Tewdric
Teenage Guinea Pig
Before I get started on this thread please be assured that I dearly love my monsters and they are properly and thoroughly loved and cared for. This post is partly soul searching partly hard headed £ wise for the future.
I mean, who couldn’t love this baggage!?
Long ramble coming up!
My two girls will be 6 at the end of August.
Deep cleaning + pressure washing their double deck 6ft hutch yesterday I found the floor in their upper decks is beginning to split. Indeed there is a small hole in the night side. I’ve covered the upper layer in some old Lino so they’re safe for now. But that is obviously not a long term solution and I need a new hutch.
The issue: do I go for another double deck, or do I get a single layer? Whichever I get will be a 6ft by 2ft. I also need to replace all hutch protectors as they’re also on their last legs after multiple years of use. TBH I wasn’t sure the girls would make the spring at one point in March. Thankfully they have.
My girls are OAPs now, (6 in August) I’m not 100% sure if I’ll replace them when the time comes….. The weather extremes of the last few years have been hard to deal with and due to my husband’s health the pigs have to live outside in their aviary in the summer and their shed overwinter. I’m wondering if it’d be nice to have a break from the responsibilities of pets for a while?
On the other hand we both love the pigs. I’ve had something to look after since I was 7 (thirty something odd years ago) and I miss the caring routine when they’re at their holiday boarding around our travels.
My girls like going ‘upstairs’ to bed each night. They tuck themselves up, it’s not something I’ve ever imposed on them. They also enjoy sunbathing on the top deck of the hutch in the winter when they’re in the shed. Would they adapt to a single level?
On the other hand, if I don’t start the next generation of rescues is it worth investing in a double deck hutch?
Will the inevitable happen and whilst I think we’ll have a break my OH will turn up one day with the next gang and that needed a new home after a sad tale from a work colleague?
Help!
What do I do?
Double or single decker?
I mean, who couldn’t love this baggage!?
Long ramble coming up!
My two girls will be 6 at the end of August.
Deep cleaning + pressure washing their double deck 6ft hutch yesterday I found the floor in their upper decks is beginning to split. Indeed there is a small hole in the night side. I’ve covered the upper layer in some old Lino so they’re safe for now. But that is obviously not a long term solution and I need a new hutch.
The issue: do I go for another double deck, or do I get a single layer? Whichever I get will be a 6ft by 2ft. I also need to replace all hutch protectors as they’re also on their last legs after multiple years of use. TBH I wasn’t sure the girls would make the spring at one point in March. Thankfully they have.
My girls are OAPs now, (6 in August) I’m not 100% sure if I’ll replace them when the time comes….. The weather extremes of the last few years have been hard to deal with and due to my husband’s health the pigs have to live outside in their aviary in the summer and their shed overwinter. I’m wondering if it’d be nice to have a break from the responsibilities of pets for a while?
On the other hand we both love the pigs. I’ve had something to look after since I was 7 (thirty something odd years ago) and I miss the caring routine when they’re at their holiday boarding around our travels.
My girls like going ‘upstairs’ to bed each night. They tuck themselves up, it’s not something I’ve ever imposed on them. They also enjoy sunbathing on the top deck of the hutch in the winter when they’re in the shed. Would they adapt to a single level?
On the other hand, if I don’t start the next generation of rescues is it worth investing in a double deck hutch?
Will the inevitable happen and whilst I think we’ll have a break my OH will turn up one day with the next gang and that needed a new home after a sad tale from a work colleague?
Help!
What do I do?
Double or single decker?