Minimum cage size

I think it's just that, over time, 'conventional wisdom' is giving way to reality. Believe me, I've had a rude awakening since I started reading these forums. The cages pet stores sell are horrible. And they are just selling what's available from manufacturers.

Manufacturers are probably still building cages from plans and equipment that's decades old. The problem goes down the line. But, the good news is, once people see how easy it is to build a real habitat, those companies will find their inventories aren't moving, and people are shifting to large cages.

Unfortunately, pet stores have a vested interest in making people believe that a cavy only needs a square foot of living space. If they told people up front that they needed 8 - 10 sq. ft., their sales would plummet... which would really be a good thing!

Yah,well at petsmart they had 4 piggies ina 1x1 cage with a pigloo in it! Some people need to surf the web I suppose. Next time I'm in there I should give them this site adress, wouldn't that be funny! lol You defidently need a larger cage than that! So, you already have piggies? What size cage for how many?

Last years Guinea Pigs magazine (written by the people who write Critters) had a article that mentioned C&C cages. Cavy Spirit is quoted through out it. But then they put quotes a person who claims to teach guinea pigs tricks in another article, saying smaller is better.

It must be very confusing for someone basing all thier care solely on that magazine.