I have go a new guineapig hutch, with a run direct to the grass below, should i keep the run blocked up?

[EleanorReally]

Should I manually lift out guineapigs every day?
normally their hutch has newspaper, sawdust and hay but the new hutch obviously has a hole in the base, for the steps leading to outside

what do others do?

I don’t understand? Do you mean they have access to their run and you think they shouldn’t?

yes, i would manually lift them??
how would I line their hutch with this hole and steps down?

Do you have foxes? If so then yes I would block access at night.

Line the rest of it, leave the hole free. Hay is less messy than sawdust.
Every hutch I’ve ever had has this arrangement and it’s fine.
I live rurally with foxes and badgers and mine have never been got.

no, i dont really know what i didnt want the run closed, not to do with foxes, just wondered about the lining?
doesnt it fall down the hole, will the gp fall down the hole?

Does the hole have a ramp connected to it? Can you post o photo?

yes it has a ramp

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How many GPs do you have?

two, although i thought i was down to one when one escaped yesterday! found under the rhubarb leaves luckily

Some lining will go down the hole, that’s why I said hay is better than sawdust. It’s never been a big problem. Guinea pigs have never fallen down though. They just use the ramp.

thank you, i will use hay then, which they can just eat