ears to regulate temperature, which is why many piggies have a bald patch behind their ears
 
Pigs like most hides, my boys have this that they really like
They also enjoy beds, but cardboard boxes are great too, as they are readily available, and can be chewed then just thrown out when ruined, as well as carrot cottages, pictured below, which my boys have had before

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PennyCopper said:
Cool. What is it made of or can you tell me where you purchased it? It looks nice and roomy for more than one piggie.
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It’s wooden, and I bought it from Pets at Home, it wasn’t the cheapest thing, but it will last ages

I edited my reply, should be more helpful now, more suggestions
 
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meant.e B said:
Do you mean sweat? If so, guinea pigs can’t sweat, they use their ears to regulate temperature, which is why many piggies have a bald patch behind their ears
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YeYes Thats what I meant.

I just couldn't think of what I was trying to say sorry.
 
I got one of those wooden houses for my hamster, from amazon. The rabbit one would be suitable for a guinea pig.
 
At one point I had two carrot cottages (with all the good stuff eaten and just the shell remaining), one bendy log tunnel and one seagrass tunnel per boar lol. I'm iffy with plastic only because I had a boar eat a plastic bowl once, but he was that kind of pig. Cardboard, fleece, plastic, seagrass - all make good hideys.
 
Lorcan said:
At one point I had two carrot cottages (with all the good stuff eaten and just the shell remaining), one bendy log tunnel and one seagrass tunnel per boar lol. I'm iffy with plastic only because I had a boar eat a plastic bowl once, but he was that kind of pig. Cardboard, fleece, plastic, seagrass - all make good hideys.
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Plastic is very dangerous.
 
PERFECT G PIGS said:
Plastic is very dangerous.
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Only if they eat it. The other four never did, Jake was just...impossible to explain lol.

This is apparently the only photo I can find of the old cage setup, it's one half of the cage and of course it looks like they've had a rave and a riot in it, but you get the idea
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Plastic pigloos turn into ovens for piggies in the summer so not really recommended except for winter. Mine love fleecey tunnels and snuggle sacks which I turn inside out in the summer months so the cooler cotton is next to the piggies rather than the warm fleece. Mine also love Carrot Cottages and I have just had to chuck a couple out as what was left of them my piggies had decided to use as a toilet.
 
I'm not a fan of plastic pigloos, we always have a mixture of permanent wooden houses with 2 entrances, and fleecy tunnels and beds, in the cage. Then we mix it up a bit and add temporary chewable furniture- a haycube, a carrot cottage, a seagrass tunnel, a cardboard box...
 
If you want something comfy for them , i'd use a hammock , you can use any soft fabric to make a homemade one or buy one that you attach to the cage .
If you decide to buy a wooden one / one with a door then i'd make sure it has more than one entrance / exit

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