Ramps New ramp!

MuggleMaggie · May 20, 2013

Well, Morty got neutered two weeks ago. So, to celebrate, this weekend we built a ramp to connect him to the girls!

I spent $5.30 on this project. We used plastic rain gutters as the ramps! And I lined them with fleece & u haul pads for traction and cleaning. I'm very pleased with how it turned out, and the piggies are CRAZY for the ramps! the love going up and down them.

piggielove123 · May 20, 2013

that is an awesome idea!

Megaredize · May 20, 2013

that is a good idea but i thought you had to wait 6 weeks after a neuter to introduce girls to the boy?

MuggleMaggie · May 20, 2013

Megaredize said:
that is a good idea but i thought you had to wait 6 weeks after a neuter to introduce girls to the boy?

Well, I surely hope not. Our vet said two weeks!

Megaredize · May 20, 2013

im not positive because i dont have boys but i have heard a few people here say 6 weeks to make sure the sperm dies. ill take a look around to see if it is true

MuggleMaggie · May 20, 2013

okay. I feel better now. Two full weeks. And we did that. phew. https://www.guineapigcages.com/foru...ng-after-neutering-can-you-put-male-back.html

MuggleMaggie · May 20, 2013

Megaredize said:
im not positive because i dont have boys but i have heard a few people here say 6 weeks to make sure the sperm dies. ill take a look around to see if it is true

I found a link. I'm good. Two full weeks!

Megaredize · May 20, 2013

I found this on cavyspirits web page "Make sure you wait three to four weeks after surgery before placing your neutered male with a female. The male needs time for any live sperm to die or work its way out of his system." here is the link its near the bottom. well its less than 6 weeks.

https://www.cavyspirit.com/neutering.htm

Megaredize · May 20, 2013

oh ok thats good. i bet your male is super happy

MuggleMaggie · May 20, 2013

Megaredize said:
oh ok thats good. i bet your male is super happy

He is! He loves playing with the ladies.

boofp · May 20, 2013

Thats awesome, Can they get to those lights by the ramp?

lissie · May 21, 2013

I love it. Looks very nice!

MrsSuzy · May 21, 2013

It looks great!

A rescue I know always waits 6 weeks. Maybe it's to be on safe side.

Piggy_ · May 21, 2013

Mine also love their ramp! I love your idea for the plastic gutters- it's amazing the number of items that have some unexpectedly perfect application to guinea pigs

I also love your cage- did you make the shelves yourself, or are they modified versions of something else?

Varcoda · May 21, 2013

that's an awesome looking ramp

it looks like it would be fun running up and down it too!

pinky · May 21, 2013

That's a great idea but I'd round the edges so you don't have injuries if they run into them.

MuggleMaggie · May 21, 2013

boofp said:
Thats awesome, Can they get to those lights by the ramp?

No, the lights are further away than they look, and firmly attached to the underside of the top story.

MuggleMaggie · May 21, 2013

Piggy_ said:
Mine also love their ramp! I love your idea for the plastic gutters- it's amazing the number of items that have some unexpectedly perfect application to guinea pigs I also love your cage- did you make the shelves yourself, or are they modified versions of something else?

We custom built out cage. Well, my husband did. lol This is the whole thing (before we installed the ramp)

MuggleMaggie · May 21, 2013

pinky said:
That's a great idea but I'd round the edges so you don't have injuries if they run into them.

You know, I didn't even think of that. I bet I could trim it with the snips and then just file it down with a nail file.

Piggy_ · May 21, 2013

MuggleMaggie said:
We custom built out cage. Well, my husband did. lol This is the whole thing (before we installed the ramp)
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Wow that's great! I guess it's the only way you can really get something that's exactly what you want. I love it.

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