Newbie alert!

Welcome. I have three real boys too, and we just recently got into GP's also. However, my story isn't as nice as yours. LOL! We got our guys from the pet store knowing absolutely nothing. Thank goodness I stumbled on this site to get the right things finally.

Well i am by no means a saint!! I prefer adoption, but if people want animals as pets, then pet stores are inevitable. Either way - most rescue pigs are originally store animals. I know wherever my GP is from, the future is what matters and if i can provide a loving, comfortable home then that is all I worry about! And if people think pet stores HERE are bad (which, granted, 99% are) They should see how they sell pets in Cairo where i was born! Dogs in fishtanks, guinea pigs as food, cats in bird cages... It is putting things in perspective. In an ideal world, pet stores wouldn't exist because the animals would be wild. Although i don't like or agree with pet stores selling animals to anyone that walks through the door, i am a realist and do not loathe people that are just trying to do a good thing!! I have found this site can be absolutely foul to people and make them feel like the worst human that walked the Earth for buying from a petshop. But I don't like thinking rescue pets are somehow 'more deserving' of a loving home than a petstore animal. Sure, like i said, ideal world this wouldn't be an issue! Anyway, i tend to go on a bit.. but i am just trying to make you feel better and not worry about where they are from!

WOW, 40 sq. ft? That's a monster of a cage! I would love to see pigtures of your furbabies and your guinea castles!
Welcome to the forum!

pocketmonster said:

WOW, 40 sq. ft? That's a monster of a cage! I would love to see pigtures of your furbabies and your guinea castles!
Welcome to the forum!

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I agree sounds like a cavie slave for sure.

Ha! Sorry to mislead you - i have checked the cage space 'rules' and as an upper story doesn't count (??) it is in fact.. 35sqft. It is pretty simple really, it is a large 5x2 double hutch with an attached 5x5ft run inside my house. It has never been outside. I would have loved a c+c but they are not practical for our situtation, and the grids here are £60 for a box of 12 online (you can't buy them in stores) So, i did what was best for our piggies and focused on sqft and the biggest thing i could buy was a hutch. But i wouldn't EVER put them outside purely because they are my angel faces and i need them near me at all times! Not to mention the weather here.. i wouldn't dream of sending my babies out there (even though everyone i know thinks i am insane for having a hutch in my house!) It is underneath a window in our large lounge room to get plenty of light. I couldn't imagine having them in something smaller. Now they have been in this for a while, it seems small when looking at it! So yes, to clarify - a 5x2ft double hutch with private sleeping areas and food area (i call it the breakfast bar) which also has a selection of housing areas. The run (attached through the main door downstairs) is 5x5ft and they love it, they popcorn around it all day. They also get floor time every day, in either our hall or i make piggie play pens in the lounge. I know you were all expecting an amazing c+c so i am sorry to dissappoint! But this is what suits me and my piggies, so we are very happy. (Until i track down another 5x5 run to attach to this...) haha I will post a picture soon!

This is the house my girls live in, you can just see Toffack's butt upstairs! An additional 5x5 run is also incoming, although i will have to re-arrange the room to fit it in!! The GPs are Oscar (the fluffy cream one) and Frederick, who are the babies we got from my friends unexpected litter. Both are doing very well, these were when i first got them home (hence the box they are in) and fret not - Oscar has had a brush since then!!

Hello and welcome to the forum and the world of guinea pigs!!
Your cage looks amazing. It appears your furry babies have come to heaven to live. What an awesome piggy mommy you are.
Your boys are just adorable! So looking forward to sharing all things piggies and more pictures.

Your cage looks amazing and your piggies are adorable!

Thank you! I will try and get some more pictures of the girlies. They are currently exploring their new tent and tunnel, soooo cute!

This is Penny (one of my ladies) and this is a view from inside the 2 baby boys current home. It is 3 ferplast 120's all connected together (as i couldn't find anything else big enough!) There is another 120 behind me in this picture, they are all connected with cable ties and log bridges. but I can't fit them all in a picture! I would ideally like some extra width as at the moment it is just very, very long (about 11.5 ft!) So am working on that.