Can I please remind our members to make sure that your guinea pigs have either good tree shade or otherwise have a good-sized area of double shade in their runs at all times to protect them against the heat. Please be aware that any plastic pigloo is bascially a heat trap in full sun and not enough protection; it needs to be kept out of the sun.
The same goes for any hutches - guinea pigs can die from heat stroke!
Please also consider giving your long-haired/thick coated guinea pigs are summer haircut now, so they do not have to walk around with the equivalent of wearing a ski suit on a tropical beach! If you do not want to give up the long-haired look (although that will have grown back by autumn time), then consider at least to cut the undercoat short to give your piggies relief. You will notice that they are suddenly a lot livelier and more active when wearing their "summer clothes"!
Lots more tips for lawn and hot weather/heat stroke care in these links here:
Hot Weather Management And Heat Strokes
Feeding Grass And Preparing Your Piggies For Lawn Time
The same goes for any hutches - guinea pigs can die from heat stroke!
Please also consider giving your long-haired/thick coated guinea pigs are summer haircut now, so they do not have to walk around with the equivalent of wearing a ski suit on a tropical beach! If you do not want to give up the long-haired look (although that will have grown back by autumn time), then consider at least to cut the undercoat short to give your piggies relief. You will notice that they are suddenly a lot livelier and more active when wearing their "summer clothes"!
Lots more tips for lawn and hot weather/heat stroke care in these links here:
Hot Weather Management And Heat Strokes
Feeding Grass And Preparing Your Piggies For Lawn Time