C&C grids on sale in my local B&Q

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Just a heads up that my local B&Q are selling the mesh grids again. It's a black, 6 cube setup and the price on the shelf was £23.99. However, when I got to the till, I was only charged £15.98 a box :(|). Then picked up a couple of sheets of correx from Travis Perkins so guess what I'm doing tomorrow?!
 
Is it b and q own brand or does it have a name, will ring up mine and ask if they have them in stock!
 
I don't know if I'm putting the wrong thing in cos it just comes up with shoes. Weird!
 
Hmm - I can't find it on their website either but they definitely have lots of boxes of them on their shelf in the Milton Keynes store. They're just B&Q's own brand 'Matt Black Wire Mesh Cube'.

ETA - the correx is called 'Antinox' in Travis Perkins and is about £7-something a sheet (2.4 x 1.2 metres). It's only 2mm thick though so you'll probably need to double it up.
 
Here's my new piggy palace - the wiggies ARE in there but were having too much fun in the hay piles!

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Well chuffed with the switchback ramp - except nobody will use it yet!
 
you have made a good job there, bet your piggies love it. Where did you get your water bottles from?
 
The grids are a clearance line and so are only inb a few of the larger warehouse branches - cribbs causeway in Bristol may have another delivery in after 24th - Reading and slough have a few in stock at the moment.
 
These c and c cages would worry me as my ditto can jump in and out of his ferplast 120 easily even though the sides are pretty deep he would quite easily hop out of a c and c like this, it is lovely tho! And yes dittos a piggy not a bunny :)
 
:)p thats a really good price I'm thinking of these type cages as have three piggies two are bonded but the other one isnt,so i would have to bond them all first if they will be!, first attempt failed!
But i will have a look in b+q as those prices are really good! I wonder if they will increase the price if theres a demand for them? Anyway thanks for the info :)
 
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Here's my new piggy palace - the wiggies ARE in there but were having too much fun in the hay piles!

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Well chuffed with the switchback ramp - except nobody will use it yet![/quote] Wow! Impressive!
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I doubt theywill increase the price as it is a discontinued line- hence only a very few b& q warehouses have them in stock - ring up first and give them this bar code number - they can then check thier system to let you know if they have any in their store so you will save yourself a wasted journey.
 
TAN said:
I doubt theywill increase the price as it is a discontinued line- hence only a very few b& q warehouses have them in stock - ring up first and give them this bar code number - they can then check thier system to let you know if they have any in their store so you will save yourself a wasted journey.
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Thanx :)
 
At first mine didn't like the ramp, so i started to feed them on the upper level, and lifted them up there to eat.
They soon got used to it and after a few days, would run up the ramp as soon as they heard me preparing the veg. :)
 
TAN said:
I doubt theywill increase the price as it is a discontinued line- hence only a very few b& q warehouses have them in stock - ring up first and give them this bar code number - they can then check thier system to let you know if they have any in their store so you will save yourself a wasted journey.
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oops - forgot to put the bar code number -- its 05232581
 
sharonS said:
you have made a good job there, bet your piggies love it. Where did you get your water bottles from?
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It's a John Hopewell 'Ezi-filla'. The piggies can get a good flow of water going and seem to prefer them to a regular ball-bearing type bottle.

And can now report that the wiggies are using the ramp :)). Probably due to me placing a scrumptious bowl of fresh grass up there before bedtime and leaving them to it. In the morning when I opened the kitchen door, I heard them thundering around like a herd of elephants on the top level. Now there's no stopping them - result! I love my new cage. The old Trixie Rabbit 150 is being gifted to Rainbow Rabbits sanctuary for elderly and disabled bunnies.
 
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It's a John Hopewell 'Ezi-filla'. The piggies can get a good flow of water going and seem to prefer them to a regular ball-bearing type bottle.

And can now report that the wiggies are using the ramp :)). Probably due to me placing a scrumptious bowl of fresh grass up there before bedtime and leaving them to it. In the morning when I opened the kitchen door, I heard them thundering around like a herd of elephants on the top level. Now there's no stopping them - result! I love my new cage. The old Trixie Rabbit 150 is being gifted to Rainbow Rabbits sanctuary for elderly and disabled bunnies.
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Are those bottles quieter than the ballbearing ones? cos sleep 18" away from 3 of my pigs and Honey is a really noisy late night drinker - where do you buy them from ?
 
Amazing cage. Very well thought out. Love the lay out and the ramp. Have you supported the second level with wood? Really love it! :)
 
Thanks for the heads up on the grids.


Your cage is great! So many ideas, I might have ago at the switch back ramp.
Any chance you could show how you made it?
 
Wow your cage looks brilliant! What material is used on the ramps? Is it just a carpet type material? Your piggies are very lucky!
 
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i was wodering if they are just in store because i checked b and q online and i couldnt find them ?
 
Not been on for a while and noticed a few queries. The water bottle is, IMO, quieter than a ball-bearing bottle, but the piggies still manage to rattle it a bit. I bought it from www.johnhopewell.co.uk.

As for the switchback ramp, I just bent two grids into a '*' (that should read 'you' shape but it keeps appearing as a *!) shape to make the two ramps and cable tied them to a plank of wood which formed the landing. I pre-drilled the landing so that the cable-ties had somewhere to tie through. The landing is essentially just cable tied to the side of the cage, although it is supported on a slat of wood. I then cut an old carpet tile to size and glued it on the ramp for grip. The whole thing comes out for cleaning simply by undoing the two cable ties holding it to the side of the cage. I have the re-useable cable ties. I pinched the idea for the ramp from the Guinea Pig Cages website! I'll try to post some pictures of it tomorrow.

The second level of the cage pretty much supports itself but I did slide a plank of wood underneath it for additional peace of mind.
 
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Here's how I made my ramp:-

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Taken out of the cage, it's basically just two bent grids (one slightly shortened and one full size) cable-tied to a rectangular piece of plywood.
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And from above:-
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It's not attached to the top level as it has sufficient overhang to just rest on the floor upstairs (it can't move backwards so cannot 'fall off'). So its main support is from two batons of wood in an 'L' shape which are simply cable-tied to the main body of the cage:-
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The plywood 'landing' level of the ramp just sits on this 'L' shape for its main support. It is held in place with re-useable ties so that I can lift the whole thing in and out for ease of cleaning etc:-
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The two ramps are then cable-tied to the 'landing' with single-use ties as they don't need to come off:-
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And to finish off, I just cut an old carpet tile to size and glued it to the correx so that the wiggies had something to grip. If it gets grotty, I'll pull it off and glue a fresh piece to the ramp. The hardest part was bending the grids into shape - I used a plank of wood, placed it across the grid where I wanted to bend it, stood on the wood and then HEAVED with all my might. The wood creates a nice solid line and in theory, the grid should bend along that line. Mind you, it's bloomin' hard trying to bend a grid by hand and not snap it!

And 'voila' - there it is finished.
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It's solid as a rock in the cage due to being wedged in a corner and also cable-tied left and front and the piggies can often be found 'lounging' on the landing :)). I made a balcony with the offcut of grid that I removed from one of the ramps, just in case they decided to go sky-diving to the lower level :{. And I also have a full sized grid in the front left hand corner just in case the piggles decided to try to make a bid for freedom into the kitchen!
 
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susiewoosie said:
I checked my local B and Q and nothing..

maybe one off.
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they are only available in some b & q warehouses as they are a discontinued line - reading and slough had some - ring and check first to save a wated journey - the bar code is 05232581
 
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