Piggy In Or Piggy Out

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Hi

Do people keep their piggies inside or outside? What are peoples thoughts on both? We have spent the past few days insulating a wooden childrens to make sure it keeps above freezing. Do you think this will this surfice?

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insulating a childrens what?

i personally keep mine indoors because i think its to cold for them outdoors at the minute and i havent got a good enough space outside for them, but outdoors in a warm enough envirnment should be ok.. but I'm sure someone with more experience will be able to help you out some more
 
Mine came inside during November as it was getting too cold outisde for them in my opinion..
 
3 of my guinea-pigs are in hutches in the shed, and I hope to move the others in soon, and 4 of my guinea-pigs are in hutches outside with covers. I'd love it if my guinea-pigs could live indoors but my parents don't want them to.
 
Years ago I had my piggies outside in a hutch (they weren't allowed indoors) which was moved to a shed for winter but for years now they have resided indoors as I love to watch them and interact a lot with them and it's warmer so I know they are nice and toasty.

I'm sure the childrens wendy house if it's insulated well would be fine you could always pop a thermometer in there when you have finished to check what temperature it gets down to before the piggies go in to make suer it stays a good temp.
 
My girls are indoors at the moment but will go back outdoors once the weather gets milder. We are having a patio laid and a new shed especially for them xx>>>

I would dearly love to keep them indoors permanently but we just don't have the space. Their current pen takes up at least a quarter of the living room (and living in a one bedroomed house means there's no where else either :( ) I will miss them terribly when they are outdoors, but they will still come in for a couple of hours each night.

We're hoping to move in the next couple of years and then they'll become indoor piggies for certain! :)
 
My whole tribe is indoors in the living room! They have a big two storey cage and access to the room when I'm working from home. I have special corners for the piggies, so accidents are pretty rare, but I need to hoover regularly. We do not have children or other pets, which is a major consideration!
 
Mine on in a c&c in the Dinning room, right here next to my computer so lot and lots of interaction. I would miss them terribly if they lived outside. In the spring/summer when temp are high enough they have a 7 foot run on the grass with hutch, but I still bring them in at night when it turns.

I have my rabbits in a insulated wooden playhouse but it is still as cold inside the house as it is outside. Apparentley unless there is some heat inside then it cant retain any heat. My brick garage is colder in than out at the moment too.
 
i rent a room and mine have a cage and a run set up in here :) they also use my bed as an adventure playground :P
 
My two are permanently indoors,in the living room,and i get lots of interaction that way.It has also given them the opportunity to get me properly trained to answer their every whim !
 
I would keep mine indoors in a heartbeat if it wasn't for my allergies and asthma. I used to have them indoors for 3 years before my allergies ended up just too terrible and I had to move them out into a shed. I miss them greatly even though I go out there several times a day, its not the same as inside. They are in a hutch and have a heat emitter with a thermostat so it stays between 15-20 degrees celcius. The shed has 2 windows and electricity to it and my rabbit lives free range inside as well, separate from the guinea pigs of course.

In the spring/summer they go out on the grass in an ark and then back in their cage at night. My rabbit has a large dogpen with cedar roof he stays in during that time as well and has a hutch inside that. I would love to have him inside too.

Lynn
 
I keep my two boys indoors in our living room. They have lots of attention and are able to see the day to day activity of the house.

I would never put them outside and they only go out in the summer months into their hutch for a few hours and then on the grass, but they do not spend the night out i always bring them inside. But that is my personal choice and I'm lucky that i have the room for them to be inside.

But everyone has different circumstances and at the end do whats best for you not everyone can have their pigs indoors/outdoors. :))
 
PingandChipy said:
I would keep mine indoors in a heartbeat if it wasn't for my allergies and asthma. I used to have them indoors for 3 years before my allergies ended up just too terrible and I had to move them out into a shed. I miss them greatly even though I go out there several times a day, its not the same as inside. They are in a hutch and have a heat emitter with a thermostat so it stays between 15-20 degrees celcius. The shed has 2 windows and electricity to it and my rabbit lives free range inside as well, separate from the guinea pigs of course.

In the spring/summer they go out on the grass in an ark and then back in their cage at night. My rabbit has a large dogpen with cedar roof he stays in during that time as well and has a hutch inside that. I would love to have him inside too.

Lynn
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Thanks,

We to have bunnies in a 3 store hutch 6 foot by 5 foot. We are just trying to get our heads round the piggies inside bit ! When we were children we both had piggies as pets which were kept outside all year. In the winter time we added hay and covered the hutches for protection and warmth. None of our piggies died early age, my parents tell me mine were 6 and 7.
 
Mine are outside in a hutch which is insulated with silver bubble-wrap and the hutch is in a shed. Their hutch door is left ajar so they have 24/7 access to the shed floor, which is covered with tarpaulin, lino, newspaper and hay.

I have found their drinking bottles frozen from time to time, but they're active, eating well and seem perfectly happy. The shed is well-built, so is free from draughts and damp.
 
Thank you furies, you have just give me another idea. Buy a smaller hutch for the winter that would fit in the Wooden Wendy House.
 
Before I joined this forum I had no idea guinea pigs could live outside, but all garden/shed piggies on here seem to be doing just fine. I think I would miss mine if I could not keep them inside as I wouldn't see or hear them as much, at least not in winter...

On the other hand, in summer, piggies with constant access to an outdoor run can eat as much grass as they like. Mine will have to wait for me coming home from work and drag them and their run down two flights of stairs...
 
Thank you, I'm feeling a tad more confident now :) We are desperate to do the right thing for our potential new friends x)
 
i keep mine inside and i love seeing them all the time I'm fascinated by the simplist thing they do.personally i think its too cold outside but saying that my bunnies live outside
 
I would like to add that I wouldn't keep a guinea-pig outside over Winter if s/he was on his/her own and couldn't cuddle-up to another guinea-pig to keep warm if necessary.

Before my boar was neutered (and so could go in with the girlies), we kept his hutch in the shed during Autumn and early Winter because I was concerned he'd be too cold at night.
 
It's personal choice really isnt it? As long as our animals are fit and healthy, well cared for and loved. We all must be doing something right mustn't we?
 
This Little Piggie said:
It's personal choice really isnt it? As long as our animals are fit and healthy, well cared for and loved. We all must be doing something right mustn't we?
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Of course. I think there are advantages and disadvantages to both and it's up to the individual to decide what works best for him/her. When our boar was neutered, we kept him inside for a week and it was lovely watching and listening to him. We just don't have the space to keep them indoors and I'm not sure it's something I'd want for them long-term anyway. As they're in the shed, so long as I wrap up warm, I can still watch them. I love watching them go about their business; they're just soooo funny.
 
My 10yr old daughter hates it when she can't interact with our Bunnies. Lately, she had taken to wrapping up warm and reading literacy homework book to them :)
 
Furries said:
I've just noticed that you live in Sweden. How cold do your Winters get, as I'm only going on UK Winter temperatures, which are probably much milder?
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Not this winter :) I've seen on TV you're all covered in snow!

But yes, generally Sweden is probably colder than the UK but that depends a whole lot on where in my long country you live. Right now we have snow and -10, but last winter it only fell below 0 a handful of times.
 
Um...It seems as if I have the opposite problem to you guys...you see, I live in Australia where in the summer it gets to 40 degrees plus (celsius). Do you think I should keep my piggies inside for the summer?
 
My piggies and bunnies live outside but in a shed with a heater and dehumidifier at night.

Would love them to live indoors but with numbers in the 40's the only way they could all move in is if me and the family move out rolleyes

Teresa x
 
Even more important than insulating the shed, is to supply enough hay that they can burrow into it.
 
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