C&c Cage Sturdiness

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I've recently upgraded my girls to a 2x5 but I'm having trouble with how wobbly and flimsy the cage is.
Can anyone help with this? I'm finding that the bottom is dropping and the whole cage rocks when the girls run around.

Thanks Natalie
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P.S. I still have some grids left if that would help.
Also, am I better cable tying the whole thing rather than using connectors?
 
Natwee88 said:
I've recently upgraded my girls to a 2x5 but I'm having trouble with how wobbly and flimsy the cage is.
Can anyone help with this? I'm finding that the bottom is dropping and the whole cage rocks when the girls run around.

Thanks Natalie
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Mine is like that! I am ordering more of the plastic things to put on the top as well as cable ties x
 
I use cable ties to " supplement " the connectors. Are you on ebay ? If you search for c&c loft , you should find some loft supports . Ifyou can't , I'll try and find you a link.
 
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I'd use cable ties as well as connectors, the cable ties will help stop the grids falling out of the connectors :)
 
Natwee88 said:
I've recently upgraded my girls to a 2x5 but I'm having trouble with how wobbly and flimsy the cage is.
Can anyone help with this? I'm finding that the bottom is dropping and the whole cage rocks when the girls run around.

Thanks Natalie
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I thought the loft supports were quite expensive, I got some thin lengths of tongue and groove wood, just over £1 each and put under the correx for additional support.
 
Thank you all so much for the suggestions. I've added more cable ties so I'll see how that holds but putting poles across sounds like a great idea!
 
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I always reinforced my underneath bit with a piece of thin wood held in place with cable ties. My last job was at a metal cutting place and they made me a couple of the metal supports for free. So it's reinforced by metal now.

I would 100% recommend everyone to cable tie the cage together after assembling it with the connectors.

Just after I moved in I spent ages building the cage. It's a 2x7 with another 2x7 on top. It was frustrating as the connectors kept falling off but I persevered and ended up with a cage with connectors and cable ties.

About a week later I tripped over in the hall next to the cage and flew head first into it. It wasn't a delicate stumble, it was a full on completely flying for seconds fall. And I'm definitely not a small delicate lady.

I was horrified that the pigs had been hurt.

Almost every single connector had fallen off but the cage was still in one piece and almost the same space because of the cable ties.

Also filling in the back at the bottom might strengthen it a bit and possibly the front top two spaces at the side where the bottle is. It might help the saggy front a bit.
 
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I have my cage on a 6ft folding banquet table. I have put a base of grids on my cage as it hangs over the table at each end and the sides a bit. But a 5x2 wouldn't overhang the ends.
 
IMG_0641.webp You can pick up the tables off e bay or Amazon for about £30 (you can see the table in the cage on the left.) the cage in the right of picture has the same kind of table under it. But I've put curtain wire with strips of pvc table cloth down the front so it hides all their stuff underneath. Lol.
 
ive got a stcking 6x2 c and c cage ,it is supported with loft metal supports and it really does work,the loft on 2x2 top cage is alittle precarious,as i could not reach top corner,connectors keep coming off,but ive used strong cable ties from wilkos to place it together.
 
Mine is held together almost exclusively with cable ties - I really should buy shares in a company that makes them. It's real,y sturdy but is in the ground which probably helps. I have no issues with the loft though.
 
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