HoneyBadger
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Cavy Slave
- Joined
- Mar 20, 2014
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- Joined
- Mar 20, 2014
- Messages
- 100
I have two Abyssinian lady pigs that I picked up from a family about 2 months ago. This is my first time owning guinea pigs and I have been very grateful for all the resources available on this site. After having numerous questions answered by searching the forums I decided it was about time to make my own profile.
My two piggies are Blue Moon and Lilliputian. Blue is on the left and the one on the other left is Lilli. The family I picked them up from told me they were about a year old. That sounds good enough to me.
I did a little research before I picked them up so I had my C&C grids already waiting at home for them when they arrived. They came with a bunch of CareFresh and so that's what I kept them on for about the first month. Once my 2x4 cage and wooden second level were complete I realized I was going to need an entire $30 bag of CareFresh each time I changed their bedding, which was just too expensive. I was hesitant to use fleece as I thought it would be a pain to clean but the low cost of it forced me to give it a try. I'm now about a month into using the fleece and I'm quite happy with it.
I feel like the second level crowds out the bottom level somewhat, so I'm thinking about expanding the base to 3X4, I just need to learn how to sew...
The second level is their kitchen/hay area. The fleece forest (Big thanks to MrWhistles for the idea and wonderful tutorial: https://www.guineapigcages.com/forum/threads/76054-Easy-Pesy-Fleece-Forest!) gets moved when it's veggie time so they aren't too crowded. The wooden house on the bottom was built to go into the hay tray but I've since decided to build an improved version. So at the moment their hay tray is just the liner, which is simply the bottom 3 inches cut away from a Blue Bin. The second level and ramp are two pieces to make them easier to put in and take out of the cage, but they can also be set up during floor time to give the piggies access to hay without making a mess of the carpet.
That's just where I put them when I'm cleaning the cage/switching the fleece. They have a bigger area covered with fleece for when they are going to spend a few hours on the floor.
I take their huts/beds, tunnel, bottle and pellet bowl in with them when they are going for floor time usually. That pic was just to show the area. I have a large tinfoil baking dish lined with newspaper and covered with hay in the corner that they use for the majority of their mess. It's tough to tell in the picture but the white coroplast wall at the bottom stretches around the corner to the right and is the same piece you can see in the top right corner. It is just the leftover from making the cage liner and luckily fit pretty well into that space.
Sorry for the length of the post! As you can tell I'm new to this and just want to get as many opinions as possible as to what I'm doing that is wrong or could use improvement. Any and all feedback is greatly appreciated. Thanks!!
My two piggies are Blue Moon and Lilliputian. Blue is on the left and the one on the other left is Lilli. The family I picked them up from told me they were about a year old. That sounds good enough to me.
I did a little research before I picked them up so I had my C&C grids already waiting at home for them when they arrived. They came with a bunch of CareFresh and so that's what I kept them on for about the first month. Once my 2x4 cage and wooden second level were complete I realized I was going to need an entire $30 bag of CareFresh each time I changed their bedding, which was just too expensive. I was hesitant to use fleece as I thought it would be a pain to clean but the low cost of it forced me to give it a try. I'm now about a month into using the fleece and I'm quite happy with it.
I feel like the second level crowds out the bottom level somewhat, so I'm thinking about expanding the base to 3X4, I just need to learn how to sew...
The second level is their kitchen/hay area. The fleece forest (Big thanks to MrWhistles for the idea and wonderful tutorial: https://www.guineapigcages.com/forum/threads/76054-Easy-Pesy-Fleece-Forest!) gets moved when it's veggie time so they aren't too crowded. The wooden house on the bottom was built to go into the hay tray but I've since decided to build an improved version. So at the moment their hay tray is just the liner, which is simply the bottom 3 inches cut away from a Blue Bin. The second level and ramp are two pieces to make them easier to put in and take out of the cage, but they can also be set up during floor time to give the piggies access to hay without making a mess of the carpet.
That's just where I put them when I'm cleaning the cage/switching the fleece. They have a bigger area covered with fleece for when they are going to spend a few hours on the floor.
I take their huts/beds, tunnel, bottle and pellet bowl in with them when they are going for floor time usually. That pic was just to show the area. I have a large tinfoil baking dish lined with newspaper and covered with hay in the corner that they use for the majority of their mess. It's tough to tell in the picture but the white coroplast wall at the bottom stretches around the corner to the right and is the same piece you can see in the top right corner. It is just the leftover from making the cage liner and luckily fit pretty well into that space.
Sorry for the length of the post! As you can tell I'm new to this and just want to get as many opinions as possible as to what I'm doing that is wrong or could use improvement. Any and all feedback is greatly appreciated. Thanks!!