He accuses me of spoiling the GPs - when I bring in huge bags of hay and straw.
Strawberries (the DC eat them too)
I bring 'hoggy-bags' from work lunches if there's been a fruit platter.
But the camera 
His idea- "you'll be able to keep a check on them.You can link it up to the computer"
Errrrrrmm- much as I love the boars, they're not gold lined valuable breeding stock.
And like a baby alarm, I'd see 'bits' of what went on.
I might see them fight and ,though I know they do it from time to time, I don't really want to see it.
He's fitted a light in their house.
They've got a radiator
A little tube heater for taking the chill off (but not enough for this time of year)
He's working on an outdoor run idea that they can access (rather than the rabbit run that they need to be put into)
I should be glad he cares about the little boys 
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My lovely DH, (who is a techy type) wanted to buy a camera for the guinea-pigs cage ...what the Jeff?
70isaLimitNotaTarget · 02/01/2013 23:52
it sounds awesome. the sort if thing you can do with a raspberry pi. how cool is that?!
PS send him here. my girlpigs would live the radiator / light / flatscreen telly he's put in 
My DH is always ordering things from Ebay and Maplin.
All these cables and connecting things arrive.
But a camera was just a step too far.
(I thought he was kidding. He was serious)
Light and heating, no flatscreen TV for the hogs (don't give them ideas)
They had a radio in their bedroom for NYE in case the fireworks upset them.
ahh but 70 you know your boys are the centre of the universe. and you know more about piggies than any book. fact. you just know you want live streaming from PigCam. just as long as you can pee-proof it 
if I had girl guineas breeding I'd maybe consider it (just maybe).
But my hogs just eat, pooh, fart and bicker.
Not exactly riviting viweing.
The light is essential as their Pighouse is half way down the garden and a torch just doesn't cut it (a torch creates way too many shadows.And it's me going into the Pighouse at night)
The radiator was bought because I gave them hot water bottles that were cold within 5 hours. So no good.
The little tubular heater can go on a timer in the springtime to just take the chill off.
As well as pee-proofing, there's the problem with chew-proofing. It would need to be in the haybox.
IMO - DH watches far too much "Most Haunted"
I'll swap your 'guinea loving' dh for my 'dislikes the pigs' dh!
Be interesting though, you will be able to catch then ballrooming it on two legs round the pighouse
Strictly come guineas here we come!!!
I can see GP1 as Louis Spence (in his skintight fur guinea-suit.Maybe a bit too skintight) 
GP2 would have to be Bruno Tortelloni (sp)
70 - sounds like your DH loves a project. Can't you re-focus him on things in the house that need doing like ironing, hoovering etc! Although, if he's off building things at least he's out of your way.
If I set a camera up for my pigs, I'd just have hours of footage of them sleeping.
Oh and DH irons and hoovers.
But I daren't let him loose on too much in the way of house-projects.
(Thinks of the time he decided to replace the bathroom grout with some evil grey gunk 
)
it sounds like just the start of another Whole New Pig-related-Project
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