anyone else's guinea pig live outside.

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Mine live outside in a summerhouse in run type cages, which is heated in the winter :)
I have bought hutches this year but the weather hasn't been that great so they haven't been out much.
 
Mine were outside but are now in and that is where they will stay .
They go out each day into a run whilst the weather is nice .
All the family prefer them in as they are so interesting to watch and can have cuddles anytime.
They live in our family room so are always being spoken to!
 
SunshineAndTwinkle said:
Niki has an amazing set up. There is enough room in her shed to live there hereself! :(|)
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LOL Thanks Louise. The top 2 hutches you saw have now gone & have been replaced with some super-dooper 5ft x 2ft ones with single big doors (much more Niki friendly :(|) ) & are now inhabited by Magoo & Murray & Haggis & Tait :)
 
My gang have their own bedroom. They have central heating, an air cooler, and air purifier and a radio. They live in the lap of luxury .
 
3 of my guinea-pigs live in a hutch, and 4 live outside with hutch covers, lots of hay and pigloos.
 
mine lived outside til oct then bought them in living room seeing got no space any where esle . but will be gonig out again when warms up . well they might hee hee but i have only 2
 
In keep my three sows in a rabbit eglu and run. We put a big thick cover so it keeps them warm and they can run around in bad weather.
 
My cavies all live in the garage all year round.Its light and airy and they go on the lawn daily in the summer.The garage is mine now my husband has lost it ..lol
I have 5ft cages with toys and fluffy beds.
Its very useful being inside we have dry access over winter months.
Helen xx>>>
 
all of mine are outside,heated shed (7x5) and heated run (7x6),plastic screen dropped for the winter to keep the cold out.

allan
rspca west suffolk branch
 
My guinea Indy lives outside all the time even through winter. only because we dont have any room for him because he has a rather large cage. what me and my dad did was get a couple of big tubes to use as a tunnel from his bed to his open bit (where the sawdust goes) then filled it completely with hay it keeps him very warm :) we also got a cage cover free with his cage (thankyou Jollies!) it means the frost doesnt get in the cage .his water bottle freezes every now and then so we replace it (we have 2)
your not the only one who has there guinea outside so dont worry :]
ellie x
 
kidsgrovecaviemad said:
My cavies all live in the garage all year round.Its light and airy and they go on the lawn daily in the summer.The garage is mine now my husband has lost it ..lol
I have 5ft cages with toys and fluffy beds.
Its very useful being inside we have dry access over winter months.
Helen xx>>>
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Thanks for replying, yeah we were gonna try that but we thought we'd do it differently, still good idea!
 
indianajonesyx:) said:
My guinea Indy lives outside all the time even through winter. only because we dont have any room for him because he has a rather large cage. what me and my dad did was get a couple of big tubes to use as a tunnel from his bed to his open bit (where the sawdust goes) then filled it completely with hay it keeps him very warm :) we also got a cage cover free with his cage (thankyou Jollies!) it means the frost doesnt get in the cage .his water bottle freezes every now and then so we replace it (we have 2)
your not the only one who has there guinea outside so dont worry :]
ellie x
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I wasn't going to, still i don't like the morning guinea pig run! I'm lazy up until about 10:00 O'CLOCK!
 
Mine are outside in a shed; their hutch is covered with silver bubble-wrap, but their hutch door is open so they can come and go as they wish onto the floor of the shed which is covered in a tarpaulin, lino, newspaper and hay. They are very active and when I go in to the shed, some are on the shed floor, some are in the hutch. They seem perfectly happy. Although the shed is possibly warmer than outside, I did find their water bottles frozen on several occasions last week and had to change them twice a day.

When I was a child, my guinea-pigs lived outside in just their hutch with plastic bags to cover the front. I used to pile loads of hay to keep them warm. There were always at least two in the hutch, so they kept each other warm. I never once had a guinea-pig die from exposure as a child. I think one Winter when it was really bad (snow all of the time), I was allowed to put them in the conservatory.
 
I have thirty pigs living outside; many of them are in an adapted shed but I still have a few outside. Their hutches are in a protected area though. I don't think pigs have a problem with cold really, more dampness. I leave the shed door open during the day even when it's icy, but shut it up at night because I worry about foxes etc. Only Gucci and Flora live inside, because Gucci is hairless she would never survive outside.
 
Tracyxx said:
I have thirty pigs living outside; many of them are in an adapted shed but I still have a few outside. Their hutches are in a protected area though. I don't think pigs have a problem with cold really, more dampness. I leave the shed door open during the day even when it's icy, but shut it up at night because I worry about foxes etc. Only Gucci and Flora live inside, because Gucci is hairless she would never survive outside.
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Thats's what i think!
 
my guinea pigs and buns live outside but i have lots of different things to keep them from getting cold !eg: fluffy beds lots of hay and straw and some times a hot water bottle (etc)(not one that is really hot though)!:) but if it gets really cold in they come! :))


hope this helped,xx
ellie :(|)
 
I have 11 guinea pigs altogether, eight live in large hutches in a big shed and 3 live inside. I pile their bedding part of the hutch high with hay and put a snugglesafe in each hutch when it gets very cold, still worry about them though.:( The 3 inside piggies live in two cages (1 male in a Nero 3 and 2 females in a Nero 4 cage on stands and I cover their cages with a thick fleece to keep draughts out and make them feel not as exposed as the top of the cage is wire.
 
I have 3 girls and a boy who have free range in the shed approx 6ft x 4 ft area, they are bedded on fleece which I change every 3 days, have lots of snuggle places to keep warm and I put a large quilt over the top of the free range area when it gets really cold to help keep some warmth in!

Ive had guineas outside in the shed for about 6 years and had no issues, as long as they have nice warm places to snuggle in!

sarah
 
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