MY NEW C&C CAGE

[phantac]

Hi. Just built my new 4x2 with upper deck approx 1x5 and my 2 piggies just love it. I put carpeting on half of the top with 2 hidies which they both fight over and the rest is coroplast where I put their food, water and hay. This way I can just pick up the coroplast and clean it. I realize though that the coroplast is very slippery for them, when startled they dart and they slip and slide as they run, also very noisy. Anyway once I showed my girls where there food was they now practically live up there. They prefer the upper deck. As a matter of fact one of my girls actually was sprawled out on the carpeting and let me come over and just continuously pet her. That was worth it all. I think they use the downstairs as a large potty toilet. Anyway just want to let you know my girl piggies and I say thankyou for the idea of a c&c cage. By the way you dont realize how big a 4x2 actually is until after you build it. Its rather quite huge.

 

[pennick]

I also just finished building my c&c cage. Also a 4x2 with an upper deck. They love it and I can just watch them for hours. They also spend alot of time up there. Originally I ordered a 5x2 but thank god I decided to make a 4x2 instead. The 4x2 when done with is so large that my family almost threw me out of the house. This cage is in my bedroom on the floor next to my bed on my husbands side so hes not to happy with this. I'll let you know how cleaning it out is going to be. I hope as I lift up the grids which someone will have to help me with they dont fall apart on me -). I tried making a ramp with cloropast didnt work out. There was nothing for them to grip on, went with carpeting, its perfect now.

 

[Auzziefreak]

To fix the problem of your cage falling apart when you are puttin the stand on or just moving it, secure all the grids with zip ties, make sure they are nylon because plastic breaks really easily.https://guineapigcages.com/images/used_cableties.jpg just like that but keep the conectors on

 

[CavySpirit]

Please don't have bare coroplast in any part of your cage. You really must cover it with something the pigs can walk on. If nothing else, put down newspaper. Fleece or towels will work as well. You really should be using some kind of bedding. It's almost pointless to have the bottom if it's just plastic. They most definitely don't like that and don't want to walk on it.

Pennick, are you saying that you must move the grids to clean the cage? If so, I don't recommend it. You clean the cage in place.

 

[pennick]

Yes I am hoping to just pick up the grids so I can empty out the bottom of shavings then just lay the grids back down over the box.

 

[CavySpirit]

If you have a traditional C&C cage, you just use a dustpan to scoop out the shavings. You don't need to touch the grids.