Krymle
Well-known Member
Cavy Slave
- Joined
- Mar 13, 2014
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- Joined
- Mar 13, 2014
- Messages
- 79
I have finally figured out the bedding/hay problems i had earlier, thanks to you guys. .. Can i ask for your help one more time? 
This is my room. As you can see, i have rats. 3 males. I am hopefully gaining a pair of female guinea pigs in maybe august, maybe september. The sooner the better for me.. just have to be ready. No, i dont have the cage right now - or the table. That is just to show what placement i had in mind.
Now, i let the rats have freeroam of my desk for playtime. While i play with them or am gaming. I spend 95% of my time in my room - when i am not working or with friends. So i like to have my pets with me right where i can enjoy them the most - on/by my desk. its so easy and fun to just turn my head and get a peak at whatever they are up to.
Buuut - if i get a c&c cage, the grids will definitely be too huge, the rats could slip right through, even Magnus, my biggest rat. So if i chose a c&c, i would have to baby-proof permanentely. With a lid. That had to be double/babyproofed as well. The rats could still climb the guinea pigs cage, so is this even okay? wont it stress the guinea pigs? Because i am from denmark, the only way i can acquire a c&c is from candcguineapigcages.co.uk. With the 2x4 cage i want, and the ekstra grids needed to babyproof the total would come to 181 usd.. I mean, that is a bit expensive. If it really gets down to it, and this is really still the best option, i will do it.
So.. even if i babyproof, is it enough?
Do i have to put the cage somewhere in the room where the rats have no chance of getting to, even with babyproofing? I wont be able to enjoy the pigs as much, with them out of sight..
Maybe i should do a plexi-glass type cage(low enough walls to not be harmful), but still with some kind of lid?
Other options are finding someplace else as a play area for the rats. But i like them having free-roam of the desk while i sit with them. Its so convenient as well. They can zoom in and out of their cage as much as they want to.
Any ideas?
This is my room. As you can see, i have rats. 3 males.
I am hopefully gaining a pair of female guinea pigs in maybe august, maybe september. The sooner the better for me.. just have to be ready. No, i dont have the cage right now - or the table. That is just to show what placement i had in mind. Now, i let the rats have freeroam of my desk for playtime. While i play with them or am gaming.
I spend 95% of my time in my room - when i am not working or with friends. So i like to have my pets with me right where i can enjoy them the most - on/by my desk. its so easy and fun to just turn my head and get a peak at whatever they are up to. Buuut - if i get a c&c cage, the grids will definitely be too huge, the rats could slip right through, even Magnus, my biggest rat. So if i chose a c&c, i would have to baby-proof permanentely. With a lid. That had to be double/babyproofed as well. The rats could still climb the guinea pigs cage, so is this even okay? wont it stress the guinea pigs? Because i am from denmark, the only way i can acquire a c&c is from candcguineapigcages.co.uk. With the 2x4 cage i want, and the ekstra grids needed to babyproof the total would come to 181 usd.. I mean, that is a bit expensive. If it really gets down to it, and this is really still the best option, i will do it.
So.. even if i babyproof, is it enough?
Do i have to put the cage somewhere in the room where the rats have no chance of getting to, even with babyproofing? I wont be able to enjoy the pigs as much, with them out of sight..
Maybe i should do a plexi-glass type cage(low enough walls to not be harmful), but still with some kind of lid?
Other options are finding someplace else as a play area for the rats. But i like them having free-roam of the desk while i sit with them. Its so convenient as well. They can zoom in and out of their cage as much as they want to.
Any ideas?
