Varcoda
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after a month of adopting my dear girls, the playpen grids i ordered have still not arrived! there was a big hold up at the customs and for over two weeks i was not informed at all! 
while the little darlings were happy with new fleece bedding, i kept fretting over the size. finally yesterday i got a call and my cage parts should arrive by friday, hopefully.
this is the pet store cage their previous owners bought, which is too small for two adult females.
meantime i managed to find more of the cage parts in a large pet store far away (the others i checked didn't have them) and decided to buy an extra pack. i feel so silly, feeling like i could have just gotten it at that store much sooner and potentially save a little money too it isn't cheap at $35 usd for a pack of 8, and i might have to pay taxes )
so i started working on my new cage today, and hopefully can update soon with completed pics and pigs!
I had to have my coroplast shipped since i couldn't find them here, and they had to be cut up. so i taped them together that way for a nice effect. i'll never use regular bedding so i think the high 6 inch sides aren't necessary.
one panel is 34cm long, and it was too steep to have just one for a ramp. so my husband suggested i use the overturned hanging shelf basket thing i bought from a store and to attach two ramps to it the second floor is actually a solid painting canvas, which i thought would be more support than cage panels since it has a wooden frame. i'll secure it to the panels later.
the basket/shelf is covered with coroplast, fleece and one towel layer since i don't expect piggies to really pee on it. my husband pointed out its better to use that than the wooden houses they have, since they like to hide together if something loud or strange noises happen!
while the little darlings were happy with new fleece bedding, i kept fretting over the size. finally yesterday i got a call and my cage parts should arrive by friday, hopefully. this is the pet store cage their previous owners bought, which is too small for two adult females.
meantime i managed to find more of the cage parts in a large pet store far away (the others i checked didn't have them) and decided to buy an extra pack. i feel so silly, feeling like i could have just gotten it at that store much sooner and potentially save a little money too
it isn't cheap at $35 usd for a pack of 8, and i might have to pay taxes )so i started working on my new cage today, and hopefully can update soon with completed pics and pigs!
I had to have my coroplast shipped since i couldn't find them here, and they had to be cut up. so i taped them together that way for a nice effect. i'll never use regular bedding so i think the high 6 inch sides aren't necessary.
one panel is 34cm long, and it was too steep to have just one for a ramp. so my husband suggested i use the overturned hanging shelf basket thing i bought from a store and to attach two ramps to it
the second floor is actually a solid painting canvas, which i thought would be more support than cage panels since it has a wooden frame. i'll secure it to the panels later.the basket/shelf is covered with coroplast, fleece and one towel layer since i don't expect piggies to really pee on it. my husband pointed out its better to use that than the wooden houses they have, since they like to hide together if something loud or strange noises happen!
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