mufasa
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As a little background, I have two guinea pigs, four cats, and a small dog. I've had the pigs for three years and the cats much longer than that; the dog has been around for a year and a half.
My girls were in lidded cages at our old house, although they had a kiddie pool as their floor time pen. At first I was paranoid about the cats being around them, but two of the cats totally ignored them, one liked to sleep with them, and one fell in love with Quinn and had to be removed from the pen regularly as he just wanted to be near her (no aggression at all, and it was mutual on her end...weird). I never left them all together unsupervised, but the cats have never, ever shown any aggression, or even play behavior, toward the girls. Three are very old and lazy; the young one is the one who has an unholy relationship with Quinn.
When we moved to our new house, the swimming pool became the girls' permanent home, and it sits on the floor without a lid. It's in a dedicated room that the cats can get into at will, but not the dog (he shows little to no interest, but he's a terrier with a strong prey drive so I'd never, ever trust him to be near them unless he was under strict supervision). The cats dont' hang out in the pig room much, other than to eat since that's where I feed them. SheiKra doesn't even hang out with Quinn anymore, as the main kitty hangout is in a different part of the house.
I really love using the swimming pool, and I honestly don't believe the cats will ever harm the girls (it's been several months already), but I can't shake the fact that it's felines and rodents, i.e. natural enemies. Does anyone else have cats with an unlidded cage? Has anyone ever had peaceful cats that suddenly went on a piggy-attacking rampage? I actually have something I rigged up to put on top of the pool, but I've never used it due to the total lack of animosity or even interest. Just wondering if anyone else is in a similar situation with an unlidded cage in a cat house.
My girls were in lidded cages at our old house, although they had a kiddie pool as their floor time pen. At first I was paranoid about the cats being around them, but two of the cats totally ignored them, one liked to sleep with them, and one fell in love with Quinn and had to be removed from the pen regularly as he just wanted to be near her (no aggression at all, and it was mutual on her end...weird). I never left them all together unsupervised, but the cats have never, ever shown any aggression, or even play behavior, toward the girls. Three are very old and lazy; the young one is the one who has an unholy relationship with Quinn.
When we moved to our new house, the swimming pool became the girls' permanent home, and it sits on the floor without a lid. It's in a dedicated room that the cats can get into at will, but not the dog (he shows little to no interest, but he's a terrier with a strong prey drive so I'd never, ever trust him to be near them unless he was under strict supervision). The cats dont' hang out in the pig room much, other than to eat since that's where I feed them. SheiKra doesn't even hang out with Quinn anymore, as the main kitty hangout is in a different part of the house.
I really love using the swimming pool, and I honestly don't believe the cats will ever harm the girls (it's been several months already), but I can't shake the fact that it's felines and rodents, i.e. natural enemies. Does anyone else have cats with an unlidded cage? Has anyone ever had peaceful cats that suddenly went on a piggy-attacking rampage? I actually have something I rigged up to put on top of the pool, but I've never used it due to the total lack of animosity or even interest. Just wondering if anyone else is in a similar situation with an unlidded cage in a cat house.