I had been taking my daughter to the the Pet Store for a couple of weeks leading up to Christmas to see what kind of small animal she liked for me to possibly get her for Christmas. I had originally decided on a Hamster, and bought a cage, ball, extra tubes, food, and everything else I needed for a hamster. I went to the pet store on the 23rd, and while I was waiting on an employee to help me, I saw the cutest Guinea Pig (IMO), and well ended up buying him/her (didn't ask sex when I purchased) instead. Anyway, I ended up buying a Guinea Pig starter kit, which came with a cage, food, bedding, chew toys, water bottle, food bowl, etc. Once I got it home and all set up I quickly realized that this cage was far too small (should have done my research), and the guinea pig just didn't seem happy at all, wouldn't run around or do anything, even after a couple of days. Floor time was a completely different story. The pig would jump, play, run around, and act like a completely different animal. My daughter also noticed that "Ginny" just didn't seem happy at all in her cage. So I promised her I would have a different/bigger cage by the next time she came over. (I'm separated from my wife, and have my daughter on a 3 day/4 day per week rotation.) Anyway, did a little googling and came across this site, and decided on a C&C cage. I originally wanted to go with a 1 level 2x4 cage. I was able to get a sheet of white coroplast from a local sign shop for $15, then went to Target and found a 2x6 grid shelving pack, bought it, but when I got home realized that only 9 of the grids had the small openings, while the other grids had large enough openings for a pig to squeeze through. So I went back and got another box, and now got my initial project started, and now had enough grids to elevate the cage, and add a 2x1 loft. After a couple of trial and errors, I'm now to here:
My question is, I've seen a bunch of people that have some kind of edging on their coroplast, where can I get this edging from, and what is it? I'm using the leftover coroplast to construct a ramp, but want to put edging on it as it seems a little sharp to me.
I'm planning on the loft to be the "Kitchen", I will be putting wood pellet bedding in this area, and using fleece bedding in the main area (currently going through the 4th wash cycle to break it it).
Any other tips/tricks you guys would like to share I'd love to hear! This is our first guinea pig, and I'm becoming quite attached to this little critter pretty quickly. I'm even considering getting it a buddy in the near future once I get this cage complete.
Thanks in advance!
My question is, I've seen a bunch of people that have some kind of edging on their coroplast, where can I get this edging from, and what is it? I'm using the leftover coroplast to construct a ramp, but want to put edging on it as it seems a little sharp to me.
I'm planning on the loft to be the "Kitchen", I will be putting wood pellet bedding in this area, and using fleece bedding in the main area (currently going through the 4th wash cycle to break it it).
Any other tips/tricks you guys would like to share I'd love to hear! This is our first guinea pig, and I'm becoming quite attached to this little critter pretty quickly. I'm even considering getting it a buddy in the near future once I get this cage complete.
Thanks in advance!