A roof is advisable if you have small children, and essential for households with 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.
What's Included
- Mesh fronts are standard on both top and bottom levels.
- The ladder option comes with safety side bars and rungs to help your pigs get up and down.
- 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 floors 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 roof and front panels, with the mesh edges covered in a wood trim.
- Plywood bases supplied untreated.
Assembly
- Base Units and Front panels are pre-assembled.
- Some simple self-assembly required to screw the wall panels together, and attach hinges and door closers.
- Comes with full Assembly Instructions.
Dimensions
- External dimensions: Length 120cm, Width 60cm, Height 80cm (without roof) or 82cm (with roof),
- Internal dimensions: Length 116cm, Width 56cm, Height 38cm, Internal base depth 7.5cm.
Helen W. –
I’ve just ordered some extra little bits for our pigs, and it has spurred me on to give some feedback about the lovely home they are now in. It’s great!
It was satisfying to put together and everything fitted well together. Thank you for a beautifully well-made, non-plastic house for the pigs.
Katy Turner –
It’s brilliant! All put together now, and I’m super impressed with the quality. Going to paint now and my little boys can’t wait to get their piggies inside tomorrow 🙂
Thanks so much.
E Ward –
Delighted with the 2 tier guinea pig cage, so well designed, good instructions. Thank you! The delivery was fab too – guy keen to make sure it went where I wanted. Thank you for your help and wonderful service. Good choice to buy from your company. Quality!
R Heer –
Hutch built and painted! It looks amazing!
Rachel H. –
I have three extremely happy guinea pigs! They’re almost skiing down the ramp and loving the popcorn onto the floor.
Also, I wanted to say that this was the easiest thing I’ve ever put together. The coloured dots are inspired and the predrilled holes make it so simple.
I have a question – can a third tier go on the top?
REPLY: Yes Rachel you can add another tier. We recommend a maximum of 3 stacked tiers. See our facebook page for some customer examples.
Rachel –
This is a perfect home for our two rescue guinea girl pigs. We have relatively small, but tall rooms in our house, so two tiers seemed a good way to go. It’s beautifully crafted, and was easy to assemble. We also got it on wheels, so during the working week the girls are wheeled into the home office, and at the weekend they’re wheeled into the family room at the back of the house. I’ve knocked one star off purely because the ramps, as beautifully made as they are, are too steep and slippery for our girls. We had to line them with carpet before they would use them, and occasionally need to put a block under the end of the larger ramp to lessen the gradient, or have to put two play tunnels (made of fleece) along the length of the ramp to encourage them to use it. That said, this may just be our girls and that other piggies wouldn’t be so fazed by it. We also need to install a balcony along the edge of the loft hatch as they keep rolling their rigid play tunnel into it and blocking it up. But it’s a fab cage, and everyone who’s seem it has admired it!
REPLY: Thanks Rachel for the constructive feedback about the ramp – we’ve already made design changes as a result of your comments.
Abbie –
I originally ordered this 2 tier hutch, but then changed my order to a 180cm x 60cm single tier hutch – perfect for 3 guinea pigs. Its fantastic and great quality! Got absolutely super service throughout as well.