Part two C&C Piggy Room

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Right I want to employ you to come to Cheltenham and make me one of these fantastic cages! I'll pay you in wine and chocolates :(|)
 
Salt n Peppers mum said:
After the first stage of the Piggy room was completed http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=85254
It was time to start on Foster Pigs Bert & Ernies cage.

I had a bit of an experiment here, and I think it has worked out well


The table was made and fitted with the B&Q legs as in my thread above, but I decided to try perspex on the front and sides.
Each perspex sheet is 12inches high and equivelent to 2 grids long (28inch)
The correx was fitted, the front and sides are quite low but the back I made higher.
A hole is cut out in the table and correx

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Here's the ramp which is a square type plastic guttering with carpet glued in place

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The ramp is screwed in place at the top using hinges

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A 2 grid by 2 grid hay box is put in place, the front grids open out so the hay box can be pull out and cleaned easily

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The small green box covers the hole for ramp safety

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Bert & Ernie are introduced to their new cage

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And sussing out the ramp

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It's been a few hours now and Bert is an expert using the ramp to his hay box, he is the adventurous one.
Ernie usually follows Bert so it shouldnt be long before he masters the skill too.
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What do you do if you have a lazy piggy? or a shy one who doesnt want to use the ramp?!
 
Jessie said:
What do you do if you have a lazy piggy? or a shy one who doesnt want to use the ramp?!
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I make sure the ramp is not at a scary angle so as not to put the pigs off first wanting to use it. It has to feel safe and secure. Not slippy underfoot.
Normally one pig is more adventurous and the other one follows.

The hay box is especially loved and they spend most of their day foraging, but they come back up the ramp for Veggies and nuggets so there is always the love of food to lure them to get more confident with new ramps.
 
That is so impressive! You're very talented! Ever thought of going into business making piggie cages to order? :)
 
Still gawping at your cage :)) my correx is starting to look a bit worse for ware and I think I might upgrade to perspex with white correx next time xx>>> it just looks so good!
 
and i'm still eyeing your cage up all these months later :)) i recently noticed that even after cleaning out time my front room has a whiff of piggy :... they never used to smell so much! I've just cleaned them out again and I think it's the correx that smells so it's time to replace it! They also pee outside the grids, there was pee all over my radiator, floor and skirting boards :red no wonder it smelt! Sooo, i'm going to get the perspex I think...that will stop it from happening, and nice thick white correx xx>>> probably going to set me back quite a bit but they're worth it and I think it will look better and hopefully smell less!
 
Guinea pigs <3 said:
and i'm still eyeing your cage up all these months later :)) i recently noticed that even after cleaning out time my front room has a whiff of piggy :... they never used to smell so much! I've just cleaned them out again and I think it's the correx that smells so it's time to replace it! They also pee outside the grids, there was pee all over my radiator, floor and skirting boards :red no wonder it smelt! Sooo, i'm going to get the perspex I think...that will stop it from happening, and nice thick white correx xx>>> probably going to set me back quite a bit but they're worth it and I think it will look better and hopefully smell less!
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Photos would be nice :)
 
I love your cage! I may change to acrylic too! I was wondering where did you purchase your table? It looks like a great fit to the cage! Could you provide a link to it if possible? Also what size is the cage : D

SUCH an inspiration!
 
AnimaniacAmy said:
I love your cage! I may change to acrylic too! I was wondering where did you purchase your table? It looks like a great fit to the cage! Could you provide a link to it if possible? Also what size is the cage : D

SUCH an inspiration!
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Thank You

We made the tables tops and purchased the legs from B&Q (click on the link on my first post) This top part of the cage measures 150cm by 75cm
The acrylic was from this company http://www.sheetplastics.co.uk/?gclid=CNnh1d2z0q4CFYgifAodABCaKg

Hope this helps

:)
 
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