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This Little Piggie said:
And heres ours :)

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Can you make me a hutch? :P haha
 


This is one of my hutches. It is a pets at home dandelion den with a new roof on it, the roof that comes with the hutch is ok but after 3 years it was leaking and for ease I just got a 18mm marine ply board (parents had it going spare) cut a 5x2 peice and screwed that over the current roof then felted over the new board and entire roof, hence it looks like a very thick roof compared to the original! As a side effect of the new roof the hutch is now heavy and strong enough to have 4 planters on top so ill be growing Kale, lettuce, carrots and beets up there :D I paid £30 for the hutch sencond hand plus 1/3 of a roll of felt and some adhesive so it was cheap for a 5x2 hutch! I would recommend this hutch as whilst its light its pretty sturdy too! The photo was taken just after finishing it off my newest adoptees are in it.
 
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Here is my other hutch its a Chartwell 5ft double converted into 2 separate hutches. I got the hutch for free and the roof was totally rotten so it has a new roof on it that I made myself. Other than that the hutch is pretty good and they're cheap too.
 
MY NEW HUTCH: Bluebell hideaway from Pets At Home, cost 99.00.
Only had a few days but so far so good, my boys previously had a chicken coop, but i feel this will keep them warmer in the winter months.
This houses 2 boars comfortably with plenty of room for them to move about. I feel it would be big enough to house 3 sows.
The ramp is a bit steep but my boys are fearless and go up and down it with no bother may need some adjustments for more timid piggies.


 
Well as I've had extremely good weather today, I've managed to give my shed a good two coats of stain to prepare for winter, and I've fixed my cat flap so the moggie can sleep on top of the hutch when its cold at night.

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This is my newest hutch. Purchased from Purrfect Pets situated at Blooms garden centre in Cardiff, S Wales. It is a very good quality hutch. It was £149. I have 5 guinea pigs in here, it would fit more but I think 5 is plenty. They have free access to the big run below. Easy enough to clean. The open area has a tray underneath that slides out, the other side you just lift the roof up. The only thing I would say is they die kick a lot of sawdust out of the bars at the back of the open section so we attached a board on hinges to the back, problem sorted :-) great hutch though and they love it!
 
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Cage Type- C&C (Cubes and Coroplast).
Where it was purchased or how it was made?: All materials purchased at a local DIY hardware shop.
What size it is?: 15 square feet or 76cmx193cm. (Not including bunk bed).
How many piggies are kept in it?: Three sows.
How easy it is to keep clean/if you'd recommend it?: Very simple to clean, extremely cheap to make and easily customized. Highly recommend it to all cavy owners.
(Cage has been decorated for Christmas :)).
 
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My partner and I are in the process of building a new area for the piggies/bunnies. Previously I have had separate cages for each of them (as below) - sorry only have pictures of the rabbits. (and no they don't all 3 live in the same house together, it was only when they were babies).... but we have 4 cages at the moment with 4 rabbits and 5 guinea pigs and its a lot of work to clean them (especially with rabbits because they make a lot more mess then guinea pigs)!

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So we are in the process of building this big run so it is 4 metres long, it is divided into different pens and there will be 2 main houses attached one at each end. It will also be on concrete so that its easier to clean! Rabbits will be in one and pigs in the other - they will also have a lot more room then they do now. I live in a fairly warm climate so they are all outdoors. Except when it gets too hot sometimes we have a few crates which we have to put them in so they can have aircon.

This should be finished by the end of the week so Ill post some pics once finished :D

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and at the moment this is inside their current pen but its more just like an exercise pen they go in daily for playtime. Layla-pig is very small in comparison to bunny rabbit Oscar.

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On an overally hot day we have them in crates like this so they can enjoy the air con - this was taken on a day that was 42degrees.
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And then on a very hot day sometimes they don't mind having a little swim in the pool I got for them :) Its not very deep, but just the cold water sometimes helps to cool them down even with air con on its hot enough for me, so sometimes getting cold will mean you can be comfortable until you warm up again! Mindy doesn't mind water, but I wouldn't make them swim if they were trying to jump out , as a couple of my piggies hate baths so I wouldn't put them in here, just damp them with a wet cloth.

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Piggles13 said:
My partner and I are in the process of building a new area for the piggies/bunnies. Previously I have had separate cages for each of them (as below) - sorry only have pictures of the rabbits. (and no they don't all 3 live in the same house together, it was only when they were babies).... but we have 4 cages at the moment with 4 rabbits and 5 guinea pigs and its a lot of work to clean them (especially with rabbits because they make a lot more mess then guinea pigs)!

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So we are in the process of building this big run so it is 4 metres long, it is divided into different pens and there will be 2 main houses attached one at each end. It will also be on concrete so that its easier to clean! Rabbits will be in one and pigs in the other - they will also have a lot more room then they do now. I live in a fairly warm climate so they are all outdoors. Except when it gets too hot sometimes we have a few crates which we have to put them in so they can have aircon.

This should be finished by the end of the week so Ill post some pics once finished :D

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and at the moment this is inside their current pen but its more just like an exercise pen they go in daily for playtime. Layla-pig is very small in comparison to bunny rabbit Oscar.

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On an overally hot day we have them in crates like this so they can enjoy the air con - this was taken on a day that was 42degrees.
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And then on a very hot day sometimes they don't mind having a little swim in the pool I got for them :) Its not very deep, but just the cold water sometimes helps to cool them down even with air con on its hot enough for me, so sometimes getting cold will mean you can be comfortable until you warm up again! Mindy doesn't mind water, but I wouldn't make them swim if they were trying to jump out , as a couple of my piggies hate baths so I wouldn't put them in here, just damp them with a wet cloth.

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Lovely hutch and very pretty rabbits and piggies. :)
One little thing I think I should mention...in a couple of your pics your rabbits and piggies are together. It's not a good idea to keep them together as rabbits can cause serious, and even fatal injuries to piggies. Please keep them separate :)
 
Thanks. I am well aware that rabbits can cause injury to guinea pigs and also have different dietary needs. My bunnies live completely seperate from the piggies but initially when I first got them I wasn't aware that it was dangerous to keep them together as in the pet store I bought them from Layla and bunny Oscar were together. Oscar (aswell as my other rabbits) love the pigs and when they are running free they will run up to the guinea pigs cages to say hello. My bunnies are very tame and very friendly, sometimes I leave them outside to play and burn off some energy, they will follow me around the yard and also get on well with my dogs!
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Piggles13 said:
Thanks. I am well aware that rabbits can cause injury to guinea pigs and also have different dietary needs. My bunnies live completely seperate from the piggies but initially when I first got them I wasn't aware that it was dangerous to keep them together as in the pet store I bought them from Layla and bunny Oscar were together. Oscar (aswell as my other rabbits) love the pigs and when they are running free they will run up to the guinea pigs cages to say hello. My bunnies are very tame and very friendly, sometimes I leave them outside to play and burn off some energy, they will follow me around the yard and also get on well with my dogs!
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Ah ok. Sorry I didn't realise they were kept separate :)
Beautiful bunnies and dogs! :love::drool:
 
Thanks ok :) And thankyou I love all my animals :) Dogs+bunnies and of course my darling piggies :D

No problem bubble&squeak! Like I said when I first got them I didn't know any different because I always have seen pictures of guineapigs and rabbits together and also in pet stores they do and I asked when buying them if it was ok and they said yes. It wasn't until my vet actually told me not to keep them together and I also saw some information on it on google when researching about them!
 
Thanks Boreen :)

I bought a kit set thing on ebay its actually a chicken coop but I wanted room so they could run around. We were going to build it but it worked out cheaper to buy it and its probably better then what we could have built. I put the 2 story hutch inside so they have an area to sleep but the big run they can play all day without me having to worry about them getting themselves into mischief :) They are so happy, they haven't stopped squeaking since I put them in there :D !
 
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My latest hutch, its a 4x2ft made by a local joiner I got it for nothing and did it up, its rock solid vs the dandelion den it replaces granted its smaller but its got to be warmer and will last an age even the roof and floor are real wood. I remeshed it and painted it yesterday and here it is in my yard. Had to downsize to a 4ft from the 5ft to be able to fit the rabbit run and hay bale box anyway so this is perfect.
 
My boys have recently had an upgrade to a chicken coop style hutch. They get locked in the bed area at night (plenty of ventilation, a water bottle and pellets in there) and in the day they have the run of the cage. They love having all the extra room. In summer I might let them stay in the whole cage overnight but think it might be a little chilly at the moment until they get used to it. They love running up and down the ramp. It has a clear shower curtain on the sides to stop any wind blowing in but where it is in the garden is sheltered.

 
Hi, this is the hutch I bought from a country wide store, I think it's 6x2 ft, it was £159 reduced from £199 :yahoo: it's really good quality but as it's a rabbit hutch I've had to make a few changes, the bottom tier had quite a wide chicken mesh so I've put a smaller squared wire behind, also there were a few bits of wire that were sticking out in places so I spent hours lying inside the hutch painstakingly cutting it back and stapling the bits down, if only the piggies knew! Also, the ramp was a bit steep and had quite a big gap at the top, didn't want the piggies falling 2ft mid popcorn so i added some more wood and a ramp so it's totally enclosed at the top. I'm also planning on putting them outside (if I can stand them not being in the house) when the weather gets warmer so will need to buy some proper bolts for the doors to replace the little latches. It houses my 2 neutered boars, I think Fidget really appreciates the extra space as Floyd can get a bit needy! I have them both on fleece which I am amazed with, it's so easy! No shavings in the house! image.webp
 
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Hi, this is the hutch I bought from a country wide store, I think it's 6x2 ft, it was £159 reduced from £199 :yahoo: it's really good quality but as it's a rabbit hutch I've had to make a few changes, the bottom tier had quite a wide chicken mesh so I've put a smaller squared wire behind, also there were a few bits of wire that were sticking out in places so I spent hours lying inside the hutch painstakingly cutting it back and stapling the bits down, if only the piggies knew! Also, the ramp was a bit steep and had quite a big gap at the top, didn't want the piggies falling 2ft mid popcorn so i added some more wood and a ramp so it's totally enclosed at the top. I'm also planning on putting them outside (if I can stand them not being in the house) when the weather gets warmer so will need to buy some proper bolts for the doors to replace the little latches. It houses my 2 neutered boars, I think Fidget really appreciates the extra space as Floyd can get a bit needy! I have them both on fleece which I am amazed with, it's so easy! No shavings in the house! View attachment 8452
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Woah I really like that!
 
image.webp Hi, this is my piggies set up at the moment x overall it's 20ft. It houses 2 boars. I bought both hutches online but can't really remember where. Both easy to clean as the have plastic trays that slide out. I would recommend these hutches ( soz I can't remember where they are from it's my bad brains fault haha :yahoo:)
 
Btw the hutch on the right is 4ft by 2 ft double storey and the other has a 5 ft by 2 ft upper level with a 4ft by 4 ft run x
 
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