Cage Got Pretzel's cage done!

[PretzelsMom]

I'm so glad that we got him out of the cat carrier and into his new cage. I am exhausted from running around getting the parts all day (went to 3 stores to find cubes, had my 2 year old with me and am currently 4 months pregnant) but it was worth it. I spent all afternoon putting it together only to have hubby promptly take it apart to reconfigure it (to add the stand as an attached piece rather than floating with zip ties as I had planned). Which is fine with me, he loves projects and this got him involved/invested. Pretzel hasn't done much but sit in his igloo since we got him but now that he has all this space he runs around and explores and even made some noise! I got some fleece today to try out so I'll post pics of the cage once I get that in there. I'm rather annoyed by how the cloroplast came out- somewhat uneven with pen marks and score marks on the outside (I had to rescore it once due to forgetting to account for the grid connectors). So once it's covered in the fleece I'll post a pic! I'm just relieved he is in a big safe cage and can be happy. He even let the kids feed him lettuce and carrots today...which amazed me since my 2 year old is not exactly still or calm but he took it from her wiggly little hand anyway.

Hopefully someday hubby will agree to get him a friend. I think I'll have to wait several months to bring it up. Our baby is due in September and I doubt that he will want to get another guinea pig when we are focusing on a newborn baby. Maybe for Christmas? We'll see.

 

[Onetwo]

Pics??? We love pictures! Haha Cangrats on the new cage. I was about 4 months preg when I got guinea pigs again!!!

 

[lissie]

Yes. We love pics! I'm glad your husband is on board with the C&C cage.

 

[PretzelsMom]

Alright, here are some pics. I apologize if they are huge, I'm not so good with sizing things down...

(This last one is of him hiding in his tube from my daughter who kept hovering near the cage and chanting "Pestwel, Pestwel!")

 

[llonka]

Wow I love your cage!! Your hubby sounds like mine, and it takes some pushing to get him to agree anything. Love your stand, my pigs are on the floor right now. Hopefully I can get hubby to make them a stand or something. I also have little kids, a four year old and three year old. I ended up buying a pad lock so the pigs are locked in!

Looks like you are doing a good job! Keep it up! lol

 

[PretzelsMom]

Lol...yea if you look close you can see we have two carabeaners (sp) and a quick-release keychain (tricky release that stumps my 5 year old) holding the lid on!

 

[MeggiePeggyMom]

This looks great! Pretzel is going to be doing some serious popcorning in there!

 

[Kimberly713]

Awh he's so cute! Glad you finally found the materials and built one rather than the midwest cage. It looks great, I want to re do my cage soon too. I'm thinking a 3x5 hmmm... ptimist:

 

[FlowersGrandma]

Looks good and that's a great height for the kids to watch, but not climb on to see. He's going to be very happy.