bensonlola
Warren Veteran
I've been looking the internet but cant see any. Are there any shops where you can just go and look at them?
(not for rabbits. For my guinea pig to be! )
(not for rabbits. For my guinea pig to be! )
Hi! :wave:
I went through this last year when I decided to adopt my 3 piggies. Firstly, have you looked at guineapigcages.com. Its where I got loads of information about C&C cages. The forum on there is pretty good too.
I got my grids from Amazon. If you google cube mesh and grid storage it should come up (they sell it as a shoe storage unit).
If you need any help, just give me a shout. I had mine in a hutch when I got them from the rescue, then upgraded to the C&C cage, decided it was too small so doubled the size and then finally decided to tweak it again and added an upstairs!
Good luck!!
Yay!! You're one step closer to being a piggy mum!!
If you are willing to put a bit of effort into making the cage, they are definitely worth it and have the added benefit of being adjustable so you can change it around if you want (make it bigger, add floors etc)
What will you do about the floor? I have used lino on mine and also use towels and fleeces for bedding rather than shavings or megazorb.
Well I couldn't work out where to get the plastic from so decided to use lino. I made it into the shape of a base so it has sides (am struggling to work out how to describe it!!) I cut slits into the edges of the lino, folded it up and super glued it in place ( and scored the lino where it had to fold). It's not as sturdy as the plastic but I don't think it matters as I've put it inside the grids so they hold it all in place. The towels absorb all the wee so no leakage!!
Does that make any sense??!
Have you looked at the website I suggested? I found it so useful when thinking about building my cage.
Thanks so much for the helpful advice! My piggies will be better off because of it!
Can I just sing the praises of washable incontinence pads underneath the fleece please? They're great - absolutely no smell and can be washed over and over again. I use a layer a newspaper, washable incontinence pads and then fleece over the main body of the cage. Then we have a smaller piece of inco pad covered with vetbed in a high toilet area plus a regular megazorb/hay litter tray under the hay rack. Upstairs is just another litter tray plus one layer of newspaper/inco pads and fleece.
I sweep the poops out twice a day (found that a rubber brush is best) and change the litter trays every two days. The little toilet area inco pad and vetbed is changed every day. The big fleece and inco pads are changed once a week.
Works great - no smell - and the piggies love it! Oh - and I use a pet bedding wash bag to ensure the washing machine doesn't clog with hair and hay .
And you haven't even got them yet :lol::lol::lol:
Can I just sing the praises of washable incontinence pads underneath the fleece please? They're great - absolutely no smell and can be washed over and over again. I use a layer a newspaper, washable incontinence pads and then fleece over the main body of the cage. Then we have a smaller piece of inco pad covered with vetbed in a high toilet area plus a regular megazorb/hay litter tray under the hay rack. Upstairs is just another litter tray plus one layer of newspaper/inco pads and fleece.
I sweep the poops out twice a day (found that a rubber brush is best) and change the litter trays every two days. The little toilet area inco pad and vetbed is changed every day. The big fleece and inco pads are changed once a week.
Works great - no smell - and the piggies love it! Oh - and I use a pet bedding wash bag to ensure the washing machine doesn't clog with hair and hay .
Oh thankyou all this advice is great!! Where do you get the incontinence thingymagigs??