New Owner Looking For Help On A Cage Expansion

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Hey guys I'm a new guinea pig owner but am very accustomed to small animal care having owned many gerbils hamsters and rats.
At the moment I have two guinea pigs (two girls) they were adopted along side each other and a single boar the boar as of yet has been kept in a deceased gerbils tank (120 gallon) the tank is really nice and big but my problem is I'm.adopting three new gerbils and require the tank back and always new the tank was only temporary until I got the boar neutered and returned with the females. My cage at the moment is 12 square feet which if I'm aware is plenty big for three guinea pigs but at the moment it's quite annoying to clean and I'm considering adding a kitchen. My dilemma at the moment is that the shop selling chloroplast in town has closed and I can't afford to import it I'm considering using an old bin cage I used for a hamster a long time ago that's around 390-400 square inches would it be okay to attach this to the end of my CNC cage and use it as a kitchen/bay area to make cleanup easier or are bin cages unacceptable (don't hear of them being used much in the guinea pig scene) thanks
 
You do know you'll have to keep he separate for at least 6 weeks after he's been neutered before he can join the girls? Please re-house him in a different set up as a tank has poor ventilation and almost sound proofed so he'll have no interaction with the other guinea pigs. I know you say its temparary but 6+ weeks on his own, in his own 'bubble' is not good. Here is a thread on temporary housing
Temporary Housing Solutions?
You could use these as flooring if you have fleece liner's in your c&c cage and use them in the kitchen area to stop hay getting everywhere but only if you have a tray or fleece to use as a liner.
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If you have a look the last 10 pages on this thread you will see them in use
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perhaps an alternative flooring to Correx ? - lino would work ... or an old shower curtain .... or puppy pads ?
 
Welcome to the forum :) Are you US or UK based?
 
Thank you so much I spotted items similar to that in a local housing and furniture shop but thought the plastic seemed a pit tough suppose not I'll purchase a few later this week
 
Ah.... Ireland.

As long as there is some way they can access the two areas it is fine to join things together, maybe a gentle ramp up and down. Is the boy neutered though?
 
sport_billy said:
Ah.... Ireland.

As long as there is some way they can access the two areas it is fine to join things together, maybe a gentle ramp up and down. Is the boy neutered though?
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Yeah he was neutered about four weeks ago and his quarantine is nearly up!
 
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