Is Anybody Selling A Big Indoor Cage Near Birmingham

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I'm still learning Dolly was my first pig I got her from PAH from pregnant unfortunately.
 
Your Pig looks hair is cool;-)
What size cage are you after? We might be able to point you in the right direction!
Also what is your price range.
 
She's really cool I didn't expect a guineapig pig to have so much character (excuses ignorance)

I want as big as possible so that they are happy and comfortable.

PAH sold poor dolly to me with just an 80cm cage on her own, I didn't no any better they are in a 120cm cage now and it's still to small.
 
http://www.candcguineapigcages.co.uk/product/standard-2-x-6-grid-cage/ £59.99 by the looks of it Can vouch for their service and delivery, good standard of grids and corex too. We went to Dunhelm Mill and bought vinyl table cloth (cut to size) to fit the bottom to keep corex cleaner, then use newspaper on top then bedding on top of that.

Are the babies all girls? Dolly is gorgeous
 
The vet thinks so but I have a feeling Apple is male.

They are only two weeks old so it's still hard to tell.

But I'm really hoping they are all girls so they can be kept together.
 
LukeStanforth said:
The vet thinks so but I have a feeling Apple is male.

They are only two weeks old so it's still hard to tell.

But I'm really hoping they are all girls so they can be kept together.
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You'll definitely need to be sure as boys can get Mom or sisiters pregnant from around 3 weeks - a quote from @Wiebke excellent sticky thread is below:

The average weight of a healthy pup at this age is about 250g or 8 ½ oz. If a boar is well below this cut-off weight, he can stay safely with mommy and other sows to get the full benefit of mommy's milk for a week longer, which is roughly the end of the nursing period.

If a very well-developed boar reaches the cut-off weight before 21 days and has been practising his rumblestrutting and mounting a lot for several days already, you may want to consider separating him a bit earlier.
Mommy comes into season again between 15-17 days after giving birth. In most cases, that is too early for young boys unless they are extremely well developed and over 250g by that early stage, but it can trigger some male behaviour! However, I have heard of at least one case from a forum where a son-mother pregnancy has resulted at this early stage and despite correctly separating at 3 weeks. The earliest documented brother-sister pregnancy is 24 days.

Full info can be found athttps://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/threads/separating-baby-boars-and-rehoming-babies.109391/

You have a great vet near you in walsall if you ever need one:

Vets4pets, Shellfield
Sally Potter
71 Lichfield Road
Shellfield
Walsall, West Midlands WS4 1PU
01922 682 520
 
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How cute! I am glad that is going well so far. You are welcome to post - preferably clear - pictures of your baby privates in our pregnancy section or have a piggy savvy vet sex them. It definitely pays to get a second opinion, as baby genitals can look quite similar and not always clear cut. Also have a look at how the inside of the slit looks. if it is straight, then it is likely a male, and definitively so if you can see a penis coming out when you gently press on the belly just above.
 
Aww love the last picture. You piggies r gorgeous. Here's hoping they are all girls and you can keep them.

I have a c&c cage amd I love it. I put mine on top of a "folding, craft/banquet table" as I have a dog so it keeps the piggies away from the dog. Also easier for me to clean out. A 2x6 is a really really great size. (My table is 6ft)
 
PS: If you struggle to find a big enough cage, you could always consider connecting two 2x4 ft cages, as long as you have the floor space, either by inserting a short bit of drainpipe in the sides of the trays or by removing the side panels and bridging the trays with a log tunnel.

I did this with two cages before I went C&C; my hub made the wooden platforms for me:
 
Hi Your piggies are lovely - the follow my leader pic is great, When I had just two guinea pigs my husband adapted my cage to make it two storey to give extra room
we brought a seed tray from the garden centre and with the aid wooden canes made a raised platform with a ramp going up to it - it is now my hospital emergency cage as the family has extended and rehomed in their own shed
 
I have made a cage combing the two indoor cages I had got over the last 2/3 months.

The smaller one is now raised and I have been putting there food and treats up there to get used to it.
 
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