Would This Be Good To Pick My Piggies Up

[MooMoo&Nibbles]

Would this be good to pick my piggies up
I'm going to the store to buy it today and wanted to know before I spend money.
It has three holes

 

[sport_billy]

Something with two holes would be better so you can safely cover them as you pick the up in it.

 

[MooMoo&Nibbles]

Something with two holes would be better so you can safely cover them as you pick the up in it.

I was wondering.

 

[MooMoo&Nibbles]

What size

 

[Deleted member 114675]

I was wondering.

Have they got stuffing in? I like the tubes - but not the stuffing

 

[MooMoo&Nibbles]

Stuffing comes with but it's opinional to use it or not

 

[MooMoo&Nibbles]

Do I need small medium or large size?
Large is 6inches width

 

[Deleted member 114675]

5 - 6 inch diameter is a good size for guinea pigs

 

[MooMoo&Nibbles]

OK it's 15usd. On ebay. I'll buy it.
I can't shop from amazon.

 

[Deleted member 114675]

15usd for a cardboard tube?

I think you should shop around a bit more. I think you are paying for stuffing you won't use.


We can buy cardboard tubes in the UK for £1 - £2:50 sterling

 

[MooMoo&Nibbles]

Not here. Market and money is bad.
15tril American in debt.
Money is bad

 

[MooMoo&Nibbles]

Hey so I got a little bit more money. And don't feel like paying 10usd. For cardbord. Cardbord tubes is cheap in the uk.
"I live in usa"
All the us websites want 10-30usd.
Is a little cozy house okay and scoop them up? I mean if it comes down to it I'll buy the 12dollar tube

 

[MooMoo&Nibbles]

Or I could not buy the tube and get a weigher. So I can weigh them

 

[Deleted member 114675]

Do you have some kitchen scale in your kitchen ? If so, you could use these to weigh your guinea pigs - as long as you clean them well after use .
cosies are OK to pick up guinea pigs - this is demonstrated in the 2nd part of this clip
https://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/threads/how-to-pick-up-your-guinea-pig.126359/

 

[artcasper]

Or I could not buy the tube and get a weigher. So I can weigh them

Can you not go to a carpet store and ask for any off cuts of the inside of the cardboard tubes the carpets come on ?

 

[MooMoo&Nibbles]

I've been trying to go to the pet shop for two days now. My daughter keeps us up we wake up at 10pm, and we sleep at 2am.
I do not own a kitchen scale I saw one on ebay for 8usd.
And I can't stay awake to to go check lol.

 

[JCLee]

Oatmeal. Large tubes of off brand oatmeal will be cheaper, easier to fit into weekly grocery store runs, and provide a cheap hide that you can use as is or cut the closed end off of. The cardboard is thinner than a guinea pig tube, so they'll chew through it faster if they're chewers, but you can eat the contents, so it's an economical, short term solution for a hide.

 

[MooMoo&Nibbles]

@JCLee
I have enough for one of these beds and a wweiger. Instead of a tube.
Will it work the same?
House 1

 

[MooMoo&Nibbles]

House 2

 

[MooMoo&Nibbles]

Weigher

 

[JCLee]

I think that those can be great, and that some members are suggesting housing with two exits so the boys can scoot away from each other when they get tense, as boys will do.

 

[JCLee]

Www.drsfostersmith.com will be cheaper than US pet stores.

I think piggys are less popular and less of a pet culture here than in the UK, so pricing is sometimes higher.

If money's been tight, prioritize food, then housing, and then worry about other accoutrements. You might even find a food scale at a thrift store. I've seen them at good will before.

 

[MooMoo&Nibbles]

I get paid tomorror. It was just money before then. I have 15usd. Now

 

[MooMoo&Nibbles]

Just browsing some guinea pig stuff and found this
Lol.
I'll just buy the 12 dollar Kaytee tube. Rolls here I found to be 5-30. And UK rolls are like 2Euro

 

[MooMoo&Nibbles]

When I cut the wood and hay house. Where should I cut another hole sides or back?
And I should sand the new hole down right?

 

[MooMoo&Nibbles]

Thinking should I get a hammer and try to knock a hole or saw

 

[MooMoo&Nibbles]

Some one just added the tube for cheap.
Jackpot!

 

[MooMoo&Nibbles]

It still think 7usd. IS lot for some cardboard but if it helps me pick them up that's good.
Tierd of there little toes cutting me.
Is it okay for them to be that sharp?

 

[MooMoo&Nibbles]

Thinking of cutting a hole behind the wooden hay house.
And the red paint on the purple one?
How big of a hole is needed?
@experts

also a sound that sounds like a cry.
What is that?
Just three of them normal/low voice.

 

[MooMoo&Nibbles]

I'm kind of worried/wondering
If I cut another hole in there house will that make them feel like it's still a house. Safe. And comfortable?