Toys, Chew toys, Enrichment, Ideas?

[Nandu]

Hey!
I have 2 guinea pigs, Pat and Dumbly. Pat is 6 months old and Dumbly is around 5 1/2 (we don't know exactly)

Recently, we got them a wooden tunnel which they can chew. Dumbly is a BIG chewer. They seem to be loving running through it and Dumbly likes chewing it. We also have a tiny red ball. But I want to get them even more. Obviously, amazon and other platforms have a lot of toys. But I want to try something myself. I love crafting and have quite a lot of materials.
Any DIY ideas?
Waiting to hear!

~Nandu

 

[My Piggies]

Hi! Mine love a toilet roll stuffed with hay
There are lots of good ideas in this thread: Enrichment Ideas for Guinea Pigs

 

[Piggies&buns]

Toys are usually ignored by most piggies and some are considered unsafe so do check our guide
Potentially Dangerous Cage Accessories And Toys

My boys love cardboard boxes and tunnels and big piles of hay with forage mixed in

 

[weepweeps]

Tunnels and cardboard boxes are loved by Percy and Pepper.

 

[LollyJJ]

Basil and Pedro like to go a foraging, especially in a big paper bag stuffed with hay, lots of cardboard boxes for hides, fleece forest to walk/zoom through, cardboard tunnels. Carrot cottages and haycubes are popular too- don't know if you can get those where you are.
They are also fans of the hay stuffed tube- and just piles of hay.

Right now as the night time temperature is starting to drop in the UK I clip some fleece blankets to my c&c cage so they are cosy tunnels to sleep and hide in - you can of course buy ready made fleece hammocks and tunnels too

 

[bellaandclover]

Hi! Mine love a toilet roll stuffed with hay
There are lots of good ideas in this thread: Enrichment Ideas for Guinea Pigs

do they eat the toilet roll? otherwise i will defo try this

 

[My Piggies]

do they eat the toilet roll? otherwise i will defo try this

As long as the cardboard toilet roll (the toilet paper should be completely gone) doesn't have any dyes or scents, it is perfectly safe for them to chew

 

[Engel]

Tubes/boxes/paper bags stuffed with hay always go down well with my lot, especially with forage mixed in. Hay piles, tunnels and fleece forests are fun too. The only 'toy' I buy is these balls made with grass buy only Po and Jupi like them the others just ignore it.

https://www.petsathome.com/shop/en/pets/woodlands-large-bull-rush-ball

 

[bellaandclover]

As long as the cardboard toilet roll (the toilet paper should be completely gone) doesn't have any dyes or scents, it is perfectly safe for them to chew

thank you