I really want to get these 2 boars, but I have not found a nice wooden cage. I've looked on amazon and google, but nothing has come up. I found really nice wooden hamster cages, but I have yet to find one suitable for guinea pigs. Please help me.
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Wooden cages are much much much easier to build than you think if you have any experience woodworking. They are also cheaper than a C&C cage if you know how to design them properly. For waterproofing I personally bought the cheapest indoor latext paint with primer I could find and after a year there has been zero damage. As for chewing, all you have to do is make the walls high enough they can't get to the top edge, or put a lid on it and leave the front open. If you don't want to paint and leave the wood untouched, just place a Coloplast tray in the bottom with high sides. For 200 dollars I built my cage that is two 8x3 levels with a shelf on top and underneath storage. I'm actually about to rebuild because I learned some new tricks in woodworking and am now going to make two 8x4 cages with a shelf for 140 dollars. Anyways, back to your question. Have you thought about using a nice outdoor hutch and placing it inside and using a playpen for a run? You could also ask local contractors about building some of the cages you've seen in pictures. I would look on Craigslist and try to find anyone who is selling their own furniture and see if you can commission them to make your cage. They'll do it cheaper than a contractor. This is my cage btw, and compared to building a C&C cage this size that can support a couple hundred pounds on top with underneath storage it was way cheaper and only took a week or so to cut and build myself. Wood cages are super cheap if you know what you're doing.You're looking at spending a lot of money to buy wood for a large enough cage for 2 male guinea pigs. And trust me... a wooden cage may look cleaner, but it won't be without a lot of effort, money, and caution.
Don't worry, most guinea pigs don't chew on the bars. Only a few do, but it's nothing to be scared about. Usually, guinea pigs chew at the bars for attention, food, or because they are stressed or hurting. It's the first 2 most of the time. Bar-chewing can be stopped by adding a few chew toys in their cage, maybe adding a wooden or hay tunnel... I hear those are a real hit. Guinea pigs climbing out of C&C cages is pretty rare. As long as you don't have female guinea pigs in a cage next to theirs, your boars won't have anything to drive them into climbing out of the cage. Guinea pigs are not escape-artists like hamsters. They stay in their cage.
C&C cages are really great and I think you should give them a chance. They are the most popular cage choice with most guinea pig owners. They are cheap, easy to take apart and build, they look nice, easy to clean, and they are just great. I recommend looking through cage pictures in the Photo Galleries. I'd say 95% of them are C&C cages. You'd be amazed at what people can do with them - how nice they can look with just a few simple touches.
With building a wooden cage comes a few cons....
-Expensive
-You'll need to line the wood with something waterproof... more money spent
-Some guinea pigs like to spray their pee sometimes. It could soak into the wood and smell really really bad.
-If you suddenly want to change the shape of the cage or you have to move or would like to take your guinea pigs on vacation/bring to a pet sitter's house, you can't take down the cage or change the shape/size without having to buy more wood and build it all over again... $$-If your guinea pigs ever get a parasite, for example, lice or mites, a wooden cage could slow down the process of getting rid of them. (I forgot which...mites or lice like to create colonies in wood. Both are common in guinea pigs but don't worry, not every guinea pig gets them.
With a C&C cage you don't have to worry about any of these things.
If you still want a wooden cage, go ahead (By the way, I seriously doubt you'll find a wooden cage online that's big enough for 2 boars... maybe a wooden run on Craigslist or something but those things usually don't have a bottom (or have a wire-bottom which is unsafe for guinea pigs). I think you would have to make it yourself if you decide you still want a wooden cage.) I nor anybody else is trying to force you into buying or building a C&C cage... we're just giving you suggestions. Do as you wish.
Really? How many grids did you get for that? I live in the middle of nowhere and I can't order from online, but the safe grids are really expensive here. I also think that when it comes to multiple cages my size one of the only ways to make room for them is to find another place to store the stuff you move. I can't imagine how many grids I'd need to build my cage in them and still have it hold a couple hundred pounds on top. I also really prefer the look and sturdiness of wood. I guess if you don't need it to be a massive setup or you don't need to store hundreds of pounds on it, which most people don't, grids are nice. I guess I need to look beyond where I live. I'd need at least 82 grids to build my cages over and that's without a stand and supports for the second floor and I wouldn't be able to store all my stuff on top.When I built my C&C cage with brand new materials, it only cost me $25.
$15 grids from Bed Bath and Beyond (with coupon) and $10 4x8 sheet of coroplast.