What Cage Should I Get??

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hi
at the moment I own one guinea pig who lives in a pet shop cage. This is because his old companion just died and I had to put him in a smaller cage.
I know that this isn't ideal for the guinea pigs well being but I'm in the process of adopting
a companion for my guinea pig.
I however don't know which cage to get
I would like to house them outside. I am looking at buying the willow palace hutch for guinea pigs and rabbits, from pets at home. but I've heard that doing a DIY furniture build is cheaper. although price isn't a big thing I would like to have some extra money to buy enrichment for the new cage.
could I have some suggestions please
 
Just had a quick look and I wouldn't recommend the willow palace as its not very piggy friendly, its very open and exposed and expensive for the space inside. I also don't like cages that sit directly on the ground as all too often the ground is too cold and wet for piggies. I have a Chartwell 6ft which is good in that it isn't too expensive and you can buy weatherproof and insulating covers for it at an extra cost (also comes in smaller lengths). Mine is two storeys but the bottom layer isn't in ground contact so still very usable even in the winter (it also makes it easier to move with the piggies in it).

Basically the bigger the house you can get them the better as they will thrive in the space. I don't know if you have a male or female but even a 120cm cage (minimum recommended size) can be cramped for two hormonal males! If you wanted to look at Pets at home then I would suggest looking at either the Bluebell Hideaway or Rose Cottage which offer enough space for 2-3 piggies
http://www.petsathome.com/shop/en/p...s/outdoor-rabbit/bluebell-hideaway-(in-store)
http://www.petsathome.com/shop/en/p...d-guinea-pigs-by-pets-at-home-(in-store-only)

Indoors again bigger is better. The ferplast 120cm is really cheap from Zooplus but if you are having two males then try for a 140 if possible. I have just brought this 140cm cage from zooplus which is also made by ferplast. Plaza 140 Small Pet Cage which needs some assembly and you can opt to have the bars between the two sections removed really easily. For me this cage works perfect as the end section tends to be the hay tray and then I have a tube, tunnel, pellet bowl, two bottles, a wicker ball and the veg bowl in the main section. Its a good quality cage which unfortunately the door was missing from so we have made a makeshift one while we await the replacement part from the manufacturer. It does take up our whole dining table but its only until it's warm enough to move the piggies back outside.
 
This is the hutch that I have but the downsides include plywood backing which cracked slightly early on but has so far not got any worse, the ramp is slippy so we ended up carpeting it but the piggies didn't like it exposed so we had to add sides, and the bolts have had to be replaced as the doors moved and warped over time and a couple of the bolts broke as they are quite flimsy. The build quality isn't that great when I consider how much I paid for it
6ft Chartwell Double Luxury Rabbit Hutch - Home & Roost
 
Lady Kelly said:
Just had a quick look and I wouldn't recommend the willow palace as its not very piggy friendly, its very open and exposed and expensive for the space inside. I also don't like cages that sit directly on the ground as all too often the ground is too cold and wet for piggies. I have a Chartwell 6ft which is good in that it isn't too expensive and you can buy weatherproof and insulating covers for it at an extra cost (also comes in smaller lengths). Mine is two storeys but the bottom layer isn't in ground contact so still very usable even in the winter (it also makes it easier to move with the piggies in it).

Basically the bigger the house you can get them the better as they will thrive in the space. I don't know if you have a male or female but even a 120cm cage (minimum recommended size) can be cramped for two hormonal males! If you wanted to look at Pets at home then I would suggest looking at either the Bluebell Hideaway or Rose Cottage which offer enough space for 2-3 piggies
http://www.petsathome.com/shop/en/pets/small-pet/rabbit-hutches-and-runs/outdoor-rabbit/bluebell-hideaway-(in-store)
http://www.petsathome.com/shop/en/pets/small-pet/guinea-pig-hutches-and-runs/outdoor-guinea-pig/rose-cottage-hutch-for-rabbits-and-guinea-pigs-by-pets-at-home-(in-store-only)

Indoors again bigger is better. The ferplast 120cm is really cheap from Zooplus but if you are having two males then try for a 140 if possible. I have just brought this 140cm cage from zooplus which is also made by ferplast. Plaza 140 Small Pet Cage which needs some assembly and you can opt to have the bars between the two sections removed really easily. For me this cage works perfect as the end section tends to be the hay tray and then I have a tube, tunnel, pellet bowl, two bottles, a wicker ball and the veg bowl in the main section. Its a good quality cage which unfortunately the door was missing from so we have made a makeshift one while we await the replacement part from the manufacturer. It does take up our whole dining table but its only until it's warm enough to move the piggies back outside.
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thanks for the help and I will check those two hutches out at the moment I have a male and am planning on getting another one so a bigger cage would probably be the best
 
*is better because I would like to leave them unsupervised in the hutch and they could graze at the same time
 
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