Guineapigfeet
Adult Guinea Pig
When I got my three girls the intention was always to keep them outside in a pig shed, which I had had made specially, partly due to my OH's hay fever. We realised in the summer that the position of the shed meant it was going to get far too hot and I scrambled for a c&c as a summer house. So they came inside for the summer (OH, being a gardener, is on antihistamines all summer anyway) they went back out later in the year only to come back in again when I felt it was too cold ( I got soft - I got them in the previous January and they were fine in the shed!)
I arranged for electric to be put into the shed and a little heater. But it still wasn't holding heat and a total revamp of the insulation was needed. We decided to do this in the spring when we had more time/light in the evenings. So they stayed inside and I grew very keen on them staying inside, but it wasn't really fair on the OH who would need to take antihistamines all year round or be very itchy.
Over the winter OH developed a love of woodwork and has been filling up the garage with tools and work benches and fancy timber and asked if he could put the lawn mower/ pressure washer etc in the shed . . . for now, to make some space for a new saw. I, knowing that he'd not want to put them back in his 'work shop' when the time came, said 'yes, of course' !
This weekend, he said that I would need to make a decision about if we try to get the shed heat-tight, or if I wanted them to stay inside but he wasn't really looking forward to moving all the stuff from the shed back to the garage. I was still worried about his hay fever as I don't want him to suffer but he said he could cope, as long as the door to the spare room is always shut when I'm handling the hay and bedding and it gets aired regularly.
So they are staying inside! I shall be be extending their cage from a straight 2x5 to an L shaped 2x7 andgetting some cheep ikea tables too put them up on so I can store all their junk, I mean very important equipment and food, underneith instead of all over the room!
Now all I need is for the lawn to grow and it'll be perfect!
I arranged for electric to be put into the shed and a little heater. But it still wasn't holding heat and a total revamp of the insulation was needed. We decided to do this in the spring when we had more time/light in the evenings. So they stayed inside and I grew very keen on them staying inside, but it wasn't really fair on the OH who would need to take antihistamines all year round or be very itchy.
Over the winter OH developed a love of woodwork and has been filling up the garage with tools and work benches and fancy timber and asked if he could put the lawn mower/ pressure washer etc in the shed . . . for now, to make some space for a new saw. I, knowing that he'd not want to put them back in his 'work shop' when the time came, said 'yes, of course' !
This weekend, he said that I would need to make a decision about if we try to get the shed heat-tight, or if I wanted them to stay inside but he wasn't really looking forward to moving all the stuff from the shed back to the garage. I was still worried about his hay fever as I don't want him to suffer but he said he could cope, as long as the door to the spare room is always shut when I'm handling the hay and bedding and it gets aired regularly.
So they are staying inside! I shall be be extending their cage from a straight 2x5 to an L shaped 2x7 andgetting some cheep ikea tables too put them up on so I can store all their junk, I mean very important equipment and food, underneith instead of all over the room!
Now all I need is for the lawn to grow and it'll be perfect!