C&C Alternatives IKEA enclosure :D

[saeva]

Hello everybody,

I want to show you my cage, maybe someone wants to build an enclosure by him- or herself and needs inspiration

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Here you can see more pics and how we build it

https://www.ikeahackers.net/2015/01/really-big-guinea-pig-enclosure-using-5-lack-coffee-tables.html

 

[StarTaleMaddnes]

That looks amazing! Wow.

 

[HeresTheSkinny]

Can you post more detailed instructions? I'd love to do something like this.

 

[saeva]

Can you post more detailed instructions? I'd love to do something like this.

There are a lot of pics at IKEA hackers It is really easy to build it

 

[AmberCalzone]

It looks amazing! How many piggies do you have in that mansion? How much did it cost to make?

 

[saeva]

Thanks
4 neutered boars and one who is not neutered; therefore 5

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We paid about 700 EUR for everything (780$). The lightning was very expensive (from phillips 200 EUR, my husband wanted it^^) and the webcams costed 120 EUR. So without these "electronic things" I think the cage was not expensive, it is okay to pay 380 EUR for this cage.
And we do not need a wall of cupboards below the TV ^^

 

[janinehunt]

Hi, welcome to the forum! That is one of the best cages I've ever seen! Like you, I like to call cages enclosures. Anyhow, what a great space for your lovely piggies!

Your wooden pig furniture is very nice too. Is it custom made? Is that a hammock with the arc under the TV? So cute. Well done!

 

[lunarminx]

Lovely cage, do you have any newer photos?

 

[saeva]

Thanks

I love the furniture, too; personally I do not like plastics ^^
I bought it in a shop, I`m not very talented in working with wood : https://de.dawanda.com/shop/Nagermoebel and https://www.knastladen.de/Artikelauswahl/Haustierbedarf/Fuer-das-Nagetier/

Under the TV it is a gras-hammock, like this here: (broken link removed)

A few more pics of the furniture:

The smaller house
https://de.myalbum.com/Foto-B3LTD4CX-D.jpg

The big house
https://de.myalbum.com/Foto-HJGSDUEL-D.jpg

Behind the house (they love to sleep behind the house^^)
https://de.myalbum.com/Foto-3VOYLOPJ-D.jpg

The Hay-House:
https://de.myalbum.com/Foto-FHNYHINL-D.jpg

The high hammock
https://de.myalbum.com/Foto-JVVQDCDN-D.jpg

The other hammocks
https://de.myalbum.com/Foto-ZVXD6JBZ-D.jpg

and again complete With the toys outside the cage
https://de.myalbum.com/Foto-QLYTKZCE-D.jpg



And as you see, hay, hay, hay everywhere xD

 

[saeva]

And two videos with the cage and the pigges and the enclosure:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3wejCYsDxE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN41ACmc3yg

 

[Jessica Fritze]

I really like these ikea setups like this. I would like mine to be a little more of a cleaner look or more of an "industrial" look sort of say. Like this image I have had saved on my phone for months haha

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[saeva]

This looks really coo, too Is it a "Kallax"? For guiena Pigs you would need one behind the other to have ennough space

 

[AmberCalzone]

I actually like yours a lot more Because the cage comes out so much farther out than the tables, it offers much more ventilation than your example picture does.

And I just think your cage is prettier!

 

[saeva]

Thanks This cage is exactly the cage we wanted to have, we would change nothing^^ And the piggys love him also very much

We build this enclosure before: https://www.ikeahackers.net/2013/05/modern-guinea-pig-cage.html
But after we finished, we realized that cleaning it is really hard. We had a lot of problems to clean the corner, it wasn`t funny^^ I loved the cage on the on side and hated it on the other^^

Now cleaning is really easy although the new enclosure is a bit bigger. It is almost fun cleaning it^^

 

[lunarminx]

I love your cages, even with the corner...lol

 

[saeva]

It is sooooo easy to build it^^ I`m still looking forward to see someone that will build something similar^^