Hello all! I am considering adopting a guinea pig and was curious if you are able to let them free roam? It would only be in my bedroom, not the entire house. I have had a bunny in the past and she was able was free roam the whole downstairs as the whole level was bunny proofed. In my bedroom there are no cords which they could chew on and nowhere they could get stuck under. My bed is directly on the floor so them hiding under there would not be a concern! Would I be able to litter train him/her to do this? Also would they be able to be trained enough to know to go there to do their business with a large amount of space like this? Thanks so much!
Free roaming a guinea pig?
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First, you say ‘a guinea pig’. It is very important that you get a pair of guinea pigs - they must never be kept alone and must always have another guinea pig to live with.
Guinea pigs cannot be litter trained. They will sometimes choose a few places to urinate in, but they poop absolutely everywhere so permamently free roaming would be a bad idea for this alone! They are also very small and prey animals, so spook very easily. Having a good secure cage is essential but letting piggies out for some floor time in a safe environment or playpen is always a great thing to do and once they are comfortable in their environment (which can take months to achieve) then they really love having floor space to play in when supervised.
First, you say ‘a guinea pig’. It is very important that you get a pair of guinea pigs - they must never be kept alone and must always have another guinea pig to live with.
Guinea pigs cannot be litter trained. They will sometimes choose a few places to urinate in, but they poop absolutely everywhere so permamently free roaming would be a bad idea for this alone! They are also very small and prey animals, so spook very easily. Having a good secure cage is essential but letting piggies out for some floor time in a safe environment or playpen is always a great thing to do and once they are comfortable in their environment (which can take months to achieve) then they really love having floor space to play in when supervised.
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Welcome to the forum. I let my piggies free roam in the hallway and they don’t care where they wee and poo. Sadly it’s impossible to litter train a piggy
RoyalDuke
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I brought my oldest pig with me to university in january and while I was actually IN university he lived in a massive amazon box, but while I was in my room he free roamed. He mostly just sat under my bed, so i put a few towels down and he LOVED it. He was an old boy, mind, about 6, and he didn't move much, but he loved being able to walk around my room and poop under the drawers, and had loads of room to popcorn when he felt like it.
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That sounds great
anyar.dris
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My piggies are free roaming in our living room during the day. But during night time (from 10pm) or whenever we go out for a few hours, they are locked in in their cage (a 2-floor hutch with an attached 5x2 run). You can't litter train the piggies based on my experience. Although they would always try to go to somewhere they can hide. That's what happened with our centre table in the living room. They would try to stay under it then poo and pee there. So I always chase them away whenever they stay there long (a couple of minutes is long enough for me!). Also, most of the pee and poo of my piggies are in their hay area.