Nine guinea pigs

Hi. I am so glad to have found this forum. I have nine guinea pigs. Marci was adopted from the shelter where I was working. She was left outside the door in a box with about a dozen other guinea pigs. The box was so small that they were standing on top of each other. They were all covered in feces and urine. All I could see of Marci was her little brown nose. I decided right then that she was the one I would take home. None of us working there at the time were educated on how to sex guinea pigs, but I was fairly sure that she was female and pregnant. She had two babies soon after I took her home. The remaining six are the result of misinformation and not educating myself quick enough. I have been dissatisfied with the pet store cages for a while now and am getting the supplies together to make several huge cages like I have seen here. I am really excited to be able to give them more room to run and to be able to talk to folks who are dedicated to improving the lot of these small, lovable pets.