All snuggled up inside ready for Fireworks Night! (This is their temporary cage for occasions like this, they have a massive hutch outside). Bringing them in each night for the weekend, away from the loud fireworks!
Ready for Fireworks Night!
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Best thing to do! I’ve brought my boys in for the weekend - they’ll be going back out on Tuesday morning.
Do watch out for temperature swings if you are only bringing them in at night ie warm house and then back out into cooler air outside
Do watch out for temperature swings if you are only bringing them in at night ie warm house and then back out into cooler air outside
Oh really? Don't know much about that, can you tell me more?
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Guinea pigs don’t do well with temperature changes so you are best to just leave them inside in a coolish room and then put them back out after the fireworks are over rather than bringing them in and then out.
Don’t bring them in to a warm house for cuddle / run time during the colder months as putting them back out in to a cooler hutch can make them very poorly
Don’t bring them in to a warm house for cuddle / run time during the colder months as putting them back out in to a cooler hutch can make them very poorly
They need to be kept in temperatures between 15 degrees and 25 degrees, but within that, they can’t be exposed to sudden changes so as Claire w says - don’t bring them in and put them back out if the indoor and outdoor temperatures are wildly different. A couple of degrees is fine but anymore than that can make the ill.
I am keeping mine in until Tuesday mid morning ish because in my area the temperatures (day and night) are going to be about the same as my utility room temperatures (where they are currently camping!) but if the night time outside temperature was going to be lower, then I’d have to keep them until it roughly matched (which could mean if there was to be a sudden drop then they would have to be in until next April much to my hubby’s dismay!)
I am keeping mine in until Tuesday mid morning ish because in my area the temperatures (day and night) are going to be about the same as my utility room temperatures (where they are currently camping!) but if the night time outside temperature was going to be lower, then I’d have to keep them until it roughly matched (which could mean if there was to be a sudden drop then they would have to be in until next April much to my hubby’s dismay!)
So in the winter, I can't bring them in to cuddle or for lap time? And how quickly would it take them to become ill? Because I've brought them inside a couple times at the moment, and it can be sometimes in the minuses at the moment in the night but I bring them in in the evening to snuggle and it's warmer then.
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Ideally you shouldn’t bring them in to a warm house from it being cold outside as the sudden change in temperature can make them poorly.
My piggies are indoors but when I had outdoor piggies, I used to cuddle and let them have a run around in the kitchen and leave the window wide open so it was cool in there so that the temperature change wasn’t so great. I only did this in the winter though
Well thanks for the advice, atm our heating is broken anyway so the temperature difference shouldn't be too much, especially because the hutch outside has a thermal cover, loads of hay, blankets on top of the caves and a bedroom that Sherlock sleeps in with a cave full of hay. Nice and warm
Well thanks for the advice, atm our heating is broken anyway so the temperature difference shouldn't be too much, especially because the hutch outside has a thermal cover, loads of hay, blankets on top of the caves and a bedroom that Sherlock sleeps in with a cave full of hay. Nice and warm
I’d recommend you Invest in some snugglesafes given your piggies are outside. You heat them up in the microwave and they stay warm for 10 hours. They keep the chill off and provide somewhere warm for them to sit. Unfortunately Guinea pigs are not hardy and temperatures below 15 degrees are not good for them. Hutch covers and hay aren’t enough to keep them warm. Mine live in my shed and I have four snugglesafes between my two piggies. Blankets over their beds are a good idea (I do that myself, and put the snugglesafes inside the beds as it traps the heat generated in) but you need to watch if you are outside (ie not in a shed) because blankets can wick moisture from the air.
Yea we have ordered some of them already. However, they've been delayed, should be coming soon.