C&C Cage - Ramps ?

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I have purchased the C&C grids to make my very first C&C cage for my 2 piggies.

I would like to have a couple of floors so that they have plenty of room to play, sleep etc. To do this, I am obviously going to have to add a ramp so that they can get from one floor to another.

My questions are:

How many grids should each floor be (is 3 x 2 big enough)
Are there any recommendations regarding ramps for Guinea PIgs as I have read many posts regarding the need to be careful when combining piggies and ramps. The ramps will have sides to them to prevent them falling off but should i also be worrying about how steep they are etc?

Many Thanks
Claire x
 
hiya,

I made my ramp out of the mesh Grids I bent them into a curve and then Zip tied them together. I used 2 grids. You can see what I mean in the below photo.

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Hope this helps. Just an idea :)
 
I did the same as Joanne - It is very solid, but I found a bit tricky to bend. I held the panel over the edge of a cheap folding table thing and my bf bent it down over the side.
 
I bent grids today to make a ramp. We bent them over a piece of wood. Slight warning though- we snapped 2!

3 x 2 might be a bit small, especially because the ramp will take up quite a bit of that room- plus hideys, litter trays, food bowls, etc. If you can stretch to 4 x 2 then you'll have happier pigs because they'll have a bigger lap space/ distance. :)
 
I'm actually gonna attempt to make my own - me! - can't do a blinkin' thing with wood and there I am gonna try and make a stable, safe ramp for piggies.

I don't know whether to make one longish one (to prevent it from being too steep) OR to try and make a switch-back one where it starts going in one direction, theres a little platform then it doubles back down the other side. That would take a bit more skill - skill which I don't have!

Got the wood from B&Q - bargain 10p, discontinued stock and I'm gonna saw thin bits which will then be secured like a ladder up the ramp to create grip. I don't know what I'm gonna about the sides yet, whether I'm gonna use correx or some other alternative. Maybe I'll work some magic and create a handcrafted bannister out of the leftover wood lol! :))

God knows how its gonna turn out - it could be a complete DISASTER! x mallethead
 
JoanneG111 said:
:)) I bent it over my knee, there was lots of cursing involved!
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Aw hun i hope your piggies appreciate it! lol the things we do for them aye!
i copied you and got hubby to bend the mesh grids but mine is square shaped with the sides straight up rather than bent like a half pipe if that makes sense! i then used cable ties and cut off the excess and lined the ramp with a length of carpet the piggies weren't sure at first it took a few days for them to try it out now they love it and wizz up and down it popping around the ground floor then back up again its so funny to watch normally when they hear the hay bag rustling! i have got a pic of mine in my album on here but I'm not sure if they are showing ") not great with pc tech!
 
I've used some plastic guttering as my ramp. Its the square stuff rather than half circle type which means they have a flat surface to walk on then it comes up and flares slightly out to create the sides. All it then needs is two holes drilled at the top to cabletie it to the top grids. It means I can have a longer ramp but its totally rigid giving lots of strength. I then have velcro stuck at intervals all the way up to give them 'rungs' to grip onto. They seem to be able to do it easily enough. I also have a long strip of vetbed which was an offcut when cutting mine to size which I can have all the way up the ramp if they need more grip but so far they are ok without it.
 
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