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Room for one more?

Maisiepaisie

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Cavy Slave
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I'm thinking about adopting another female to live with my 4 girls and one neutered male. I'm not sure though if this would make the cage overcrowed. Its a 2x7 which is 3 wide in 3 places so its effectively a 2x7 plus a 1x3 joined together. As my grids are 14" squares I make that 24.5 square feet. Is that enough for 6 pigs? Here is my cage
https://www.guineapigcages.com/photos/showphoto.php/photo/8780/cat/500/ppuser/4667
 
I think that would probably be fine, especially since you have mostly girls. Since your cage is a little bigger than a 2x8 in terms of square footage, that seems like plenty. According to the guidelines on this site, a 2x5 is advised for three piggies, and a 2x6 is advised for four... So, following that logic, a 2x8 would be perfect for six piggies. I have ten girls and one neutered boy in a huge cage, but even with all that space they tend to stick together most of the time.
 
Wonderful, now I just have to make room for a quarantine cage :)
 
It would be fine, but if you could expand to a 3x7, it would even be better!
 
I'd love to have made a 3x7 all the way along but the cage is right next to the back door and the entrance into the kitchen. There would be no room to manouevre if I did this this. Oh how I long for a bigger house :eek:ptimist:
 
I think the cage will be plenty big enough for six piggies, but you could always add a second level if you wanted to... ;) (Careful though, you could get carried away with the cage-building like some other people I know... not me, of course...)
 
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