Silverbeat
Well-known Member
Cavy Slave
- Joined
- Jan 6, 2008
- Posts
- 846
- Joined
- Jan 6, 2008
- Messages
- 846
Hey y'all. I moved recently; the good news is that my guinea pigs have their own room now!!
The lousy news is that their room is pretty small, 8x9ft. I have two herds-- five females and two males. Their cages are already built, I had originally intended them to be larger than the minimum, but due to the way the room is set up, I have the males in a 2x3 [they have no territorial issues whatsoever] and the ladies in a 2x6.
I want to maximize the pigs' running space so I was thinking of putting a 1x6 loft with most of their hidey houses, a small hay source and a water bottle. That would leave almost all of the 2x6 area available for lap-running. And I was going to do the same thing with the boys' cage, with a 1x3 loft.
Eventually I'd like to have the boys neutered and just pig-proof the room. That would make so many things so much easier. But for the meantime, does this sound like a good way to maximize their cage space? What do you guys do to make more from less?
The lousy news is that their room is pretty small, 8x9ft. I have two herds-- five females and two males. Their cages are already built, I had originally intended them to be larger than the minimum, but due to the way the room is set up, I have the males in a 2x3 [they have no territorial issues whatsoever] and the ladies in a 2x6.
I want to maximize the pigs' running space so I was thinking of putting a 1x6 loft with most of their hidey houses, a small hay source and a water bottle. That would leave almost all of the 2x6 area available for lap-running. And I was going to do the same thing with the boys' cage, with a 1x3 loft.
Eventually I'd like to have the boys neutered and just pig-proof the room. That would make so many things so much easier. But for the meantime, does this sound like a good way to maximize their cage space? What do you guys do to make more from less?