SesshyBooBoo
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Cavy Slave
- Joined
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- Joined
- Dec 3, 2013
- Messages
- 142
My boyfriend and I just moved to a new apartment with our two boars. We are trying to find the ideal location for them but are having a bit of trouble. We want to prevent drafts and any risk that they could get a URI.
Right now we have them against a wall but it is about 7 feet away from a window that is pointing directly at the cage, its getting pretty cold outside so I worry about drafts or cold air hitting the cage. When it gets dark out we close the blinds to retain some heat, we also try to keep the apartment between 68-72 degrees, however sometimes during the night it drops to about 66. There is a heating vent near them on the ceiling but we have the vents pointed away from their cage. The first two images are of that location.
The other location where we could put them is the "office" room. It has 3 windows (two across the room from where they'd be about 10-11 feet away) and two of the four walls go directly outside, in my opinion it runs slightly colder in there but it has plenty of sunlight whereas the other location does not. There are two heating vents but they blow directly past the cage.The fourth picture is of that location (we have the lights of currently but during the day it gets lots of sunlight)
The only other place I could thin to put them would be behind our couch but that is near the TV (we tried to move the TV but the only place for a hook up is where we have it). This spot is not near any windows but would not get a good amount of sunlight and there are no heating vents near this location either.
Any input would be very helpful!
Also, we have high ceilings so I'm not sure if that would make the apartment more difficult to heat? We have electric heat. We needed to move cause we outgrew our other place. I hope the piggies will learn to love it here!
Right now we have them against a wall but it is about 7 feet away from a window that is pointing directly at the cage, its getting pretty cold outside so I worry about drafts or cold air hitting the cage. When it gets dark out we close the blinds to retain some heat, we also try to keep the apartment between 68-72 degrees, however sometimes during the night it drops to about 66. There is a heating vent near them on the ceiling but we have the vents pointed away from their cage. The first two images are of that location.
The other location where we could put them is the "office" room. It has 3 windows (two across the room from where they'd be about 10-11 feet away) and two of the four walls go directly outside, in my opinion it runs slightly colder in there but it has plenty of sunlight whereas the other location does not. There are two heating vents but they blow directly past the cage.The fourth picture is of that location (we have the lights of currently but during the day it gets lots of sunlight)
The only other place I could thin to put them would be behind our couch but that is near the TV (we tried to move the TV but the only place for a hook up is where we have it). This spot is not near any windows but would not get a good amount of sunlight and there are no heating vents near this location either.
Any input would be very helpful!
Also, we have high ceilings so I'm not sure if that would make the apartment more difficult to heat? We have electric heat. We needed to move cause we outgrew our other place. I hope the piggies will learn to love it here!
