Ten years ago, at a holiday sale sponsored by the F.A.C.T. ferret rescue in Connecticut, I bought a long flannel tunnel for my guinea pigs. It turned out to be their favorite toy ever. It was long enough for three pigs to snooze in, wide enough for the pudgiest adult pigs, warm, safe, and washable. They loved the thing, literally, to pieces.
My biggest regret was that I didn't go back to F.A.C.T right away to get more tunnels, because I never saw them at the sales again. In a way, I can understand why their maker didn't produce more; two layers of flannel and a layer of polyfill or cotton batting (or whatever it was) would challenge most any sewing machine. I've spent years looking for something else.
I've found it at Jen's Custom Crafts. She calls them "corridors" appropriately because the regular size is 18 inches long and the large size is 19 inches long.
They're made of fleece and your choice or cotton or flannel, which means they're machine washable and dryable. The regular size is $20 and the large size is $25. With the worst winter months bearing down on us, any guinea pig, ferret, or other tunnel-loving small animal would love to have one (or two or three...)!
wow- thanks for this tip! my girls will love this (since they spend 80% of their time under their fleece bedding this time of year)
Posted by: Anne | December 06, 2010 at 08:23 PM