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What is everyones favourite bedding or housing for the lovely piggies? And do you put hay inside?
i have just ordered him an igloo house to put in the cage.

I have only just got my lil fella and need ideas of what will be best for him. xx
 
Is Reggie indoors? Mine are on fleece indoors. With megazorb (a type of horse bedding which is really absorbant) in their litter trays and a hay loft. I try and change it up a bit every week when they get a full clean out. Igloo houses are good. Cardboard boxes are a cheap, easy way of entertaining piggies too, just cut holes in for access.

Guineas need a constant supply of clean hay to graze on, they never stop eating :))
 
Rachel WD said:
Is Reggie indoors? Mine are on fleece indoors. With megazorb (a type of horse bedding which is really absorbant) in their litter trays and a hay loft. I try and change it up a bit every week when they get a full clean out. Igloo houses are good. Cardboard boxes are a cheap, easy way of entertaining piggies too, just cut holes in for access.

Guineas need a constant supply of clean hay to graze on, they never stop eating :))
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Reggie is currently indoors, I have got him two cages you see, I have this indoor one and also a lovely outdoor one for when the weather picks up come Spring/Summer time.
At the moment I have a cardboard box in his cage with a hole cut out, he seems to like it and he also has plenty of hay too.
x
 
Many of us now use fleece with an underlay of newpaper/towels or incontinence pads for indoors cages. Fleece is cheap and widely available in supermarkets and shops like primark (polyester bed spreads, baby blankets).

We have hay lofts or hay/toilet corners with newspaper, megazorb/carefresh/wood shavings and hay on a rack over it. Ideally, you want the tray to have an edge of at least 4in, so you do not get the whole mess all over the place all the time - although a happy, popcorning piggy can't help it....

Have a look at our cage gallery for inspiration. Cardboard houses are perfectly fine and much beloved.
 
I have ordered this for Reggie, I hope it will make an ideal hiding den for him aswell as somewhere to possibly sleep.
Would you suggest I put hay inside it too?

http://www.petsathome.com/shop/igloo-home-by-savic-15868

Also this is abit of a random question but what is everyones layout of their guinea pig cages?
I'm a little concerned I have things in the wrong position of the cage as he seems to poo in certain areas of the cage and I had to move his food lol. Any photos would be great to give me an idea of a good layout.

Stacey x
 
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MrsWilsoncroft said:
Also this is abit of a random question but what is everyones layout of their guinea pig cages?
Any photos would be great to give me an idea of a good layout.
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As you're looking at the cage from the top (yeah, I'm a bit bored) the two circles are their bowls

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MrsWilsoncroft said:
I'm a little concerned I have things in the wrong position of the cage as he seems to poo in certain areas of the cage and I had to move his food lol.
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This is why I have the hay rack above the litter tray lol
 
The tunnels move around (either by me or the boys). Under the hay loft is another litter tray and a couple of snuggle sacks which they sleep on top of instead of getting inside them.

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Damn the photos are not showing up for me, probably they are blocked as I am on works computer. I will have to check them out when I get home.
Thanks guys for sharing x
 
Bailey said:
I've tried attaching it to the post instead, hopefully it will work... I've never done it before :p
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Thanks Bailey thats fab, It is pretty much how I have it now then, I dont have a litter tray though but I am going to buy one now.
Any recommendations? Also where do you get the hay racks from?
Cheers x
 
MrsWilsoncroft said:
Thanks Bailey thats fab, It is pretty much how I have it now then, I dont have a litter tray though but I am going to buy one now.
Any recommendations? Also where do you get the hay racks from?
Cheers x
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My hay rack came with the cage, but you can get them from most pet shops. Be careful to avoid ones like this http://www.bunnybasics.net/images/supreme-hay-rack2.jpg it has a sticky out bit for attaching mineral wheels on to which they don't need, and they can poke their eyes on them.

Mine is one of these http://www.bunnybasics.net/small-animal-feeder-p-1392.html and attachs to the outside so it doesn't take room in the cage.

I've got a corner litter tray which was from P@H cost about £6 though. I should've just got a small cat one from Poundstretcher thinking about it :))
 
Bailey said:
As you're looking at the cage from the top (yeah, I'm a bit bored) the two circles are their bowls

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This is why I have the hay rack above the litter tray lol
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Hello Bailey, do they use the litter tray? My boys do try to keep it tidy and I was wondering if it was worth investing in one?

Cheers Paula x
 
guineaboys said:
Hello Bailey, do they use the litter tray? My boys do try to keep it tidy and I was wondering if it was worth investing in one?

Cheers Paula x
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They do most of them time, they're not litter trained by any means but most poops do end up in the tray.

I moved the hay rack recently to another part of the cage and did notice less poops being done in the litter tray. So I've moved it back to by the litter tray and it's improved again. I think they like to eat and poop at the same time rolleyes
 
sandra turpin said:
Here a some pics of my layout. It's a new cage which is bigger than my previous cage and I'm still trying to get used to it.

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Wow your cage is fab :)
How many piggies do you keep in the cage?
I love the little step and hiding area. My cage was given to me by the rescue place but didnt have anything like that in it.
I was hoping I could maybe order something like that off the internet, do you think this is possible?
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Hiya - I'm so glad to hear you are looking into buying lots of lovely things for Reggie, it really is exciting. What sort of cage are you looking for?

Sandra - your cage looks fab, what kind of size is it and where did you get it from? I'm looking into getting a new cage as I'd like to keep my two inside now. They've only been outside during the day in the recent summer that we've had, then I always bring them in in the night.
 
Monkeynutz said:
Hiya - I'm so glad to hear you are looking into buying lots of lovely things for Reggie, it really is exciting. What sort of cage are you looking for?

Sandra - your cage looks fab, what kind of size is it and where did you get it from? I'm looking into getting a new cage as I'd like to keep my two inside now. They've only been outside during the day in the recent summer that we've had, then I always bring them in in the night.
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At the moment I have got him an indoor cage as I have got him in the dining room now the weather is dropping abit cold.
my Auntie however has got a lovely cage she is going to give me, it is an outdoor cage and much better. x
 
i had one of those, you will find his belly is wet if he's in it for long periods, not sure really what you can do. i gave up when my 2 both tried to sit in it and bought the other one without a bottom, now they have cardboard boxes and wooden sticks to hide under.
 
MrsWilsoncroft said:
Wow your cage is fab :)
How many piggies do you keep in the cage?
I love the little step and hiding area. My cage was given to me by the rescue place but didnt have anything like that in it.
I was hoping I could maybe order something like that off the internet, do you think this is possible?
x
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I have two boars between 5 and 6 months. I'm not sure about whether you can order ramps or not. It's a really good cage but not the easiest to get into for cleaning.
 
Monkeynutz said:
Hiya - I'm so glad to hear you are looking into buying lots of lovely things for Reggie, it really is exciting. What sort of cage are you looking for?

Sandra - your cage looks fab, what kind of size is it and where did you get it from? I'm looking into getting a new cage as I'd like to keep my two inside now. They've only been outside during the day in the recent summer that we've had, then I always bring them in in the night.
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I got the cage from zooplus. It's 4ft by 2ft and has two ledges with ramps. Tried to get the link for you but they don't seem to have it anymore :(
 
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Hi. I'm constantly changing/adding things to my piggy cage and play area.

In their cage iv got vetbed down for them, then 3 houses (1's a cardboard house) with fleece blankets under them, one i made a small pillow like bed. i also made a cosy pouch (look at pic on the side) definitely recommend you making one or ill be happy to make one for you if you like because they love it drool. then their cage opens out to the play area where Ive bought couple metres of pvc tablecloth to put on the floor. which is so easy to clean good job really as i have 3 very messy boys who like to do their business where ever they please haha rolleyes
their food is in the play area. Ive bought them tunnel sticks, a hay tunnel, willow ball (which they seem to have eaten half of it, so now i hide food in there as extra treat. then over the other side i got 2 big cardboard boxes and put a fleece blanket down inside them so its a nice cosy dark place for them. I dont ever lock the boys in their cage they are free to run around whenever they please.
 
bedding and litter trays

Hi,

I'm pretty new to guinea pigs and this forum. I have just ordered a Fernplast 140 with the intention of getting 2 piggies for my daughter after Christmas. I am just wondering about the litter trays mentioned. Didn't think piggies were toilet trainable and were likely to poop and pee whereever and whenever. Am I wrong? If so, what is the best way to decide where to put the litter tray and what should it have in it?

Also, with the Fernplast 140 I probably need an inside run, any ideas greatly appreciated.

Many thanks
 
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