Hi all,
Video explaining my options
https://youtu.be/QboO8NxSj3I
I live in a tiny house and have limited space but I wanted to see if a unique shape that still provides about 8sq.ft. of room would still be enough for a happy piggy. I was told by a Petco manager that the pictured Cage above is enough for one pig but I've read pretty much everywhere online that it's insufficient. My tiny house is only 8.5' wide so obviously I'm not fitting most large cages. Is this Critter-Cage good enough for a well-handled piggy for its entire life?
If not, I've had other ideas:
1) An L-shape corner cage that is 28"L x 17"W x 15"T, then the L-corner itself can bend to add another 17"L x 17"W x 15"T approximately
2) Or go for a normal Petco cage above 28"L x 17"W x 15"T but then customize vertically. The area above the wall is 55"L so the cage can have a 55"L x 12"W x 15"T upper area. A slide will allow the guinea pig to walk up for more running room. It'd be a cool cage to invent.
In both situations, width is lacking but length isn't so much of an issue.
Last option is get a normal square cage that is simply 8sq.ft. and put my guinea pig in the loft forever. With a cage of that shape, I will simply have to make it work or be forced to buy/build a custom cage if ever it just wasn't working out. I don't think this would happen. I've had rodents of all kinds all of my life but these things do happen and I've had to get realllllllllllllllly inventive to accommodate them. I just don't want to do this but will if the people here say it's the wisest decision.
Thanks guys!