One fleece liner

[piggl]

Hi, I am making a temporary c&c cage in my room as a place for my pigs to stay when I take them inside. They currently live outside in a hutch and I struggle to find motivation to bring them inside and interact with them from personal issues. They have a run attached to their hutch outside and I go and see them multiple times a day it is just actually getting them inside where my mum is allergic to them is hard for me to find time/space to properly interact with them.

The cage I am planning on getting is a 2x4 cage for 2 boars.

I thought making a c&c cage (a place where they can go) when I take them inside and do health checks and so on would be the best thing for me and my family. My question is that would one fleece liner with pee pads in the concentrated areas be enough to sustain the cage as they wont be spending days at a time in it and I can wash every couple days to a week. I have done quite a lot of research and making a cage can be quite pricey especially for a temporary home and my budget.
I would like to make a space that is clean for them while not spending hundreds of pounds on it.

Any feedback/advice is welcome, thank you

 

[Piggies&buns]

An issue here is that piggies that live outside in winter should not really be brought inside as it exposes them to too much of a temperature change back and forth which can make them poorly. If you are going to need to do this, then you should make sure the room they are coming into is not significantly warmer than outside.

How long are you planning on them being inside for at each time?
In terms of your question, then you can lay newspaper or (washable) puppy pads and then just lay a fleece blanket on top - you don’t actually need proper fleece liners.
My boys live in my shed year round but when it is too hot or too cold outside and they have to move indoors/spend winter inside then that is what I do - puppy pads and a one layer fleece blanket laid on top.
I have a load of c&c grids cable tied together (except the ends). I bring the grids in, lay down an old oilcloth tablecloth on the floor, unfold the grids, pop connectors on the end two especially (the odd few throughout the cage for rigidity) and then I’ve got a cage which pops up in minutes!

 

[piggl]

An issue here is that piggies that live outside in winter should not really be brought inside as it exposes them to too much of a temperature change back and forth which can make them poorly. If you are going to need to do this, then you should make sure the room they are coming into is not significantly warmer than outside.

How long are you planning on them being inside for at each time?
In terms of your question, then you can lay newspaper or (washable) puppy pads and then just lay a fleece blanket on top - you don’t actually need proper fleece liners.
My boys live in my shed year round but when it is too hot or too cold outside and they have to move indoors/spend winter inside then that is what I do - puppy pads and a one layer fleece blanket laid on top.
I have a load of c&c grids cable tied together (except the ends). I bring the grids in, lay down an old oilcloth tablecloth on the floor, unfold the grids, pop connectors on the end two especially (the odd few throughout the cage for rigidity) and then I’ve got a cage which pops up in minutes!

Hi I have thought of the switching temperatures issue, the garage my pigs are in during winter is heated and insulated and the room the pigs would be going into is my room and I always have my windows open without heating (all year round) so it would not be like coming into a hot sauna or like getting into the bath after a walk in the cold (maybe a weird comparison but its all I could think of).
The chance of them coming in longer than a couple hours at the most is unlikely unless we have a really bad snow storm or one gets sick etc. I may have to think more about if maybe it wouldn't be the right choice for the pigs right now but it is something I am set on doing, I may just push it back until spring. Also if they were to come in and I realize it had became colder or my room was a bit warmer I would sit with them either outside or in my conservatory and slowly bring them back to the outside temperature.

I am sorry to ask this but is there any fleece blankets that you would recommend or something like that. I just don't have much knowledge with what's good and even though I have looked around I am fearful that I may buy a blanket that is not suitable to use with guinea pigs.

 

[Piggies&buns]

Hi I have thought of the switching temperatures issue, the garage my pigs are in during winter is heated and insulated and the room the pigs would be going into is my room and I always have my windows open without heating (all year round) so it would not be like coming into a hot sauna or like getting into the bath after a walk in the cold (maybe a weird comparison but its all I could think of).
The chance of them coming in longer than a couple hours at the most is unlikely unless we have a really bad snow storm or one gets sick etc. I may have to think more about if maybe it wouldn't be the right choice for the pigs right now but it is something I am set on doing, I may just push it back until spring. Also if they were to come in and I realize it had became colder or my room was a bit warmer I would sit with them either outside or in my conservatory and slowly bring them back to the outside temperature.

I am sorry to ask this but is there any fleece blankets that you would recommend or something like that. I just don't have much knowledge with what's good and even though I have looked around I am fearful that I may buy a blanket that is not suitable to use with guinea pigs.

As you said ‘outside’ in your original post I assumed you meant completely outside. If the a garage is heated then I assume there won’t be a huge change between the garage ans your room, so if maybe be less of an issue. If you have a thermometer in both rooms, then you will be able to monitor more easily.

You have to base each situation as it arises - ie if one was poorly and they had to come in the house for a longer period then, depending on the temperatures, it may not be possible for them to go back into the garage until spring time. Anyway hopefully that won’t happen and they will remain well!

I got my fleece blankets from Dunelm. You are looking for polar fleece.

 

[piggl]

As you said ‘outside’ in your original post I assumed you meant completely outside. If the a garage is heated then I assume there won’t be a huge change between the garage ans your room, so if maybe be less of an issue. If you have a thermometer in both rooms, then you will be able to monitor more easily.

You have to base each situation as it arises - ie if one was poorly and they had to come in the house for a longer period then, depending on the temperatures, it may not be possible for them to go back into the garage until spring time. Anyway hopefully that won’t happen and they will remain well!

I got my fleece blankets from Dunelm. You are looking for polar fleece.

Ah sorry I see how that could cause confusion, I will make sure to check temperatures and body heat when moving across cages.

I will have a look on Dunelm and see if I can find them, thank you for your help