Should I line new hutch floors with lino or tiles?

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New hutch is now built. It's a two storey chartwell with mdf or ply floors. Guineapigs arrive at weekend so I have two days to add finishing touches... Should I protect the floors? Thank you :)
 
ive the same hutches!i would line it with lino.if urine seeps into the wood,it makes the hutch rot much quicker.
 
Thank you. I've built the hutch by myself but scared of lino :)). Should probably think about this b4 hutch was built.
 
Lino is easy to wipe down and will protect the wood for longer x looking forward to seeing your new piggies soon, photos pleeeaae ....
 
I used lino ‘wood’ planks, they were cheaper than the tile effect ones, I also used them to line the lower walls to reduce pee, chewing etc.

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If you look on the left you can see the lino planks on the walls. You can also see it on the walls of the upstairs bedroom.

Don’t panic, this was a nice photo of a clean hutch, hay was hastily added up and downstairs.
 
Well zillions of hours later and with the "help" of my asperger's son i've learnt that tiling is not a strong point.

My husband, who had steadfastly refused to have guineapigs inside, has bought an indoor cage so the pigs are not exposed to sealent smells. Hmmmm.🤣
 

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That’s a lovely hutch, I’m sure they will be very happy in there x
 
rosielx1975 said:
Well zillions of hours later and with the "help" of my asperger's son i've learnt that tiling is not a strong point.

My husband, who had steadfastly refused to have guineapigs inside, has bought an indoor cage so the pigs are not exposed to sealent smells. Hmmmm.🤣
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That’s great that you have sealed it as the pee won’t get under the Lino and rot the wood, I never thought of that x
 
The new piggies have arrived today. I think my driving disagrees with them as they have been in hiding ever since I collected them and put them into the hutch. I have close off the ramp so that no injuries occured. I have packed the sleeping area with hay and inserted two snuggle safe heat pads. Indoor cage is on order and will hopefully arrive later in the week.

Due to us having a wood burner which heats the downstairs to tropical temperatures and alarm which rather likes detecting animals they will come inside and be in my son's bedroom during the day and on our landing at night to reduce the noise. We have an unheated conservatory so I'm guesssing that I should bring them into there for a few days and then upstairs where it is usually 18-20 degrees?
 
Ease them in temperature wise, I keep my two in a largely unheated conservatory (background heating comes on at around 11 degrees in winter as they like to go outside in their run during the day for a few hours if it’s mild. They come into the lounge for laptime and treat on an evening for about 10 minutes or when they need to go back. They will hide away for a while and need to settle for a couple of days

Have a read at the follow guides
Settling in & Human Interaction Guides
 
Ok. Will do. I've been told that one is an alpaca guineapig which needs to be indoors with regular trims and baths. Photos once settled.
 
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