New to C&C Cages! 2nd time Guinea Mommy.

[Juanita Kelly]

The first time I owned Guinea Pigs, it was when my children were pre-teen. We all enjoyed them, but when they passed, we put everything away. Now my kids are grown, and I decided to adopt a couple Guinea Pigs for myself!

I had always kept my piggies in a fish tank (20 gal.), but have always advocated larger is better when it comes to small animal pets!! Unfortunatly I never had the money to buy anything bigger from the pet store.

I never new about C&C Cages until this time around when I accidently came across this website!!! I was thrilled to find that I could build them a 2 story cage for very little money!!!

I used my $30.00 frequent shoppers bonus bucks from K-Mart to buy the cubes & some extra bedding - the cubes were $19.99, but they were basically free to me! Then asked my neighborhood sign maker if I could purchase the Coroplast from him -- he gave me 2 pieces (4'x4' and 2'x3') for only $10.00!!! So after reading the directions posted here I now have a WONDERFUL piggy play area for my guinea pigs!!

I've uploaded the pictures of my 2-level cage in the multi-level photo area in this website (although I'm not sure how to attach them to this posting).

Thank you so much for your help!!
Juanita

 

[Catahoula]

That's so great. I'm glad you have found a way to provide a larger, more comfortable home for your new piggies.

Can you introduce them to us? Names, ages, genders?

 

[Juanita Kelly]

Momma Squeea (she's the Mom), she's white & brown and approx. 6 months old. Squirt is the baby (female) and she's also white & brown and approx. 2 months old.

I guess Petsmart cannot sell female guinea's, so when I saw the sign that said they had some up for adoption, I asked about it. They had wanted me to buy a whole set-up, but when I said that I had owned Guinea's before and still had by previouse set-up, they let me adopt two of them for free (of course I had to buy new bedding and food, so I still bought something from them).

Momma Squeea is pretty friendly. She's still getting used to being held, but doesn't freak-out when we hold her. Squirt isn't used to being held yet and will still squeel a little when we pick her up and sometimes when we hold her she will squeel a lot... but I know with time, she'll get used to it and maybe even enjoy it.