Need Help With A Hutch.

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I am going to transfer my guineas into a hutch when i sort out the spare room, i want to add a run for them to go in and out as they please but the hutch has legs has anyone have any ideas on what i can do so they can come in and out as they please, thank you
 
Do you need the legs? If inside may be you could chop them off or make them shorter :)
Also don't forget the fab tip of lining the whole floor of the hitch with stick on Lino tiles it makes cleaning a breeze and it also means you don't have urine soaked wood which can get very smelly
 
My hutch has legs a few inches off the ground, I have a brick infront of each door to help the piggies but to be honest they just dive in and out without a problem so it depends on how high up. A ramp would be a good idea. I also agree with what Kell @My3cuteBoys said, definitely line it with lino, makes cleaning so much easier and preserves the life of the wood :)
 
This is the hutch as you can see its quite high up, i think i will get my hubby to take the legs off and i didn't think of putting lino in it, they used to live in it until i got an indoor cage but i'm rehoming another rabbit so want the indoor one for the rabbits as its a double and then the hutch for the guineas, that way i can make two runs for both cages x
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Maybe shorten the legs a bit then box off the area under the hutch adding a few steps (different size bricks are great but may not look good in the house) off cuts of blocks of untreated wood are great may be you could ask at your local timer yard if they have a few scrapes of wood you could have I'm doing this for my boys when I get chance. The ramp is a good idea depending on how high you leave the legs because they could jump out of the gap next to the ramp :( or you could make a ramp the size of the full doorway.
Hope that is of some help.

Or instead of boxing in the area under the hutch just block off the back and two sides so they have use of under the hutch too.
 
I would cut the legs of but leave the height of 1 brick. Then fix a plank of wood were the legs of the hutch are so the guinea pigs don't escape when in run. Then buy a run from argos or pets @ home and fix it to the cage leaving a panel so you can still open doors of the hutch. Buy some woodlands fiddlesticks to use as a ramp or buy a ramp from c and c guinea pigs cages and attach a ramp tunnel onto it, or leave it with nothing. There your hutch and run combo is finished.
 
I have a removable ramp on my hutch, I connect it to the side of the hutch so Lola can get out, and when she's safely in the hutch, I can disconnect it and put it away. ;)

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If you use stick on lino tiles you can take it up the sides as well
 
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