A roof is advisable if you have small children, and essential where your household includes cats and dogs.
RSPCA minimum size recommendations have changed. See Sizing Guidance for further info.
Sizing Guidance
The information below is sourced from the official websites belonging to each animal welfare body. Although the advice differs slightly, they all agree that bigger is better.
- The Blue Cross Animal Welfare Charity recommends a minimum enclosure size of 150x60cm for 2 pigs, or larger if possible.
- The RSPCA's guidelines for minimum cage size has increased. They now recommend a minimum floor area of at least 170x60cm for 2 guinea pigs (10,000 cm2), although this can vary across local RSPCA branches.
- Some rescue centres may require larger enclosures for housing 2 male guinea pigs together.
If you’re considering adopting guinea pigs from a local rescue centre, check specific sizing guidelines with them first, as they may insist on a particular enclosure/run size for certain combinations of pigs.
Photos are of the 150x60cm size.
What's Included
- All fixings and Assembly Instructions / Care Instructions included.
- A 250ml tin of pet-safe clear matte water-based wood sealer is included to seal the base floor of your pet home, making it resistant to urine and stains.
- Accessories not included but can be added to your order separately.
- We sell a wood sealer paint brush if you need one.
- We also recommend our Bottle Fixings pack (see photo) for securely attaching a Water Bottle to the timber walls.
Made from Materials
- Made from 20mm solid timber frame, and 18mm solid timber back and side panels.
- 13 x 13mm square galvanised zinc wire mesh on front and roof panels, with the mesh edges covered in a wood trim.
- Plywood base supplied untreated.
Assembly
- Base Unit and Front/Roof panels are pre-assembled.
- Some simple self-assembly required to screw the walls together and attach the roof panel hinges.
- Comes with full Assembly Instructions.
Dimensions
- External dimensions: Length 150cm or 180cm, Width 60cm, Height 40cm (without roof) or 42cm (with roof),
- Internal dimensions: Length 146cm or 176cm, Width 56cm, Height 38cm, Internal base depth 7.5cm.
J Ghosley –
Beautifully crafted cage for my two female guinea pigs, Exceptional customer service.
Many thanks.
L Platt –
We recently bought the XL cage from yourselves which our piggies love. We were wondering whether we could add another level to it with a ramp as they sometimes like their own space.
The cage is excellent quality and very well made, it was a pleasure to deal with you.
Lorna
G Tozer –
Hi there, we recently bought one of your guinea pig homes, which we love! I was wondering if it’s possible to add on in the future another level?
Many thanks, and bravo on a lovely product 🙂
REPLY: Hi Grace and Lorna. Many thanks for your kind words! Yes it is possible to add another level. We’ve just recently added this as a new product which you can find here: https://www.staging.hamster-homes.com/shop/pet-home-additional-tier/.