Rebecca01
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi all
My piggies live indoors in our living room but the flat does get very cold- the heating doesn’t work well anyway and I have a bit of PTSD from the neighbours heater blowing up and starting a fire a couple years back so we tend to just wrap ourselves up.
We have dehumidifiers stocked up ready for when the windows get extremely bad condensation and damp, and I am going to put one at each window in the front room to hopefully reduce this issue for the pigs.
With regards to the cold, my outdoor piggies growing up we’re always ok over the winter even outside BuT I am paranoid about my babies now I’m older! They are on shavings and hay, so I am trying to top up hay every night and when I get their new hide house will do the same with this one. I am looking for other ways to keep them warm
Are the heat pads at pets at home sell any good? Thinking of using these in the cage, as well as getting a couple of snuggle sacks. I’m happy to Chuck a couple of blankets in there too for them to burrow, but they do tend to chew (especially labels!) and the shavings do awfully stick.
Is it worth covering the cage with a furry blanket on cold nights as an extra layer of insulation?
My feet are just starting to get cold of a night so I want to order everything asap. Soon, I will have a 6x2 for the 4 sows so I want to make sure I have enough to keep them all warm too.
My piggies live indoors in our living room but the flat does get very cold- the heating doesn’t work well anyway and I have a bit of PTSD from the neighbours heater blowing up and starting a fire a couple years back so we tend to just wrap ourselves up.
We have dehumidifiers stocked up ready for when the windows get extremely bad condensation and damp, and I am going to put one at each window in the front room to hopefully reduce this issue for the pigs.
With regards to the cold, my outdoor piggies growing up we’re always ok over the winter even outside BuT I am paranoid about my babies now I’m older! They are on shavings and hay, so I am trying to top up hay every night and when I get their new hide house will do the same with this one. I am looking for other ways to keep them warm
Are the heat pads at pets at home sell any good? Thinking of using these in the cage, as well as getting a couple of snuggle sacks. I’m happy to Chuck a couple of blankets in there too for them to burrow, but they do tend to chew (especially labels!) and the shavings do awfully stick.
Is it worth covering the cage with a furry blanket on cold nights as an extra layer of insulation?
My feet are just starting to get cold of a night so I want to order everything asap. Soon, I will have a 6x2 for the 4 sows so I want to make sure I have enough to keep them all warm too.