Member Gallery: C&C cages/homemade cages

[Bekki]

6 ft x 2 ft old puppy pen on shower curtain :-)

 

[Kym]

Charlie, George, Jack and Bailey's new home

Charlie, George and Bailey having breakfast

 

[Pocketmonster]

Here is Harper and Scout's current cage. After they complete their mite treatment and Radley has been properly quarantined, the three of them will be moved into a 2x5 (with a loft, if I have enough left over grids).

Cage Type: Wire cubes with fleece, towels and a tarp. The second level is made from old Taco Bell menu signs and will be used as the kitchen area in their new 2x5.
Where it was purchased or how it was made: I purchased the grids from both Bed, Bath & Beyond and Walmart (I am in the US). The fleece was from Walmart as well. The Taco Bell box is from... well, Taco Bell.
What size it is: It is currently a 3x3 with a 1x2 kitchen.
How many piggies are kept in it: There are currently two piggies in here.
How easy it is to keep clean/if you'd recommend it: Super easy to clean! I vacuum poops once or twice a day and wash fleece and change it out once a week.

 

[Coconut]

My C&C cage minus the Cubes around the cage- they ended up just getting in the way last time I used them .

 

[pinkblossom]

Finally, new home pictures and some waffle!

This C & C cage is the biggest I can make with the space available at the moment, 4 by just over 11/2, I have plans to extend when I can persuade OH! He puts up with so much when it comes to pets!
Anyhow, the cage is so much bigger than the home they had for a few weeks after they had been adopted from a big pet superstore (you all know the one) and they seem a lot happier.
The cubes came from wayfair.co.uk and the correx from a local sign shop.
I tried fleece for the flooring, but gave up with it and instead I am using extra large bath mats from Dunelm, with puppy training pads underneath, then newspaper. It is easier to clean out than a cage with woodchip and the pigs are not sneezing, yay!

The hay loft...

The dark snuggle corner...

Since these pics they also have a bed in there which I made (so proud and silly)...

 

[meganhannaford]

thats my girls cage however iit has different things in it now

and this is my lone boars cage again new things in it now, the hammock is now in his cage.

its made with some coffee tables from a cheap shop and dog pens which i bent and use cable ties to fit tightly around the tables where than i added some old signs around the top cage to stop hay and pooh from flying out.

 

[Strawberries]

Cage Type = c&c

Where it was purchased or how it was made - grids bought at Bed Bath and Beyond, corrugated plastic bought at Home Depot (4 pieces of 24x36 taped together with plastic packing tape.)

What size it is = 2 grids x 4 grids with a 1 grid x 2 grid loft

How many piggies are kept in it = 2 girls

How easy it is to keep clean/if you'd recommend it = of course you have to clean it regularly, loft area with hay and carefresh bedding about every other day, the bottom with fleece and cotton towel under layer is swept every day and changed about every 5-6 days. My girls are very good about doing most of their business in the loft/kitchen area. I like the versatility and look of this type of cage.

The hay loft (or the 'Party Loft' as I call it, is relatively new, and I would like to use a matching black grid instead of the temporary white grid thing I have up there, but I will need to buy some more grids. I have a 'climber' pig so I have to make sure they don't have any way of climbing or 'popping' off the ramp, so it is covered and has sides. Eventually I will make a grid ramp that is more transparent, because right now I don't like the way the ramp visually blocks my view into the cage, but the piggies love it. The ramp is made of corrugated plastic right now, with a fleece liner for traction. The loft also has a plastic liner.

The decorative roof of the loft is just a shelf bracket fastened to the wall, and a bamboo table runner draped over it to make the roof shape. And of course what Guinea pig cage is complete without a disco ball...am I right?

 

[Bekki]

Correx only cage , 6ft x 2ft with three petite girlies living in it :-)

 

[Piggywiggys]

c&c cage - from ebay 20grids for £30.00
size is 2x4 with upstairs, separated into 2 ( they not friends anymore )
2 Piggies ....

easy to keep clean i vacuum the poop up or use a dust pan n brush, & wash the fleece once a week as well as hammock & beds ect:

 

[Sarah-sore]

Okay, here's mine! I just finished everything today and I still need to buy something to put the hay in but until then I just have it.....Sitting on the fleece lol.
This was one of my 1st design plans and the store cage

My second desing

Heres the finished cage

And I added another grid with zip ties and connentors and a top on top of the loft!

 

[krissy]

My Cage

here is my c & c cage. its 12 square feet 5X2 grids. It needs some work. I'm going to be replacing the pine shavings with fleece and towels.

I want to add another cage on top so i can have 2 seperate herds.

 

[CandyFloss]

C&c&p

I've recently changed my C&C cage to be a C&C&P where P=perspex. Basically I just recplaced the front grids with perspex.

Here it is with just the top cage P'd:

And the bottom one done too:

xx

 

[Banana]

Our pigs moved continents last week and without me on hand to advise, Mr Banana had to create a new pig home using his own initiative. I think he has done an excellent job, although I may add a little more furniture once I get over there too!

 

[MyGuineaPigPals]

My first C&C cage, purchased from Ebay, one seller for the metal and one for the correx. 2x3 grids in size with top floor
Housed my first 2 troublemakers Colossuss and Nemesis
When I adopted Oblivion and Arthur we took out the ramp and had the new guys on the top section but expanded very shortly after to a 3x3 bottom floor and extended the top to fit as well.
Then we moved them into the spare room and they now live in 2 cages both 2x5, oblivion and arthur are still together but colossus and nemesis have a divide as they fell out. but they still like to see each other through it.



As great and fun as the loft is it was quite awkward to get right in to clean it so I wouldn't have a large loft again maybe a small one some time in the future. Over all correx is great but do get 4mm thick correx as my current 2mm is really flimsy and splits a lot easier than my old 4mm correx did!

 

[Ben and Jerry]

It took me a few days working between resting my leg but I got there in the end. They have an L shaped loft 3 x 1 + 1 (if that makes sense). A large area of which is given over to hay the rest is 'carpeted' with vetbed over towels and I usually put their fresh veggies on there for them. They also have water and a couple of chewy things. The loft is accessed by a ramp. Because it would have been to steep if I did it in one I added a half landing and continued it along the return wall. I covered this in vetbed offcuts for grip.

The ground floor is an L shape 3 x 4 and two deep. They have their 2 pigloos, a cuddle cup, a suspended tube, a roll and rattle toy, a soft tunnel, their vanity mirror (and yes they kiss the piggy in it), a litter tray, food, water and a bunch of chewy sticks. Again carpeted in vetbed over towels.

Ben got really excited and after a few laps round the base and through the soft tunnel leapt straight onto the half landing and shot off up to the loft! Jerry thinks the big mound of hay is great and he burrowed right into it. I went to look and he'd completely disappeared but I could hear him chirping!

I'm pleased with it and so are they.

 

[Mamaguineapig]

I've attached two cages together to make a large one for my 2 big Swiss boys Rumple & Jasper . It is about 6ft long now. They moved in this afternoon and are enjoying its "facilities" one cage I'm hoping to persuade them to use as a bedroom / play area and the other cage has a hay tub , their dry food, fresh food and their wooden lodge.I've also put in a kind of litter tray area in the hope I can train them to use it ! I'm still in two minds about getting a c&c but trying this first .

Oh and the guinea on the radiator is a toy ! xx>>>

 

[DisneyPig]

Hi guys!

Here's my C&C cage. The one on the left is a 2x4 with a 1x5 L-shaped loft houses my trio and the one on the left is a 2X4 with a 2X1 loft for my 'special' 3-legged piggies
The roof is to stop my cats jumping in (doesn't stop them sleeping on top though haha!) and is cable tied for hinges and I use bungee cords from B&Q to keep them closed. The cubes were bought from eBay and the correx from a shop online (sorry I can't remember the name!).

 

[wazzi]

my cage has changed since I was here last! And we've now got 4 boys!

 

[MyGuineaPigPals]

my current C&C set up for my 4 boys

 

[klee]

Here are the girls and Edward's current set up whilst he is still separate. He is in the equivalent of a 3X2, and the girls are in a 4X2 the hope is just remove the divider and have a 7X2 setup with a 2X2 loft potentially- I might keep it as a storage section just a little bigger.

 

[MyGuineaPigPals]

oki updated cage tour vid with little lofts that I have just added!

 

[JulieG]

Using a cardboard inner tube from a wrapping paper roll to prop up a slightly wonky loft and double up as a hay rack.....very popular with my gps!

 

[Germaine]

Ho

Wow, amazing cage designs on here!

This is my first c&c cage (I had shop-bought indoor cages until I came across this forum.)

This is a 6x2 cage with 2x2 loft, currently housing my three adult sows plus two young babies.

I purchased a complete kit through ebay as I am not good at diy! I was able to put the kit together quite easily.

The guinea pigs all love the cage, they run around pop-corning (even the older, more world-weary sows!) They all manage the ramp fine.

I use newspaper lining with fleece or vetbed on top (also from eBay) and there is a pumice stone at the bottom of the ramp to keep their claws from overgrowing (I'd highly recommend this as it avoids having to trim them myself! )

I like the improved visibility, the cage is much more stimulating for the pigs and there is scope for expansion when the babies grow. I find it slightly more difficult to clean due to the big loft, which was my error! But with fleece it is much more manageable.

Alma's seal of approval! .......

brilliant set up! How do you get those wooden sticks to stand up? Do the guinea pigs not push it over? Even if I cable tied one side to cage mine would be constantly climbing on it til the other side slanted/fell down!

 

[klee]

Here is my trio's winter cage, now that they are all living together.



Current setup with accessories and pigs!

 

[Briony_S]

My cages are finally intactone these house 11 pigs in total :


2x3 for my Intact male on bottom at right and left 2x4 for 3 girls. Eventually when joel is neutered and safe these will become one cage by removing divider and will house all four. Above on right is nero4 with mezanine for 2 girls left is 2x4 with three girls who are only around 8-9 weeks old. Then at top on left is a midwest with a sow and neutered boar. My skinny boy is in shop bought cage opposite and he can see and shout to the others.

 

[Briony_S]

 

[JulieG]

Finally happy with the set up after trying lots of different variations! The original cage was bought as a kit (4x2 with 1x2 loft). I got fleece liners made to fit part of the cage. The gps weren't using the loft so I used the grids and Correx to extend the cage and created a bunk bed instead which they love! I made a separate hay store at one end which they love to burrow in and have recently made a litter tray out of Correx. Adding a 'roof' helped too as they are weeing and pooing mostly in the tray and in the hay which means less frequent changes of the fleeces, which is great for me. I hope they have the best of both with cosy fleece for sleeping, lots of hideys but also plenty of hay. I keep a water bottle on the cage but they NEVER use it! Plenty of wees though so they are getting enough water through their veggies. I'm also finding this set up quite easy to clean now and using much less newspaper than I was before I put the litter tray in. Our three young females (Buttons, Sparky and Gem) seem very happy and they get lots of attention from my three children (and me!).

 

[bklynbee]

2x4 cc cage with loft
I have 2 boars (smokey and bandit)
Bought the grids from bed bath and beyond
chloroplast from home depot
cage is pretty easy to keep clean

 

[LydiaMinx]

C&C cage, initially bought at candccages.co.uk but added correx seperately to extend (from ebay) and grids (Wayfair), its a 4X3 and houses 2 boars (seperated due to fallout). Would recommend these as you can cheaply extend and change shape which is ideal for most owners at one point or another. Very easy to clean once you've got your head around the grids and all the bits

 

[Azi]

Here is my C&C cage, I got it from candcguineapigcages.