Recommend Me Some Hideaways

[samcupcake]

Hello We had two lovely baby guinea pigs come live with us on the weekend and they're settling in well. I'm finding it extremely difficult to take them out of the cage though. They have a furplast cage, and run straight underneath the raised bit, and so you have to take the whole thing apart to get them out, which isn't very practical when I'm home alone with two little kids. So I was thinking it would be much more practical (not to mention gentler on pigs who obviously don't like getting chased about) to replace the raised bit and get them two separate hideaways instead, so that I am able to take them out and handle them more.

They do have a tunnel, but I'm going to replace it as it came from my sister in law with them, as it's half chewed away! I was thinking of getting some little plastic huts, but I read that it's best if they have hideaways that have two ways in so that one pig can't block in another. Where can I find some like that?

Thanks!

 

[Golf Mama]

The Savic Rody tunnel is a plastic hideaway with two exits; it stands up to chewing and is easy to clean. The GPs often have one in their playpen.


But in their cage they like a traditional plastic pigloo from PamPurred Pets and an oblong grass house from Pets at Home. They prefer to sleep separately, each in a small house stuffed with meadow hay.

Although the pigloo has only one official exit, they find it easy to flatten their noses and lift it at any point. And they can spin it round to face where they want, which gives them some control over their home. I wipe it down with cage disinfectant and replace when the chewed entrance starts snagging the cloth.
An oblong grass house is multi-purpose. They can go in it, on it, through it and chew it. The drawback is that it is not hygienic and gets wrecked. One lasts up to 8 weeks.



Enjoy your shopping!

 

[Hank288]

Cardboard boxes with holes in do offer a great temporary solution, though I have to say that mine do eat them so need to be replaced often.

 

[artcasper]

Snuggle sacks are good for getting them out the cage... i have a fleece house and mine jump in it.. makes getting them a little less stressful .... cardboard boxes are good for hideys and free in supermarkets x