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Old 05-21-08, 03:24 pm
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Exactly what temperatures can GPs handle?

We are happy owners of a mom and her 6-mo old baby, short-haired cuddly critters, rescued in February. They have a nice-sized 2-story C&C cage that is kept outside...okay, okay, before you lash me...they're not really outside - they're in the screened-in, tile-roofed lanai, which for us here on the Gulf coast of Florida, is a major room in the house. Probably the most-used room in the house except the kitchen (if you don't count sleeping). The parrots are out there, too.
We work at home so the piggies get lots of attention, and more when the boys come home from school, and if they get their homework done, they get "piggie time" with their veggies while watching Animal Planet. You get the idea - they're totally spoiled. They are far from the "typical" outside pig situation.
Because of the trees and orientation of the house, the only time the lanai gets direct sun is from about 5pm to 7pm when we have to run the shades down. But it is finally getting humid and we had to turn the a/c on this week, so my doting mother has been bringing them inside where they have about a 2ftx3ft run on the floor (using extra cube grids fastened with zip ties as a "fence") and we have to keep an eye on the dog.
But we do have to run errands when nobody can keep an eye on them. We have a small critter cage (12" x 24" or so) but I would not want them in there except for short periods (when it was cold at night, they spent the night in the cage in the laundry room). It would be a crummy way to spend the day, but cooler than outside!
Now, I read on one posting that the piggies need 65-75F. We keep the a/c at 80 (think about the power bill!) and we don't turn on the heater unless it drops below maybe 50.
Is there a real temperature range for our pets? (I do realize that I have to figure in the humidity "feels like" temperature.)
Has anybody made it this far down this lengthy thread with an answer?
Any advice, or are we doing okay?
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