If you’re looking for the perfect pet for adults and for children why not consider a guinea pig? Guinea pigs make a fine pet, but before you buy a piggy or 2 spent some time researching guinea pig hutches, because the hutch you house your guinea pig in is very important.

You can keep guinea pigs indoors or outdoors though if keeping him in a guinea pig cage outdoors you should know that guinea pigs can suffer from extreme heat and cold and can die. And there’s a few things that you should know first.

The majority of cages you find in pet shops or on the Internet are way too small, and will subject your new family members to a cramped lifestyle lacking in exercise and fun. Of course the reason that most people end up with a cage that is too small is that the smallest hutches  are the cheapest. You need to make every effort to ensure that the hutch that you buy for your favourite pet is sufficiently large even if it means spending some extra money.

Some people overcome the problem of cost by making their own guinea pig hutch, and if you are able to do so this is a fine way of housing your favourite pet in a spacious house that will do an optimum job. It is quite possible to build housing that is entirely adequate and which is very low cost if you source your own materials, including second-hand materials, and build it yourself.

But you should also understand that guinea pigs get bored easily and will still need entertainment even if they have a nice large hutch. The best way to provide entertainment for your guinea pig is to provide him with a companion, thoug you do need to research which sexes go together and which do not.

If you put a male with a female you will end up with a large number of guinea pigs very quickly, unless of course you desex one of them. If you don’t then you will need to keep them apart and this defeats the purpose.If you put 2 males together you can end up with fighting, so the best combination is to start with 2 young females.

You should provide them with hay in their hutch, as well as playthings such as plastic pipes and small boxes with openings so that they can run in and out. They also need something to chew on as they chew to reduce the length of their teeth and if you don’t provide something for this purpose they will chew on something anyway, probably the hutch.

There’s no doubt that a guinea pig makes a fine pet but it is important to spend some time thinking about where you will house him, or them, and what type of guinea pig hutch you will provide. Make sure it is large with plenty of playthings, and know what sexes you will buy before you go ahead.

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