Is this a safe cage for a piggy?

[vivalakayla]

Saw this on Ebay, they say it's safe for GPs. Was wondering what everyone elses thoughts were?

NEW 20" DOG CAGE-CAT CARRIER KENNEL-HAMPSTER-GUINEA PIG - eBay (item 390129945709 end time Dec-17-09 18:01:37 PST)

[VoodooJoint]

I don't think a GP would be able to get out of it but why in the world would you want it?

[JD In Van]

I can't see a picture at all but a 20" is too small for a cavy. You should be looking at about 2.25' x 3.5'.

[Milkingit]

The bar spacing is fine for guinea pigs being 1.5" the issue is the size of the floor. The fact their is no walls so bedding/food will get kicked out.

The XXXL one is just big enough for 2 pigs at minimum standards to this site.

[Katie_Kutthroat]

That is wayyyyyyyyyy to small for a pig, but I don't see why it wouldn't be safe.

[bpatters]

They definitely can't get out of it, but I certainly wouldn't want to condemn a pig to living in it. We have that exact same cage for kenneling our dog at night and when we're gone, and it's not suitable for a guinea pig. By the time you put one hidey, one food bowl and a hay container in there, the pig will have no room to move around.

For very little more money, you could make a decent-sized C&C cage.

[HayPiggy]

You could make a cage twice the size for cheap it isn't expensive to make a C&C cage. Are you wanting this as a permanent home or just for travel? Maybe a full grown pig would be ok but a baby would not do good in here they may try to get out and get stuck. It looks safe to travel with but will only hold a minimum of 1 or 2 guinea pigs depending on the size cage you get, it might be a pain to clean it out also.

[Rnd210]

Actaully, for the same price as that cage you could very easily make 2 2x3 cages using a shower curtian for the bottom instead of coroplast. Yes a 2x3 cage is bigger that the cage you are asking about.
I know if you bought one box of grids you should be able to make a 2x5 cage with a shower curtain liner as the bottom.

[rabbitsncavyluv]

They can get out of crates like that or at least small/ young ones can. I've seen them. They had pigs at an animal shelter event in that and they did pop right out.

But either way, it is too small as a cage.

[vivalakayla]

I was just asking due to the fact that the Ebay user put GUINEA PIG in the title. I don't want it, nor would I purchase it. I was just searched guinea pig on Ebay and that's what it came up as. So I figured I'd ask =)

[leyley904]

Well, I used an extra-extra-extra-large for a temporary cage for my rabbit. I felt even that size was too small. Personally, it was miserable. I added a level which was impossible to reach from the door. But the bigger problem is that it is nearly impossible to hang a water bottle. I had to use pipe cleaner and make a weird contraption out of it to get it at the right height. We still use it for my dog when we have the maid over, and her nails make SO much noise on it. Even with fleece over the bottom it would bounce around.
Oh, and yes, even with my litter box trained rabbit there was poo flying all over the floor outside of the cage. All in all, no.