Guinea pig toys

S

sherlock

New Born Pup
Joined
Nov 27, 2024
Messages
48
Reaction score
14
Points
60
Location
Sunderland
I am new to having piggies and were wondering what was the best to have in cage to stop boredom as one of my piggies is always looking for something to do and the other not so much and gets bothered by him ha
 
Welcome to the forum

Commercially toys are generally ignored, but a carrot cottage, hay cube or willow balls are amongst the ones my piggies like best

The best enrichment is Large piles of loose hay on the cage floor, cardboard boxes with holes cut in and hides stuffed with hay
 
I've linked some threads below you may find useful. Welcome to the forum.

Wiebke

Thread 'Enrichment Ideas for Guinea Pigs'

1 Company and interaction
- Company of their own kind is the best enrichment
- Human interaction
2 Excercise
- Daily run time and exercise
- Race and obstacle courses
- Outdoors time and how to bring it indoors
3 Sensory enrichment
- Things for the nose and the palate
- Working to get their daily food
- Romping and burrowing in soft...
  • Like
  • Love

V

Thread 'Potentially Dangerous Cage Accessories And Toys'

Dangerous Toys and Accessories

A photo is being shared on FB of a guinea pig with it's head stuck in a veggie ball

FB_IMG_1452328168517.webp

I would like to remind people of 2 old threads too

Hay/veggie Balls - Warning.

Hay Rack Warning



We have also had reported incidents of guinea pigs getting their heads stuck in Guinea Pig Toys such as loofah rings and toilet roll tubes. . This is easily solved by splitting the ring before using.
  • Like
 
I would also recommend a carrot cottage (most guinea pigs love them and ours will get another as a christmas present). They can hide inside and also eat the cardboard but the carrot topping is always the first to disappear. Eventually it makes a good boat as well.

We bought toys for ours at first but they weren't interested at all.

We'd love to see pigtures of your piggies too!
 
Another vote for a carrot cottage here.
Mine love it and take it around the cage with them.
Last seen on its side.
A paper bag stuffed with hay is another favourite.
I have to go to Hotel Chocolat so mine can have a paper bag.
Great fun to fill with wee and poop and remodel.
A huge pile of hay is a joy to play in as well as eat.
My Moses loves hiding under the hay and moving it around with himself.
 
Mine love carrot cottages too. And I adapt them for boars by cutting another door opposite the original one. (So Nobody gets trapped). They also seem to like those cardboard tubes in the picture. Bumble is a strange Piggie and enjoys licking them 🤷🏻‍♀️🙈, my husband thinks he's trying to soften the paper covering them. (He's a funny piggie)Screenshot_20241118-174037.webp
 
If you go to a local carpet shop and ask if they have any spare cardboard tubes they will often give you a massive one for free that you can cut down into different lengths rather than spending £2 for 10cm of tubing at a pet shop. Piggies really do love this sort of cardboard tubing and you can stuff it full of hay and forrage for extra enrichment.
 
Sweet Potato said:
If you go to a local carpet shop and ask if they have any spare cardboard tubes they will often give you a massive one for free that you can cut down into different lengths rather than spending £2 for 10cm of tubing at a pet shop. Piggies really do love this sort of cardboard tubing and you can stuff it full of hay and forrage for extra enrichment.
Click to expand...
I'd be scared my fatsos got stuck in those tubes. So I'd advise just to be aware of the sizes of the tubes from carpet shops as I think they can vary.
 
Carrot cottages and Hay Cubes don't go down well with my current gang, the 2 oldies prefer cardboard boxes stuffed with hay. The others like them for a few hours then go off them. Fizz jumped on top of a hay cube and tipped it over sending him flying so that was the end of that!
I recently bought a couple of the Hay Pigs Balls to put their pellets in. I tried them out on all the boys, only Freddie got it, Timmy now copies him and they love them. When F&F joined us I got a Trixie one to try (cheaper), it's not so good with only 0ne slot but they do share it well and wait their turn. One rolls it along and the other pounces on the pellet.
 
piggieminder said:
Carrot cottages and Hay Cubes don't go down well with my current gang, the 2 oldies prefer cardboard boxes stuffed with hay. The others like them for a few hours then go off them. Fizz jumped on top of a hay cube and tipped it over sending him flying so that was the end of that!
I recently bought a couple of the Hay Pigs Balls to put their pellets in. I tried them out on all the boys, only Freddie got it, Timmy now copies him and they love them. When F&F joined us I got a Trixie one to try (cheaper), it's not so good with only 0ne slot but they do share it well and wait their turn. One rolls it along and the other pounces on the pellet.
Click to expand...
Wow. I've never met a piggie yet that doesn't love a carrot cottage. Mine are too lazy to work out the haypigs ball. 🤣🙈
 
It's strange, the newer boys don't like fleece beds either. I've got all sorts of beds having had piggies for a long time. I leave a bed in the cage for 2 or 3 weeks so they get used to it but they don't go in them. I've got one rescue who was 4 when he came here, for 2 weeks he used an open fleece bed and then stopped, he stopped using a cardboard box stuffed with hay. He prefers a step stool to go under or sleeps in the open. I even bought a plastic pigloo in case that's what he's used to but nope! Bertie is the only one who like a hammock and he loves it. These boys have me wrapped round their little toes.
Some of my bigger cages have hideys and beds in them not getting used but it saves finding cupboard space. :))
 
PiggyintheMiddle said:
I would also recommend a carrot cottage (most guinea pigs love them and ours will get another as a christmas present). They can hide inside and also eat the cardboard but the carrot topping is always the first to disappear. Eventually it makes a good boat as well.

We bought toys for ours at first but they weren't interested at all.

We'd love to see pigtures of your piggies too!
Click to expand...
 

Attachments

  • 20241125_183152.webp
    20241125_183152.webp
    95 KB · Views: 1
Julie M said:
I'd be scared my fatsos got stuck in those tubes. So I'd advise just to be aware of the sizes of the tubes from carpet shops as I think they can vary.
Click to expand...
Good point all the tubes I've had would be plenty big enough for any piggie but I have seen smaller ones about
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top