how many guinea pigs is this big enough for ?

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Its difficult to determine as I can't see the exact measurements of the cage but I would say around three adult pigs would be ok in there or four baby pigs as a guess but I'm not an expert =]
 
The actual hutch bit is what you have to go off, and this isn't even big enough for one, I'm afraid. The hutch part looks like it's 2ft by 2.5ft - nowhere near big enough for a single guinea pig.

These sorts of hutches really get on my nerves because they're marketed as a rabbit/guinea pig mansion when in fact that hutch would barely give a rabbit room to turn around, and guinea pigs about half the amount of space a pair actually needs.
 
I have to agree with ghostbusterbunny - the housed section is what you have to go on size wise as that is where they will spend the majority of their time. Looking at the dimensions the housed/hutch section, i would estimate that to be around 75cm x 53cm - the minimum size requirements for 1-2 pigs is 120 x 60cm - although it looks massive as a whole the reality is the living area is very very small.

If you housed 2 guinea pigs in that and both were trying to access the hutch section there would be very little space for them to actually move let alone them having things like hay/food bowls/beds etc in there - i would stay well clear of any hutch with a design like that as they are simply too small.....
 
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The actual hutch section of the cage is very small...personally I'd say one, some may say too, but as they will want to spend more time sheltering that running about in the open part I don't think having 2 in there would be ideal. Perhaps look for one of a similar size, but with half of it being a 2 tier hutch and half a run? Or something like that?
 
I have to agree with what has already been said about the size of the actual hutch.

You need to think that in bad weather, your piggies will want to shelter and not use the open run areas.
 
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