Carrot Cottage Demolition Thread

Yes I got mine from wilko ... £6 the bigger one is £8 but I would think the medium best unless you have quite a few going at it... mine has finally died a death... they love it when I put it on the grass too... looks like it's a trip to wilko. .. but yes my first one nearly had flossy jumping on top and over the partition to get away from my hand . . Not knowing that she wouldn't have liked the drop on the other side... or the tiny slit she would have had to squeeze through to get over! Lesson learned doesn't go near anything the can climb up and off
 
It is with great sadness that I have to inform you all of the sad news that Mollie and Mabel's carrot cottage is no more. :(
Overnight Mollie had continue to destroy the foundations so that when I left for work the structure was perilously close to unstable. This instability meant that when Mabel continued her roof ripping activity with gusto the poor house could no longer sustain her weight and buckled. By the time I arrived home the crumpled remains had been dragged into their favourite toilet corner and had been liberally doused in wee. In fact it was the smell of wet cardboard that I noticed first. That, and the sheepish looks on the girls' faces.
The carrot cottage has been a great source of entertainment to the gruesome twosome. It will be sadly missed by both girls.
 
Feeling a bit mean but I don't let mine have it every day..... Kind of use it once a week as a treat and something different... Gladys jumped on top of it the other day... Pippin couldn't quite get her big bum up there I have a video but I forgot to turn my iPad off so you can hear Big Brother...
 
On the back of this I decided to treat the gruesome twosome to a new one today. They attacked it with gusto before I had even put it down. Then have ignored it the rest of the day! Pigs. Gah.
 
Day 6 and the house is listing due to a very large doorway and the addition of the GPF recommended 2nd exit at the rear. They've still not discovered the carrot roof!
I went to my local Wilco today, they won't stock the carrot houses as they don't have shelf space but they will order them in for me when I want them. I'm happy with that as these are going to be a treat when they can't go outside to play, a sometimes change from a box or bag filled with hay.
 
VickiA said:
It is with great sadness that I have to inform you all of the sad news that Mollie and Mabel's carrot cottage is no more. :(
Overnight Mollie had continue to destroy the foundations so that when I left for work the structure was perilously close to unstable. This instability meant that when Mabel continued her roof ripping activity with gusto the poor house could no longer sustain her weight and buckled. By the time I arrived home the crumpled remains had been dragged into their favourite toilet corner and had been liberally doused in wee. In fact it was the smell of wet cardboard that I noticed first. That, and the sheepish looks on the girls' faces.
The carrot cottage has been a great source of entertainment to the gruesome twosome. It will be sadly missed by both girls.
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I bet Molly & Mabel are truly sorry about the carrot house & if they are very good for the next hour, can they pleaseeee have another one.:lol!:
 
Mine arrived today! The boys only got to play with it today as we're going away and I don't wanna miss them destroying it! They didn't really go for it yet... Percy had a chew at the inside of the door... Other than that they've just been arguing over who gets to sit in it!
 
@Tiamolly123 The gruesome twosome have looked a bit glum especially since the rain means they haven't been out much. So I've made a trip to Wilkos and after cage clean out later I am going to give M&M a new-build cottage. Let's see what damage they can inflict on this one!
 
VickiA said:
It is with great sadness that I have to inform you all of the sad news that Mollie and Mabel's carrot cottage is no more. :(
The carrot cottage has been a great source of entertainment to the gruesome twosome. It will be sadly missed by both girls.
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I am so sorry for the loss of your beloved carrot cottage - hugs.
But I am pleased you were able to put the needs of your bereaved guinea pigs first, and adopt another cottage so soon after your devastating loss.
I take it you did adopt this new cottage from a reputable source?
I have heard terrible things about mass produced carrot cottages from unscrupulous breeders.
 
Swissgreys said:
I am so sorry for the loss of your beloved carrot cottage - hugs.
But I am pleased you were able to put the needs of your bereaved guinea pigs first, and adopt another cottage so soon after your devastating loss.
I take it you did adopt this new cottage from a reputable source?
I have heard terrible things about mass produced carrot cottages from unscrupulous breeders.
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@Swissgreys I did try to source a carrot cottage from the local carrot cottage rescue but they hadn't had any surrendered in salvageable condition. I also tried my local branch of the Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Carrot Cottages (RSPCCC). Unfortunately they had a long waiting list and we didn't meet their re-homing criteria (as we'd killed the last one) So as our need was desperate I did have to resort to a chain store cottage. I did give it a health check, quarantined it for a safe period of time and introduced it on neutral territory. So far so good :lol!: :lol!:
 
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Tigermoth said:
I'm worried you will come down in the morning to lots of tiny bungalows... Are you sure they have been kept apart from the hideys?

Ours has a little door remodelling, very restrained so far.
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Tiny bungalows :lol!::lol!::lol!::lol!: - would they be chantenay cottages?

Violet and Poppy have done some serious door remodelling - looks like a tribute to Mickey Mouse ?
 
Tigermoth said:
I'm worried you will come down in the morning to lots of tiny bungalows... Are you sure they have been kept apart from the hideys?
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@Tigermoth makes a good point.
Are you able to deal with lots of tiny carrot cottages at some point in the future?
If not, please feel free to send some to us.
We can offer a good home, lots of space, and the loving attention of 'Eddi the destroyer'.
I promise to send photo updates.
 
This thread has inspired me to get one of these. Our piggies usually enjoy a good Amazon home but they are never very stable in the first place because I take every last scrap of the packing tape off before I give it to them as I'm paranoid they might choke on the "threads" in the tape Amazon use.

On the noise front our pair of piggies, Biscuit and Crumble, have a wooden corner house (has a flat blue roof came from zoo plus I think - I can recommend it) and they have been enjoying a spot of door remodelling of that for the past 6 months. It's soooo noisy when they do that we can hear it wherever we are in the house.
 
Here's the door remodelling Biscuit and Crumble have been busy doing that I've mentioned above.

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Wonder how much longer I can leave this hidey before I start to worry about splinters?
 
Haha, loving this thread. Been giggling at the cottage rehoming comments.
Mine are still chewing away on their first cottage. They only have a nibble now and again. Thinking of just getting the small one next time so they can easily reach the top and using it as a hay holder.
 
Ahhh I bought two of these carrot houses for Milan and Effie as a welcome home present for little Effie when we adopted her. Unfortunately, the carrot houses were only in the cage for 2 days before we realised that we had Effie had brought along some unwanted visitors (hay lice) so we had to bin them. I will be getting them another one soon though. They always stood up against it to get the carrot roof off and have never jumped on top of the house haha
 
Day 10 and my boys have undermined their foundations, the cottage now lies on its side but they still haven't discovered what's on the roof!
 
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