making hidey houses

[loves2travel]

ok, so im trying to make some hidey houses for my girls out of coroplast. what can i use to bind? is hot glue ok?

 

[Starbucks]

i wouldnt use hot glue because the piggies may end up eating it and thats not good.

 

[Piglet]

I'd just get some store bought ones, like those plastic stools.

 

[loves2travel]

but what if the hot glue isnt in reach at all? piglet, i could get a stool, but i thought it would be really cute to make my own and then decorate it, like lipglossartist has done. those are so cute!

 

[mncavylover]

If you need to use glue, then I believe the safest would be one of those nontoxic school glues. It's a cute idea, just make sure that everything is safe, including the paint if you want to use some!

 

[loves2travel]

Im not useing paint, just washable markers, the kind that school children use, its suppoed to be safe if they eat a little bit because the color is made with food coloring. something like that.

ok, what about Elmers School Safe Hot Glue Gun?

 

[mncavylover]

Ok, that may work if you're sure it's nontoxic.

 

[loves2travel]

yea, thats what it says. Ill be really careful no glue is exposed too.

 

[mncavylover]

Ok, sounds like a plan.

 

[loves2travel]

All right, this is the house i am trying to make (all her other ones are way too complicated) and i am only going to be making it a one level. how big should the main house be, that square part? what dimensions would you reccomend? I want two pigs to be able to fit.
https://www.guineapigcages.com/gallery/519/

 

[Piglet]

Oh yeh, I remember hers! They were adorable. Can't wait to see them finished

 

[mncavylover]

Oh, I looove those houses! I made a coroplast hidey house, pic is here: https://www.guineapigcages.com/gallery/898/

Nothing so creative as hers, but it works. I think that is about 22" x 14", not exactly sure. It can fit probably four pigs, and has two entrances. The minimum for two pigs is most likely 12" x 14" or something, that's what I'd guess.

 

[loves2travel]

is a 6" height high enough?

 

[mncavylover]

Yes, I think that should be fine, loves2travel.

 

[loves2travel]

so far, the dimension i have are 6" height, and a 9" by 12" base. I dont have enough coorplast to make it bigger. I havnt yet figured out the garage part of it.

 

[mncavylover]

Ok, sounds good! Keep us up on how it's going, l2t! By the way, is it ok if I call you that? I know I've been, for lack of a better name. Sorry if you don't like it. What do you want me to call you for short, or is that ok?

 

[loves2travel]

Thats fine if you wanna call me l2t, or you can call me by the nickname all my friends use, which is Ara.

 

[mncavylover]

Ok, just making sure! Ara is pretty. Is that part of your real name?

 

[loves2travel]

Yea, it is part of my real name. If any of you use my email, youll see that it says Sheila, but thats not my real name. I just used it because it was free yahoo account and i didnt want to give out any personal info.

 

[loves2travel]

Ok, i dont have enough coroplast left over to make the house as big as i want it to be, so i think I am going to use carboard for the roof. Do you think is ok?