How to make the most houses for Guinea pigs

Guinea pig great feel in captivity. But for this they must have normal living conditions. Guinea pigs love the spacious, sheltered from the draught of the cell, which has everything you need, including shelter. A small house without a bottom you can buy at the pet store, but you can do yourself. But if you are going to take their Pets to the country — need to take care of more serious home.

You will need

• Plastic box with size not less 20х20х20 cm
• Plywood with a thickness of 1 cm
• Reiki
• Board
• Hammer, nails, a jigsaw, handsaw
• Impregnation for wood
• Glass wool
• Metal mesh
• Wooden beams for support

Instruction

1. As a house, which is kept constantly in a cage, you can use a plastic box of appropriate size. For this it is necessary to make an entrance. Draw on one of the walls the outline of the holes and saw out the entrance with a hacksaw or jigsaw. The bottom in this house is not necessary.
2. If a suitable box is not found, construct a box yourself. Cut four squares of thick plywood. The size of the wooden house is about the same as plastic. It can be made any shape. Most importantly, to animal out there fits. One square cut hole. Cut 3 slats at a height equal to the height of the house. Nail them to pieces of plywood so that the slats were inside. What will the roof — depends on your taste. Pigs is all the same, so you can make a flat roof. Cut 4 more pieces of lath the length and width of the house. Cut the corners at a 45° angle, or make a donation. Connect the slats together. Will prekratite them to the walls of the house. Put them on the roof and prekratite her nails. .
3. If you are going to take pigs to the country, take care of larger house. Make a wooden box with double walls. The dimensions of its interior correspond to the size of the cell. Mark the plywood and saw out of it 4 pieces for inside the house and 4 external. The outside cover is impregnated, so that the house is not rotted. The outer perimeter is a little more gap between the walls is 2.5-3 cm Gaps between the walls fill with glass wool. And a country house, of course, is the bottom. It extends, in order to maintain cleanliness and order.
4. In the front wall of the house make the most the door. Tighten the metal mesh. In the rain you will need to hang this door in a burlap sack because pigs rain is harmful, but at the same time need air. The roof of the house, cover the top with roofing felt or other similar material intended for roofs.
5. Assembled house nail 4 support. Support kopite in the earth on depth not less than 0.5 m. the pillars Themselves must be of length at least 1, 5 m (better to add another 15-20 cm). You can, of course, put the house and specially made for this table. Importantly, the design was stable. The house should not stand on the ground. Pigs love the heat, and the temperature in the cell even in the cold of the night should not fall below -5°C.