Hi just signed up ,as i have had a couple of guinea pigs for about 20 months now and want some advice on there housing .
i will post some pics when i have them
For the first six months they live in the basement in a modified ferplast 100 . Didnt rekon much to this though as they wernt getting much light fresh air and they cage wasnt that big anyway
So in june 2011 i purchased one of these
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-TIER-RA...ll_Animals&hash=item35b30ed576#ht_4295wt_1398
so i could get them outside under a rainproof veranda .I immediately
set about modifying it .Firstly the ramp was a bit steep so i modified that, then the top door mesh ,i took it to bits and replaced the mesh with a clear piece of polycarbonate. I then used draught excluder on all the gaps round the roof and upper doors .Apart from draughts comeing up through the trap door from the lower section the top is 100% draught free now and has Vetbed on the floor as well as some extra shelves i put in
As far as lower section goes i just glazed the left/right mesh sections about a third way up to stop the saw dust coming out . I did notice though that when it rained hard the right mesh 2/3rd section was letting in a bit of water ,so i glazed it up all together
Anyway been reading up about keeping them outside ,and as its got colder in the last week at nights i have now glazed the lower door with clear polycarbonate{can easily revert back to mesh come summer }.I am now thinking of glazeing the rest of the left lower side ,but worried about fresh air getting in
Do you think a cage which is all glazed with no open mesh sections is a bit of an overkill?
Thanks in advance for any replys
i will post some pics when i have them
For the first six months they live in the basement in a modified ferplast 100 . Didnt rekon much to this though as they wernt getting much light fresh air and they cage wasnt that big anyway
So in june 2011 i purchased one of these
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-TIER-RA...ll_Animals&hash=item35b30ed576#ht_4295wt_1398
so i could get them outside under a rainproof veranda .I immediately
set about modifying it .Firstly the ramp was a bit steep so i modified that, then the top door mesh ,i took it to bits and replaced the mesh with a clear piece of polycarbonate. I then used draught excluder on all the gaps round the roof and upper doors .Apart from draughts comeing up through the trap door from the lower section the top is 100% draught free now and has Vetbed on the floor as well as some extra shelves i put in
As far as lower section goes i just glazed the left/right mesh sections about a third way up to stop the saw dust coming out . I did notice though that when it rained hard the right mesh 2/3rd section was letting in a bit of water ,so i glazed it up all together
Anyway been reading up about keeping them outside ,and as its got colder in the last week at nights i have now glazed the lower door with clear polycarbonate{can easily revert back to mesh come summer }.I am now thinking of glazeing the rest of the left lower side ,but worried about fresh air getting in
Do you think a cage which is all glazed with no open mesh sections is a bit of an overkill?
Thanks in advance for any replys
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