Hi all,
So we had 2 male Guinea Pigs in the garden. They’d lived together since we got them and no issues. Really large hutch with a run, lots of things for them to do inside it, kept clean, warm and secure.
We recently noticed holes coming from a neighbours side of the fence where they have a DIY veg patch right beside our fence and one of our piggies suddenly was found passed in the hutch. We couldn’t work out at first why as no signs of illness etc but today we noticed 3 rats coming from their garden into ours, had got into the hutch and started (horrified!) panicking that is what had killed him with rats being diggers. We raced outside to scare them off and we’ve now brought the other one inside; but it’s only to an indoor cage and now I’m overrun with questions and thoughts.
- With Guineas being social, we want to get him a companion. How do we do that safely, would he accept another male?
- Panicking he’s been infected by something off the rats as also have a toddler!
- How do you make an indoor set up more liveable / exciting when he’s been used to having so much space?
What do your indoor set ups look like?
Thank you - I feel absolutely awful