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Post by alicia on Aug 9, 2009 8:19:08 GMT -5
I'm breeding 2 of my guinea-pigs, and so they are living together in a temporary hutch until they have babies. Normally they live in quite big hutches but because it's only for 6 weeks, they are living in this hutch. Do you think it's big enough? They seem quite happy in it, they walk around it a lot and so they don't seem unhappy, and they are in a run all day from 9am-9pm so they are getting plenty of exercise. What do you think? (Sorry it's a bad picture and the hutch isn't great)  |
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Post by Hannah on Aug 9, 2009 9:38:14 GMT -5
I think it's good.  It's about the same size as a regular rabbit hutch, so as long as they are getting plenty of excersize, it should be ok. I would say for guinea pigs, if you put 3 piggies in a straight line, if it's at least that long, it should be ok. |
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Post by alicia on Aug 9, 2009 10:56:16 GMT -5
Ok thanks. Once the babies are born they will go with their Mum into a bigger hutch with other females which is big enough for all of them and Barry will go back in with Billy, the guinea-pig he used to live with.
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Post by guineapigfun on Aug 9, 2009 18:28:07 GMT -5
Not all males are willing to share space with another male once they have been used as a breeder. Serious injuries can occur and if they are housed outside you will not be there to intervene.
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Post by alicia on Aug 10, 2009 8:16:59 GMT -5
They have lived together before, I will re-introduce them the same way I did when they first met and if it doesn't work Barry will stay in a seperate hutch.
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Post by TrinaCat on Aug 10, 2009 14:05:17 GMT -5
That sounds like it'll work! |
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Post by chewiesmom on Aug 13, 2009 14:01:33 GMT -5
Do they need air ventilation or a little sunlight inside when the doors are closed? I don't know about this stuff. Just asking |
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Post by misspiggy on Aug 14, 2009 22:01:28 GMT -5
I agree with Chewiesmom- seems kinda locked up?  |
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Post by alicia on Aug 17, 2009 11:15:43 GMT -5
You can't really see in the picture, but the bigger door has a wire mesh front  |
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Post by misspiggy on Aug 21, 2009 23:42:44 GMT -5
0h okay yeah much better. I was gonna be sad for the little guys locked up with no sunshine
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Post by alicia on Aug 22, 2009 16:04:34 GMT -5
My guinea-pigs don't get locked up. They go in the run every day and I make sure all the hutches have wire mesh fronts so they get sunlight.
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Post by eschimpf on Oct 3, 2009 0:26:29 GMT -5
I don't know if shes had babies yet, but I'd worry about the wire mesh. whats the inches of them. My babies could get threw 1 inch wide cube grids when they where born. If she hasn't had them yet I would look into making it harder for the babies to get threw. Thats only if you plan on having them in their after they are born.
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Post by alicia on Oct 3, 2009 9:10:17 GMT -5
She hasn't had them yet and I moved her and Barry into another hutch. I only realized about 2 weeks after I moved Barry and Kiki into that hutch that one of my other guinea-pigs was on his own in an even bigger hutch, so they've swapped hutches so that they have more room.
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Post by alicia on Dec 19, 2009 16:58:34 GMT -5
Just to update this, I will have baby guinea-pigs in a few weeks. I don't know exact weeks but I think it will be maximum of 3 weeks until they are here yay  |
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Post by courtendo on Dec 20, 2009 15:25:34 GMT -5
What are you going to name them? Thought of any names?
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It's about the same size as a regular rabbit hutch, so as long as they are getting plenty of excersize, it should be ok. I would say for guinea pigs, if you put 3 piggies in a straight line, if it's at least that long, it should be ok. 
