VoodooJoint
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I have a dirty little secret. I have the ugliest cage ever. I wouldn't put pictures up before because it's hideous. I have finally gotten brave enough to post some though. Mostly because of how much my girls love their new addition.
On the other hand I am remarkably proud of my cage as it is made with 100% recycled materials. The only items in or on the cage that were bought new (other then food, bedding and hay) is the pigloo, the water bottle and the zip ties to hold it all together. Even the Guinea Pigs in the cage were used as they were rescues.
I am lucky that we have an organization near me called "The Green Project". This place sells used and leftover building materials super cheap as I way to keep them from ending up in landfills. For anyone with an imagination this place is a goldmine.
The base of the cage is an old metal pan from a Giant Breed Dog's collapsable kennel. It measures a little over 34" x 52". The bars are made from reused wire shelving. The corroplast sides (to hold the bedding in) are old political and promotional signs. You can't see it well, but in the picture of Dilly (tri-colored) in the hay loft the corroplast behind her says "Support the Arts 2006"...Dilly is such a hippie beatnik!
The newly added loft area is a piece of second hand MDF board (a super dense but thin and strong particle board). To protect the GPs from chewing on the board and to protect the board from pee I covered it with leftover vinyl peal and stick tiles from when I did my kitchen floor.
The ramp is a corrugated plastic drainage tube that I picked up at The Green Project. The pigs LOVE that tube.
Second hand accesories in the cage are a 4" PVC pipe and a cube panel bent into a U with thrift store fabric over it. The cuddle pouch in the loft is a mix of an old pair of my husband's jeans and my daughter's old sweatshirt. I still have a small plastic tub that I'm not sure if it will become a hidey house or a hay rack.
Total cost to build my cage, add the loft and the second hand accesories = $6.35.
Guinea Pigs loving their home no matter how ugly it is = priceless
On the other hand I am remarkably proud of my cage as it is made with 100% recycled materials. The only items in or on the cage that were bought new (other then food, bedding and hay) is the pigloo, the water bottle and the zip ties to hold it all together. Even the Guinea Pigs in the cage were used as they were rescues.
I am lucky that we have an organization near me called "The Green Project". This place sells used and leftover building materials super cheap as I way to keep them from ending up in landfills. For anyone with an imagination this place is a goldmine.
The base of the cage is an old metal pan from a Giant Breed Dog's collapsable kennel. It measures a little over 34" x 52". The bars are made from reused wire shelving. The corroplast sides (to hold the bedding in) are old political and promotional signs. You can't see it well, but in the picture of Dilly (tri-colored) in the hay loft the corroplast behind her says "Support the Arts 2006"...Dilly is such a hippie beatnik!
The newly added loft area is a piece of second hand MDF board (a super dense but thin and strong particle board). To protect the GPs from chewing on the board and to protect the board from pee I covered it with leftover vinyl peal and stick tiles from when I did my kitchen floor.
The ramp is a corrugated plastic drainage tube that I picked up at The Green Project. The pigs LOVE that tube.
Second hand accesories in the cage are a 4" PVC pipe and a cube panel bent into a U with thrift store fabric over it. The cuddle pouch in the loft is a mix of an old pair of my husband's jeans and my daughter's old sweatshirt. I still have a small plastic tub that I'm not sure if it will become a hidey house or a hay rack.
Total cost to build my cage, add the loft and the second hand accesories = $6.35.
Guinea Pigs loving their home no matter how ugly it is = priceless
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