dani_starr
Well-known Member
Cavy Slave
- Joined
- Mar 7, 2012
- Posts
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- Joined
- Mar 7, 2012
- Messages
- 390
I haven't even had my cage built for more than two days, and already I am trying to find ways to modify it and make it better. Curse this site and it's addictiveness! Lol.
I recently added a bent grid bunk bed, and a 1x1 grid larger bunk bed area attached next to it.
I can't post a picture, but I'll do my best to describe it. I have a 2x4 cage, single level. On the left side, in the front, I have 2 bent grids zip tied together to form a bunk bed with a top, which is at about 4 grids high. It's about 5" high from the base of the coroplast, with no bedding. Attached to it, on the left side in the back, is another full sized grid, with another grid hovering over it. They both have a piece of coroplast zip tied on them, and are attached to the cage with a million zip ties.
I plan to attach fleece strips to both the top and bottom grid, so that they have a lower level and upper level fleece forest. Oh, and to cover them with fleece pads binder clipped on, in case that wasn't obvious.
Is this a safe height to have it at, where they can comfortably jump up? Do I need to add corpplast sides to it? I don't get my piggies for another two days, so I've been using my boyfriends Scabbers stuffed animal and his pygmy puff stuffed animal for models. lol
Also, is 5" high enough where they have enough space to run underneath? I was trying to avoid using a ramp, as I don't want to take up any more floor space then necessary.
I would LOVE to do this
but just lower, at the 4 grid/5" high mark, with no ramp and no coroplast sides (let's just say, coroplast and I do NOT get along, excluding cutting a flat piece to cover the grids). Would that work?
I recently added a bent grid bunk bed, and a 1x1 grid larger bunk bed area attached next to it.
I can't post a picture, but I'll do my best to describe it. I have a 2x4 cage, single level. On the left side, in the front, I have 2 bent grids zip tied together to form a bunk bed with a top, which is at about 4 grids high. It's about 5" high from the base of the coroplast, with no bedding. Attached to it, on the left side in the back, is another full sized grid, with another grid hovering over it. They both have a piece of coroplast zip tied on them, and are attached to the cage with a million zip ties.
I plan to attach fleece strips to both the top and bottom grid, so that they have a lower level and upper level fleece forest. Oh, and to cover them with fleece pads binder clipped on, in case that wasn't obvious.
Is this a safe height to have it at, where they can comfortably jump up? Do I need to add corpplast sides to it? I don't get my piggies for another two days, so I've been using my boyfriends Scabbers stuffed animal and his pygmy puff stuffed animal for models. lol
Also, is 5" high enough where they have enough space to run underneath? I was trying to avoid using a ramp, as I don't want to take up any more floor space then necessary.
I would LOVE to do this

but just lower, at the 4 grid/5" high mark, with no ramp and no coroplast sides (let's just say, coroplast and I do NOT get along, excluding cutting a flat piece to cover the grids). Would that work?