Best Housing for Cavies

**Fancy Oaks Cavy** · #1 08-27-05, 08:59 am

Hi,

I have just gotten some cavies and have them in totes in my room, but I am looking to expand a little bit. I was wondering what the best cages and best places to keep them are -- like in winter. Do you HAVE to keep them in the house?

Thanks,

Kayla

**VoodooJoint** · #2 08-27-05, 09:25 am

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Originally Posted by Fancy Oaks Cavy

Hi,

I have just gotten some cavies and have them in totes in my room, but I am looking to expand a little bit. I was wondering what the best cages and best places to keep them are -- like in winter. Do you HAVE to keep them in the house?

Thanks,

Kayla

First and formost this is a rescue oriented site. I need to insist that you take all advertising for your rabbitry/caviary out of your signature when you post.

You will not get good feedback on breeding or showing animals here. I recommend you read this especially the first line in the post http://cavycages.com/forum/announcem...nouncementid=7

In our views our pets are our family. Like our human family they live in the house with us. I would no more make my animals live outside in cages or a shed then I would my human children. Keeping animals outside encourages people to view them as livestock. We do not condone that view any more then we condone breeding in a world where rescues are full to the breaking point with animals.

**Sabriel** · #3 08-27-05, 09:25 am

Well it's a good idea to keep them in the house. Not only are they protected from the elements, you are also more likely to scoop them up and intereact with them. You can also monitor them for signs if illness better.

A C&C is the best form of cavy housing! Scroll to the top and click home and find out what it's all about.

**stitsy&codyPig** · #4 08-27-05, 10:31 am

Hi, they need to be in the house. They are best in a c&c cage.(cubes&coroplast)

**Fancy Oaks Cavy** · #5 08-27-05, 02:51 pm

Where can you get the C&C cages? My cages/totes are 30.5"X12" and 19"X12". Are they to small? (I've been to 'home' and printed the cage standards. Measurements/Math doesn't come easy to me.)

**Myspoiltpiggies** · #6 08-27-05, 03:19 pm

Your cages are even smaller than my current cages. Yours are WAY too small.

**Zeander** · #7 08-27-05, 03:37 pm

You can buy them here: http://cavycages.com/buycc.htm

Or you can make them. Here are the instructions: http://cavycages.com/howto.htm

It's very easy to do and your pigs will love you for it.

**Fancy Oaks Cavy** · #8 08-27-05, 08:42 pm

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Originally Posted by Zeander

You can buy them here: http://cavycages.com/buycc.htm

Or you can make them. Here are the instructions: http://cavycages.com/howto.htm

It's very easy to do and your pigs will love you for it.

Thanks, which ones would you suggest? I usually have them seperated, but when I breed them you put the two together and then, I seperate the males and females (when they are weaned).

**VoodooJoint** · #9 08-27-05, 08:52 pm

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Originally Posted by Fancy Oaks Cavy

Thanks, which ones would you suggest? I usually have them seperated, but when I breed them you put the two together and then, I seperate the males and females (when they are weaned).

Fancy Oaks, You are going too far. We DO NOT advocate breeding on this site. You are basically asking our members to give you advice to help you breed your Guinea Pigs. That is not acceptable and against board rules.

This entire website and forum is run by a Guinea Pig rescue. A rescue that needs to exist because of breeders. If I was in any way vague in my first post to you try to read this carefully. This forum is 100% against the breeding of Guinea Pigs.

If you ever again ask for or give advice on breeding animals you will at the very least get a 1 week ban.

**Myspoiltpiggies** · #10 08-28-05, 02:12 am

I think it's especially silly that you breed when you don't even know what type of housing is best

**Fancy Oaks Cavy** · #11 08-28-05, 01:13 pm

I am sorry. I love them very much. Thank You for your help.

**Ly&Pigs** · #12 08-28-05, 02:06 pm

How many pigs do you have of each sex? It's hard to recommend any cage sizes unless we know how many you have. If you truly love your piggers, then you won't breed them.

**Fancy Oaks Cavy** · #13 08-28-05, 02:35 pm

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Originally Posted by Ly&Pigs

How many pigs do you have of each sex? It's hard to recommend any cage sizes unless we know how many you have. If you truly love your piggers, then you won't breed them.

I have a boar and a sow that I bought (with three little boars and their sister now.). The sow was pregnant when I bought her. I really did just get them for pets and I'm not looking to raise them raise them. You know? It wasn't much choice of mine that she was pregnant already. I really did get them for pets in the first place. I only sell them to homes I'm pretty sure of too. You know what's really sad? I heard of this guy that has a whold bunch of them all running together inter-breeding and stuff! That made me sick!

**Ly&Pigs** · #14 08-28-05, 03:00 pm

So let me try to understand this situation correctly. You bought a male and a pregnant female. When you bought them, did you have intentions of breeding them again? Otherwise what was the point of buying a male and a female? You say you aren't looking to raise them but yet in one of your earlier posts on this thread you said, "I usually have them seperated, but when I breed them you put the two together and then, I seperate the males and females (when they are weaned).". So it seems to me that you did or do have an intention of breeding them again because you are contradicting yourself in your posts.

You are selling the pups. Why not adopt them out instead and ask for an adoption fee and then DO NOT breed them anymore. I had two accidental pregnancies, it was due to my son and his friend putting my boar in the girls cage and thinking it was funny to watch him "hump" the girls without regard to the consequences that any of my sows could get pregnant. I lost one litter of 2 pups, one was born dead and the other lived for 7 1/2 days. It was heartwrenching to see it happen. I adopted out two wonderful pigs (one female pup and one adult boar-the father of all the pups) but I never charged one cent for either adoption fee. I only wanted the piggers to go into happy healthy homes where they would be taken well care of. Voodoojoint has one of my former pups.

My advice would be to keep one of the baby boars as a companion for your papa boar and keep the little sow as a companion to your mama sow. Build 2 separate 2x4 cages and house the girls in one and the boys in the other and not to let them play or be together under any circumstances.

**Fancy Oaks Cavy** · #15 08-29-05, 03:00 pm

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Originally Posted by Ly&Pigs

So let me try to understand this situation correctly. You bought a male and a pregnant female. When you bought them, did you have intentions of breeding them again? Otherwise what was the point of buying a male and a female? You say you aren't looking to raise them but yet in one of your earlier posts on this thread you said, "I usually have them seperated, but when I breed them you put the two together and then, I seperate the males and females (when they are weaned).". So it seems to me that you did or do have an intention of breeding them again because you are contradicting yourself in your posts.

You are selling the pups. Why not adopt them out instead and ask for an adoption fee and then DO NOT breed them anymore. I had two accidental pregnancies, it was due to my son and his friend putting my boar in the girls cage and thinking it was funny to watch him "hump" the girls without regard to the consequences that any of my sows could get pregnant. I lost one litter of 2 pups, one was born dead and the other lived for 7 1/2 days. It was heartwrenching to see it happen. I adopted out two wonderful pigs (one female pup and one adult boar-the father of all the pups) but I never charged one cent for either adoption fee. I only wanted the piggers to go into happy healthy homes where they would be taken well care of. Voodoojoint has one of my former pups.

My advice would be to keep one of the baby boars as a companion for your papa boar and keep the little sow as a companion to your mama sow. Build 2 separate 2x4 cages and house the girls in one and the boys in the other and not to let them play or be together under any circumstances.

I DID have the intention of breeding them again -- when I bought them. I have kinda changed my mind now. I will do as you suggest of keeping the little sow and a boar and build or buy the cages. But, I put the males together (outside they're current cages) and they don't get along very well. Thanks for all the help!

**Funnygpigs** · #16 08-29-05, 08:21 pm

I think that if you have changed your mind and are not going to breed, you have really made a huge step to understanding what being a responsible pet owner is all about. PLus, your pets will thank you too. Please read the ENTIRE cavyspirit site. Read all the info on introductions, feeding, care, houseing. All the basic-getting-started info is there. Then, if you still have a question about something that you are not sure, ask away. Please do not breed! :0)

**Homemom** · #17 10-14-05, 01:33 pm

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Originally Posted by Fancy Oaks Cavy

Thanks, which ones would you suggest? I usually have them seperated, but when I breed them you put the two together and then, I seperate the males and females (when they are weaned).

Please don't breed - I am a former breeder of rabbits and stopped about a decade ago. And I bred mainly for my OWN needs (I w

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