{"id":5735,"date":"2020-09-08T13:50:53","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T12:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.burgesspetcare.com\/?post_type=pet_care&p=5735"},"modified":"2024-01-31T17:55:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T17:55:23","slug":"housing-your-guinea-pigs","status":"publish","type":"pet_care","link":"https:\/\/www.burgesspetcare.com\/pet-care\/guinea-pigs\/housing-guinea-pig\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing Your Guinea Pigs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Housing your guinea pigs<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
Your guinea pigs\u2019 housing should be permanently attached to a larger space within which they can exercise freely at any point in the day or night. This can be a safe guinea pig-proofed room indoors or a large run outdoors. The housing itself should be as big as possible but an absolute minimum of 1.5m x 1m with an additional 2m x 1m run. Your guinea pigs need as much space as possible so that they can relax and feel at home. The run area should also be as large as possible so that your guineas can roam more like they would do in the wild.<\/span><\/div>\"gp<\/span>
Your guinea pigs\u2019 housing should have several safe hiding places so that they can hide if they feel scared, including the main shelter(s), cardboard boxes and tunnels. The main shelter(s) should be secure with plenty of soft, safe bedding such as clean, dry hay and straw or shredded paper. Make sure any lining used in the main living area is dust free. The housing should also have toilet areas available separate to their sleeping areas, you can use newspaper, hay\/straw and\/or a paper based non-expanding litter. Your guinea pigs should have a constant fresh supply of good-quality feeding hay, placed in hay racks and areas that are separate to the bedding area. There should also be fresh, clean water constantly available.<\/span><\/div>\"gp<\/span><\/div>

Quick tip<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
Guinea pigs are active for up to 20 hours per day and sleep only for short periods.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Guinea pigs are very playful and need lots of guinea safe toys. Many of these can be found at your local pet stores, however, great inexpensive options are cardboard tubes and boxes, hay crackers and unused plant pots.<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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