FernEden
Junior Guinea Pig
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- Jul 5, 2017
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Hello!
I'm getting a new piggy on Sunday to add to my girls, excitement isn't the word! I've attached a picture of my cage as I've extended but wanted a few opinions and ideas on the loft! So the L shape is the only thing that will fit in the space whilst still clipping together and we want to keep the piggies downstairs but off the floor so the tables have to stay too. What I need opinions on really is what to do with the loft. I'm considering taking it out and changing it into a 1 story cage whilst using the correx as the kitchen space (easy clean!) because 1) I'm unsure if the new piggy knows how to use ramps and 2) It can be a pain to clean under there because my stumpy arms can't quite reach and I end up pulling my back or practically climbing inside the cage.
As you can kind of see, I have a 2x4 C&C attached to a (badly) homemade 2x3.5 with a 2x2 loft. I know it's the ground floor only that counts towards the piggies cage size so the loft as it is doesn't really count but they spend a lot of time up there as it's their kitchen area and so I'm worried that taking it out will make them feel like they have less space to roam around in. Their new boyfriend is coming from a rescue, he'll be in the 2x3.5 on his own for a few weeks as he's only just been neutered (the existing correx is high enough to stop any accidents occurring through the bars!) but once that's sorted it'll extend into an L shaped 2x7.5(?)
This is probably such a stupid post but I don't have any piggy owning friends so I don't have anyone to ask about what is best! I'm worried about the ramp for new pig but I'm also worried that if they all spend their time in a 2x2 loft that it'll drive them insane but like I said, they spend 80% of their time up there so I don't want to take away from their space downstairs. I'm also a bit concerned that if they're constantly upstairs in the loft then they won't spend much time interacting through the bars with the new piggy. I'm awful at making decisions so this is definitely one of the more pathetic things I've ever asked about on a forum!
I'm getting a new piggy on Sunday to add to my girls, excitement isn't the word! I've attached a picture of my cage as I've extended but wanted a few opinions and ideas on the loft! So the L shape is the only thing that will fit in the space whilst still clipping together and we want to keep the piggies downstairs but off the floor so the tables have to stay too. What I need opinions on really is what to do with the loft. I'm considering taking it out and changing it into a 1 story cage whilst using the correx as the kitchen space (easy clean!) because 1) I'm unsure if the new piggy knows how to use ramps and 2) It can be a pain to clean under there because my stumpy arms can't quite reach and I end up pulling my back or practically climbing inside the cage.
As you can kind of see, I have a 2x4 C&C attached to a (badly) homemade 2x3.5 with a 2x2 loft. I know it's the ground floor only that counts towards the piggies cage size so the loft as it is doesn't really count but they spend a lot of time up there as it's their kitchen area and so I'm worried that taking it out will make them feel like they have less space to roam around in. Their new boyfriend is coming from a rescue, he'll be in the 2x3.5 on his own for a few weeks as he's only just been neutered (the existing correx is high enough to stop any accidents occurring through the bars!) but once that's sorted it'll extend into an L shaped 2x7.5(?)
This is probably such a stupid post but I don't have any piggy owning friends so I don't have anyone to ask about what is best! I'm worried about the ramp for new pig but I'm also worried that if they all spend their time in a 2x2 loft that it'll drive them insane but like I said, they spend 80% of their time up there so I don't want to take away from their space downstairs. I'm also a bit concerned that if they're constantly upstairs in the loft then they won't spend much time interacting through the bars with the new piggy. I'm awful at making decisions so this is definitely one of the more pathetic things I've ever asked about on a forum!
I'll have to get a few more neutral fleece cosies I think haha. The unicorn tent was from piggiepigpigs and the flower stuff was from an amazing lady on Etsy from thehoghouse 