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I have two new guinea pigs arriving next Saturday (first ones too!) and i have got them a chicken coop and it has a felted ramp coming out of it, i have no idea how long/wide the ramp is as it hasn't arrived yet but i imagine around 20-30cm.
Anyway i know i need to put up rails or some kind and i was going to put bits of wood along the side, how high would you suggest the walls will need to be to stop piggies from hurting themselves and would you think it would be ok to leave an open inch every foot or so, so they can see out the side?
Thank you! :)
 
I made my ramp walls out of wood 6 inches high. Mine are solid but I don't see any harm in leaving the spaces you suggest. However, I don't think the spaces are necessary as I doubt the piggies will stop on the ramp to look out. So, you should build your wall whichever is easiest for you. Although mine looks solid it is in two sectionss side by side as the ramp is hard to access under the hutch so it was easier to attach the wall in two pieces.
 
Thanks, the gaps will help us see a little better too. Should be easy to do so i'm probably going to end up in A&E knowing me
 
At school we have a chicken coop hutch thing outside, and the ramp is surprisingly big so you may find it doesn't need any sides ! It's about as wide as a chicken which is plenty big for a piggy to get up safely !
 
twiams said:
At school we have a chicken coop hutch thing outside, and the ramp is surprisingly big so you may find it doesn't need any sides ! It's about as wide as a chicken which is plenty big for a piggy to get up safely !
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The ramps are wide enough in all these coops/hutches, but some piggies like my Peanut Butter run up and down them at breakneck speed. I just feel walls are safer as it has been reported some piggies have fallen off these ramps and broken their legs.

And then you have the scared piggy who won't attempt ramps but might with sides becasue it is more tunnel like for them.
 
Lilly said:
The ramps are wide enough in all these coops/hutches, but some piggies like my Peanut Butter run up and down them at breakneck speed. I just feel walls are safer as it has been reported some piggies have fallen off these ramps and broken their legs.

And then you have the scared piggy who won't attempt ramps but might with sides becasue it is more tunnel like for them.
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Aww i know what you mean, my Bentley think's he's a plane and runs then leaps half way down his ramp, sometimes i just have to close my eyes at the stunts he pulls on his ramp !
 
twiams said:
Aww i know what you mean, my Bentley think's he's a plane and runs then leaps half way down his ramp, sometimes i just have to close my eyes at the stunts he pulls on his ramp !
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Yes, that is the sort of thing that scared me too! But on the other hand my other boy Hazelnut would not go on the ramp unless you put him on it and then he would walk at a snail's pace. Unfortunately for him, the ramp walls did not increase his bravery.

In the end I ended up getting a ramp tunnel and now both are zooming uo and down. Unfortuantely I can't see them in the tunnel and as it is fleece I can't hear them either. But it is funny to see a piggy bottom at one end and seconds later a piggy head at the other.
 
I looked in the outhouse earlier and we have some wood I can cut down as they boars are only 4 weeks so they're going to have zoomie moments.
I was looking at the tunnels which clip on put its a felt ramp so has no wooden bits sticking out. I'll get a piccie when it arrives :)
 
Yes would love to see a photo of what you did in the end with the ramp wall. We will also want piggy photos!
 
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