Stands Will stand hold weight

[Pnp266]

Hi Everyone, I am new here but have owned piggies my whole life on and off. I am hoping to foster some piggies soon for a local rescue and am making a C&C cage like I did many yrs ago. I have been doing tons of research on bedding, I used to do fleece and mattress pad covers but the smell was bad after awhile and I hated washing them, so I am going to be trying out the wood pellets with a fleece liner on top. My biggest thing is what should I put my cage on? I want it off of the floor but the folding tables I used in the past are high and I am short and it made cleaning and playing with them difficult. I was thinking of building the table you see in the cage store but was wondering if that was strong enough to hold over 40 lbs of the pellets? I am thinking of making a real big one like a 2x6. What does everyone do to hold their cages and make playing with the pigs easy?. Thank you

 

[bpatters]

I use pellets, and my stand is made of grids. Just use sturdy zip-ties on the stand wherever grids are joined together, and you'll be fine.

It helps to make a large cage more sturdy if you use closet shelving for the bottom, rather than grids.

 

[Pnp266]

So you don't use those annoying plastic connectors anywhere? Do you use the cubes as he base legs?

 

[bpatters]

I do use them, but you don't have to as long as you zip everything tightly together.

 

[pinky]

I have a double decker cage that's held together entirely with zip ties. It's so sturdy that a couple of years ago, my husband was up on a ladder and lost his balance and landed on the top level of the cage. The side bent in a bit but it all held together with no damage. The side popped back up once he got up. Use the 8" long, 75 lb weight zip ties. They're really strong.

 

[pinky]

The top photo is one of my current cages. The ones below it are other cages I've had that had a grid stand. If you want it sturdier, you can add extra grids underneath. I spaced mine apart.
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