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Emergency piggie accomodation needed!

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Bearsinmotion · 06/08/2016 17:49

So I have three baby boy piggies reserved, yay! But the sanctuary will only reserve for 3 days, by which point I need "proof of accomodation", i.e. a photo. Now, my plan was to get a smallish pets at home style hutch initially (which would become their travel home for weekends away!) and order a C&C cage which would arrive in a month. But now I need a 180 x 60 hutch by Wednesday! Where can I get a nice big indoor home for 3 piggies delivered by Wednesday?

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fortifiedwithtea · 07/08/2016 03:51

Can't help you with hutch.

Replying to help you and piggies save heartache further down the line. A trio of boars very rarely get on. Once boars hit the teenage stage of 6-9 months fights break out. Best bet for harmonious boars is a pair of litter brothers and even then long term friendship is not guaranteed.

If you want a trio of guineas, choose sows far more likely they will bond well.

NovemberInDailyFailLand · 07/08/2016 03:55

Amazon

Bearsinmotion · 07/08/2016 06:32

Sorry to hear that fortified. These are rescues, a litter of a sow and three boars, so don't want to leave one boar on his own (sow baby is being rehoused with the mother). So we don't particularly want a trio, we were looking for a pair of boars or 2/3 sows but it seemed the best option for them?

Re Amazon, can't find the size (single storey indoor, at least 180 x 60cm).

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almostthirty · 07/08/2016 06:43

I wouldn't worry too much, I've always had 2 or 3 boars with no problems, they just need lots of space.
Could you try a face book selling site ?

Artandco · 07/08/2016 06:45

I'm afraid I would leave these ones and wait until everything is research and bought first. Like others mention, 3 males may not be the best combination

180 x60 is a very very small cage for three animals also

Many people with Guinea pigs have open top type cages. They can't climb so as long as you have no other pets that could eat them then they look to be the biggest and cheaper option

Artandco · 07/08/2016 06:47

Something like this is good as you can add as many sections on as you like to make it bigger

www.cagesworld.co.uk/p/Midwest_Guinea_Habitat.htm

Bearsinmotion · 07/08/2016 07:39

That's what I was aiming for Art, these are the C&C cages:
candcguineapigcages.co.uk/standard-cages/

I was going to get a 5x2 (185x77) and add a loft space when they are older and less skittish. Problem is if we order now from C&C it won't be delivered until September. Perhaps the MidWest is just as good, but C & C is the most recommended.

I should stress, I'm not new to piggie ownership, we had our own boar trio a few years ago. There were fights and we ended up separating their homes but they still came out for daily playtime together. They weren't litter mates though.

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CatchingBabies · 12/08/2016 19:07

Ferplast 120 is £40 on offer from zooplus, maybe get 2 and join them together?

Bearsinmotion · 12/08/2016 20:56

Went for a massivepets at home cage in the end as it was the only one we could get in the time frame. They are settling in nicely though!

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70isaLimitNotaTarget · 13/08/2016 22:12
Bearsinmotion · 14/08/2016 09:27

Thanks 70 :)

The cage they are in at the moment is 140x70. Plan is to get a Midwest habitat style cage next month when I have some money again, fix it on to the current cage and double it up as travel cage for when we go to the grandparents.

We have moved house since we had our last pigs, but when you opened their cage one of them would run across the room, down the hallway, through the kitchen, out the back doors and down the steps to the outside pen - am trying to figure out an innovative guinea pig transport system based on magnetic levitation a way to do that in this house.

They are rescue pigs who were born in the rescue and fostered by a member of staff and it really shows - they aren't shy at all and happy to be held. Am so glad we got them!

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