Gadzy
Junior Guinea Pig
Hello all,
I'm a very skeptical person anyway and with the whole Corvid-19 going on I'm sat thinking and worrying if my pigs like the way their cage is setup. Basically due to certain circumstances and not having a place big enough the current cage is about 4 and a half foot in length and whatever the average width is. I sadly just before Christmas had a couple of 6 year old sows or maybe slightly older pass away and they used the same cage I stated above for all that time and seemed OK. They grew VERY big and I might be able to show a couple of pictures of them. However, I have a feeling my new pigs won't grow as big. The current toys and hideys I have in their cage are as follows:
Two large wooden hideys filled with hay
A play ball with a bell which I hear going most the night!
A tube which they run through
A small bowl which I put their nuggets in and I just put their greens scattered around the cage.
However, as you can imagine it's not the biggest of cages and I would really like a bigger one trust me, but I think I'm scraping the requirements and their fine. I was wondering what the best setup for them is to get the most of their cage. I used to have the two hideys adjacent to each other one end with a tube and bell in the middle and their hay up one end etc.
I have just cleaned them out and organised the hideys and cage alot different, so they can go round the front and back of the hideys and also round the perimeter abit better than before because I noticed on floor time they were bolting around the edges etc but they do that whatever the setup as they find a way. I'm not sure if you recommend changing their arrangements around often or best to stick with one thing and let them get used to it all. Although they seem quite inquisitive with the new setup.
Any advice would be amazing and I hope everyone is well with their families
Thanks
I'm a very skeptical person anyway and with the whole Corvid-19 going on I'm sat thinking and worrying if my pigs like the way their cage is setup. Basically due to certain circumstances and not having a place big enough the current cage is about 4 and a half foot in length and whatever the average width is. I sadly just before Christmas had a couple of 6 year old sows or maybe slightly older pass away and they used the same cage I stated above for all that time and seemed OK. They grew VERY big and I might be able to show a couple of pictures of them. However, I have a feeling my new pigs won't grow as big. The current toys and hideys I have in their cage are as follows:
Two large wooden hideys filled with hay
A play ball with a bell which I hear going most the night!
A tube which they run through
A small bowl which I put their nuggets in and I just put their greens scattered around the cage.
However, as you can imagine it's not the biggest of cages and I would really like a bigger one trust me, but I think I'm scraping the requirements and their fine. I was wondering what the best setup for them is to get the most of their cage. I used to have the two hideys adjacent to each other one end with a tube and bell in the middle and their hay up one end etc.
I have just cleaned them out and organised the hideys and cage alot different, so they can go round the front and back of the hideys and also round the perimeter abit better than before because I noticed on floor time they were bolting around the edges etc but they do that whatever the setup as they find a way. I'm not sure if you recommend changing their arrangements around often or best to stick with one thing and let them get used to it all. Although they seem quite inquisitive with the new setup.
Any advice would be amazing and I hope everyone is well with their families
Thanks
