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Originally Posted by Baileym4

Hey everybody, I just found this awesome forum and I have a few questions about C&C cages, so I thought I'd ask and see what kind of feedback I got. First let me start by saying that my boyfriend and I have two guinea pigs, Layla and Pancake, they are my world. They are so cute and sweet. For the past few months since we've had them, they have been living in a SuperPet cage. It's nice and it's a good size for them but recently I've been thinking about upgrading to a C&C cage. We are getting ready to move into a bigger apartment next month and I will have the room for a new cage. I've been doing a lot of research on C&C cages and we have found a store where we can purchase some coroplast. I just have a few questions and concerns that I haven't been able to find the answers to in my research. I'm just going to list them below. Any help that I can get is much appreciated. Thatnks so much.

Questions:
1. How durable is coroplast and how long will it last?


From what I have read about coroplast is that it can last up to 15 years or more with outside weather conditions and since it is being used for a guinea pig cage that should be in the house it should last 2-3 times that long.

2. How many sheets of coroplast should I buy?

This would really depend on the size of your cage, one large sheet is 4ft by 8ft.

3. What can I put under the new cage so it doesn't have to sit on the floor?

Table, dog kennels, stands made from cubes, this is another one of those personal preference things.

4. Is the cloth material that you put inside cages fleece? Do the piggies like it?

The material is fleece and the piggies really do like it, but really who wouldn't like a very soft floor to walk, run and play on.

5. When you have to bend grids to make walls or a ramp, how do you do that without breaking them.

You have to be very careful to not apply to much pressure when bending them or you will breakl it, I found it easier to make ramps out of extra coroplast.

6. Do the zip ties work better then the grid connectors that come with them?


This is really personal prefrence, I only use the zip ties and think it would be easier than the connectors since the conectors sometimes don't fit right and be frustrating to get the way that you want them to be.


- That's all I can think of right now. If I think of anything else I'll post it.

Thanks so much,

Morgan