New Piggie Owners From Georgia!

Welcome! And thanks for doing your research. Here's some good reading before you ever get your pigs:

https://www.guineapigcages.com/forum/threads/113176-Information-for-new-guinea-pig-owners
https://www.guineapigcages.com/forum/threads/107827-What-NOT-to-do-for-your-guinea-pigs!

You sound as if you're going to purchase pigs. PLEASE don't do that. Pet store pigs are bred and raised in horrible conditions, and are often sold sick, with parasites, and with the baby sows pregnant. To keep from participating in the whole breeding mill catastrophe, please look for pigs at a rescue or shelter. Not only will give a pig in need a good home, but you'll free up that rescue slot for another pig that needs it.

Also, don't get suckered into buying a pet store cage. They're barely large enough for one pig, and not nearly large enough for two. Look at the Cages forum here for more info on cages, and at the Photo Galleries for ideas.

I looked at the section about cages and the cages my LPS carries meet the minimums. We can always build a c&c cage when we buy our own house early next year.

You can make a C&C cheaper than you can buy a pet store cage.

It's not about price. It's about space. If I was going to make a c&c cage I would want to make it huge. I currently have a rabbit with a c&c cage and she takes up at least halfway of my animal room.

Also, the c&c cage I built for my rabbit cost me well over 100 dollars. Those grids are extremely hard to find around where I live.

bpatters said:

You can make a C&C cheaper than you can buy a pet store cage.

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I agree, and they really super easy to put together.

I spent $26 on grids, $17 on coroplast and $ 10 on tape and zip ties