08/30/2026
Have you ever met anyone who had free range guinea pigs? Yeah, me neither, but here we are. Over a year ago my daughter decided she wanted some guinea pigs. She bought them herself at the Amish market in Englewood. I told her she'd have to pay for their food and litter. She agreed.
It didn't take long for her to realize that they were not super social and they were messy and smelly. She wanted them outside.
We put them in an old bunny hutch and would bring them in when it got too cold.
We tried to rehome them to no avail.
Eventually they escaped. I put them back and tried to fix it so it wouldn't happen again, but it did. At that point I couldn't catch them and, after about an hour, I gave up.
It's been a year now. They go in and out of the chicken coop and the barn as they please. They are happy and healthy as ever and they get along with the chickens, pigs, cats, and goats. So there you have it, we have free range guinea pigs. Both male, so no breeding to worry about 😂
