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Winter Housing for Iggy

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Winter Housing for Iggy

In case I don’t find a home for the school iggy, what would the possibility of housing him in the basement when it get colder. This is not a heated/finished basement, but the room that has the furnace stays around the mid 60’s in the winter (of course he would have lighting & heat). You are comfortable going downstairs in a t-shirt. During the fall and winter it stays quite dry. When I raised rabbits and guinea pig I housed them in the basement year round.

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I would not house an Ig in an unheated basement. Even using heating/lighting for the enclosure you would risk temps going too low. This is my own opinion, maybe others here have done so with no problems that could advise you.

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As long as the enclosure is, well, enclosed you should be ok. An open sided cage will not work. Even with the ig sitting under a heat source it will still be breathing cold air.
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