pictures of your shed housing pleeez

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i need ideas so if you ahve guinea pigs in sheds could you post picturs of their set up pleez?
 
Here is a pic of Scamper's and Pip's large hutch in the shed. It is three storey with the lowest level open to the floor (or grass if outdoors) but so far we have used just the top two levels because we want to protect the flooring. The lowest level has 'walls' that can be raised and clipped back over the middle level. We clip back the front over the middle level at night for extra insulation and cover the whole hutch with a thick blanket. They also have an animal hot water bottle. These days we use newspaper and hay as bedding. If the weather is suitable they go in an outdoor run - set up separately - and if it isn't they have a run around in the kitchen in a pen in the early evening.

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That looks really good. I'm in the middle of sorting our shed out at the moment to put the cages in. I'm going to line the floor with lino and put pigloos and hay down, so they can be let out of their hutches for a run about (they also have an outdoor run on the lawn). Its not a huge shed, but hopefully it will be ok, its really stressing me out at the moment trying to plan it :tickedoff: but it should be ok. I'm going to get a couple of bolts for the door tomorrow as well O0
 
Sounds great! We are planning on replacing our shed and installing power and light - will be useful in the Winter when it gets dark early. I had wondered about setting up part of the shed to be open to them from the bottom level although would need to protect them from cats/predators given we are needing to open window and door fully in warm weather. We are considering whether to move the hutch outdoors into a shady area for the Summer, given how warm the shed gets but have very little shade in the garden so i expect they will probably be in their run in shade during the day and in the hutch at night when it cools down. We're still learning and trying things out.
 
newpiggies said:
Sounds great! We are planning on replacing our shed and installing power and light - will be useful in the Winter when it gets dark early. I had wondered about setting up part of the shed to be open to them from the bottom level although would need to protect them from cats/predators given we are needing to open window and door fully in warm weather. We are considering whether to move the hutch outdoors into a shady area for the Summer, given how warm the shed gets but have very little shade in the garden so i expect they will probably be in their run in shade during the day and in the hutch at night when it cools down. We're still learning and trying things out.
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I would make a frame with welded mesh for the door then it could be left open when your in can be lockable too, it should open inward that way you can still use the shed door. For the windows nail welded mess to the insides and leave the windows open all summer. If you have power you could have a fan running. I always have ideas ;)
 
mine are like not in a cage..they are in the shed its blocked off so they have half the shed which they live in:

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This is my 'shed' built specially for the piggers with a 6x6 ft run attached.
 
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the furthest shed is for the boys the other for girls and the other is for hay etc

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inside the girls shed

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the boys runs the smallest one on shelf is now double sized
 
No offence but the boys cage in the corner looks abit small for three, is it?
 
Tom_cat said:
No offence but the boys cage in the corner looks abit small for three, is it?
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Looks perfect to me and if you read it properly its has been extended since the picture was taken.
 
id agree its too small for three, but lke it says it has been extended O0
 
the size of the boys runs are all completly different now and are all good sizes the small one on top is an emergency one was used for keeping an eye on a particular pig thats now gone the bottom one has indeed been extended Bertie only went in the run that day while i cleaned his one out which is why he was watching me, this was taken ages ago just after the sheds was built and I was still experimenting the one at the front of the pic has also gone to make way for the extention of the cage, what you cannot see are the 2 runs on top of a hugh wide shelf above these runs, so no need to worry all my boys get along prefectly well becasue of the room they have ,
 
crazy cavies- your website is really good! I LOVE your show pictures, me and the OH are hoping to get into showing one day ahahha we are going to our first show in may! :D

As for caging, i keep mine inside, i have a nero 4, a nero 3, and 2 nero 2s that my pregnant piggies live in! I am hoping my girls will all just live together in the biggest cage, our boar will be neutered and put with our bossy teddy sow, and our 2 teddy boars will live together.

We have a shed I'm thinking of converting but I like to have mine near me...if we keep getting more I will have to start something up in the shed though! ::)
 
This was a few months ago so it is slightly different now (different toys/houses etc) but you get the idea...

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spudnik said:
id agree its too small for three, but lke it says it has been extended O0
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The one ON the shelf has been extended, not the others.
 
Tom_cat said:
spudnik said:
id agree its too small for three, but lke it says it has been extended O0
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The one ON the shelf has been extended, not the others.
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as I have already said the whole shed has been redesigned and the smaller runs have been made larger these sheds were made spring of 05 so the first ones were more of a prototype and as already said again bertie was in it while I cleaned his run out, just so you can stop worrying none of the runs are small patch in the top small one was having treatment for an tooth abcess and was on medication and needed lots of attention the 2 bottom ones extended out of the picture to the ends of sheds , will try to get some updated ones for you,
 
She did say it had all been changed and extended! I have a smaller cage fr if i have to keep an eye on a specific piggy for whatever reason, it has saved my life on many occasions (not litereally ;D ) I would love to see some pigtures of your piggies michelle, do you have any in the gallery? :smitten:
 
Love Beaney's setup! What do you do about warmer weather and do you have any problem with mice - ours are in the shed and I am always checking on them and improving ventilation but had wondered what it will be like in the full heat of Summer. They also go in a run for part of the day but only when I'm around.
 
Don't know how to add photos yet :-\ Rodney is housed in a summerhouse. My dad has built 2 runs inside that are 8ft long by 2ft wide. It has 2 large doors on the front and windows at each side. Weather permitting he spends the day outside in a large run. Last year i bought some fly screen for the windows and doors to keep the insects out in the summer and a heater to keep him warm in the winter.
 
Wow Beks! great housing =D

On the second picture, the piggy on the top, looks just like my Peppa =] do you have a closeup? (sorry for pignapping the thread) :police: xx
 
PeppaPunk said:
Beaney, i LOVE your setup they must be so content =]
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Thank you - they do seem to be happy piggys!

newpiggies said:
Love Beaney's setup! What do you do about warmer weather and do you have any problem with mice - ours are in the shed and I am always checking on them and improving ventilation but had wondered what it will be like in the full heat of Summer. They also go in a run for part of the day but only when I'm around.
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Thank you! In the warmer weather I have mesh panels to go on instead of having the doors shut to increase the venitilation - here is a picture with one of the panels on. They also spend a lot of time out in the garden in runs and I am lucky as my shed is, apart from first thing in the morning when the sun is not that hot, always in shade.

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I have never had problem with mice (frantically touching wood everywhere).....
 
Beaney my shed doors have same type of mesh to keep the doors open safely in the summer in fact we have the same sheds but Mick made the double doors into stable type doors so the bottom can be closed while the two top two have the mesh to stay open,
smiler there are pics of my piggys on here somewhere but will take some fresh ones soon for you all to see what beautys my new babies have grown into, the pic in my avator is dobby he unfortunatly died recently and was a wondeful little boy, you can see his along with others pic on rainbow bridge and photo postings you might need to flip back a little ,
 
Wow beany! I love your setup :)
You inspired me to change mine around ;D lol
 
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