[aqh88]

I understand your argument. I have made the same one to myself when debating putting my pigs outside or in the horse stalls at all. No you can't live 110% safe in this world and still actually live your life. It's like never allowing your kid to ride a bike cause they might crash or fall off and break their arm. Personally I shredded my forearm to bone and scraped my palm crashing my bike. The difference is like putting your kid on a safe bike with a helmet and pads to ride on nearby or low traffic streets versus sending them out on a bike with hardly any brakes, no helmet, and telling them to ride on the busiest street you can think of. We take precautions to keep ourselves, our kids, and our pets safe and don't let them do things that are highly likely to get them injured or killed. A guinea pig in a safe pen with supervision is like the kid riding the bike with all safety precautions taken. A guinea pig left unattended in a topless or unsecured pen is like the 2nd example of sending the kid with no safety equipment out on to the highway or interstate to ride their bike. It's quite obviously something noone who was a responsible parent would do. The risk for injury is very likely and again very obvious.