Several Cages I need Tips on! - Page 4

Bekki2308 · 05-13-2012, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Lougarry

I so wish you could get them with smaller squares as they'd be great for hamster playpens.

You can get them where the grids are not mesh and are solid plastic http://i01.i.aliimg.com/photo/v0/343..._For_Shoes.jpg like this but with grids 14" like the metal ones on ebay

just couldnt be bothered trying to steal the image off ebay so I used this off google

I am going to use the 14" solid plastic ones as a play pen ... ill post some pics over here when I do it ... I bought the grids to add hay lofts to my guinea pigs cages

Keflan you can make cheaper cages than C&C by just using correx that is thick if your budget is really tight
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...34475512_n.jpg
This is 6ft x 2ft and cost £11 + delivery for the correx , its a great size for two pigs!http://www.protection.co.uk/products...stic-sheeting/

Lougarry · 05-13-2012, 10:09 AM

Thanks, Bekki, would love to see pics when it's done

Charley101 · 05-13-2012, 12:24 PM

Sort of jumping into the thread but I personally hate the adobe. I have seen it in p@h and it is just horrible!

Keflan · 05-14-2012, 11:57 AM

Money isnt much of a problem at the mo its just space. Only other place I can put them would be outside and I dont think outside would be good for some GPs, with the cold and wind at the moment.

I got the 2 from the local pet store, but my girlfriend bought the cage. She said she done the research and people were saying the Ferplast 100 is good decent cage on several sites so she bought that one.

About giving them both a bath, would it be best to put them both in the bathtub and wash them both together in shallow water of course or seperately?

Charley101 · 05-14-2012, 12:36 PM

I used to wash my guineas in the sink as it was easier

Bekki2308 · 05-18-2012, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Keflan

Money isnt much of a problem at the mo its just space. Only other place I can put them would be outside and I dont think outside would be good for some GPs, with the cold and wind at the moment.

I got the 2 from the local pet store, but my girlfriend bought the cage. She said she done the research and people were saying the Ferplast 100 is good decent cage on several sites so she bought that one.

About giving them both a bath, would it be best to put them both in the bathtub and wash them both together in shallow water of course or seperately?

For two boars a 100 is stupidly small, where on earth recommended that? A 120 is barely big enough and a 140 is perfectly fine. C&C is great too and you can build them to fit your space, you could do a two level cage to give them more room. Big sheds make awesome guinea pig homes and you can insulate and ventilate them and plumb proper heating in...

For bathing I wash mine seperately ... I have on storage bin of water, one with piggy in and I just use a jug at a time of water ... means if piggy jumps they are on the floor anyway and I do this in the bathroom so any spills can be caught. I have the other boar in the room at the time. I tried bathign in my sink ... one nearly jumped out and that fall is massive so I use storage boxes on teh floor now

mangoandmimi · 05-18-2012, 09:10 AM

Our pigs are outdoors in a (fox and shepherd proof) c+c cage. it's not huge but they spend a lot of the day outside anyway. i can't really see how the boys would fit into anything smaller!
They're washed in the sink, separately, they hate it so i couldn't possibly do them together!