The Guinea Pig Cage & Hutch Gallery

Status
Not open for further replies.
Fred, Pebbles and Wilma's home!

hay loft

003-1.jpg


Ground Floor 4 x 3 Grids..

001.jpg


Ramp.

004.jpg


Pigs in the loft :)

005.jpg
 
This is the pig pen for the girls. Its a 4x4 c& c cage. They use to live in a 2x6 c&c up until a couple of weeks ago. I'm loving this one so much. I just step in and sweep up. The pink froggies is a futon that i made. I put a gird above it so that they don't try to hop out. Knowing the sisters Stella and Tink, they would try. There are more water bottles next the one you see. The huge black thing you see is a pound puppy stuff animal. We are trying out stuff animals again. rolleyes

DSCN7557.jpg



This is the where they eat the veggies. I don't keep the bowels these cause i don't want them chewing on the bowels and they will always be hanging around them. Meaning mostly Stella :x

DSCN7571.jpg
 
Great cages!
Fourlittlepigs, next to the log tunnel and the pigloo what is the multicolour house made out of squares?
Looks great!
 
Yes. It was my sisters toy when she was a toddler. They are like puzzle pieces. Kinda remind me of waffles. I've haven't found anymore. I've been on the look out for more. It's a perfect little house for them.
 
I love them and always wanted them but never seen them, they look fab!
Do the piggies llike pigloos (I'm ordering one)?
 
Vetbeds

Michele said:
i wash mine on day 5 and they are not wet on top but when oyu look underneath on the newspaper it is. it doesnt smell either. its easy and much quickier
Click to expand...


Hi Michele,

We have three guinea pigs that live indoors, but I find that the smell of urine still lingers (even though I clean them out everyday). I just read your post about vetbeds and wondered whether it may be something I should try? Do you use it instead of sawdust and newspaper. What about the poop on it? Sorry, about the twenty questions but it could solve all my problems. It's getting to the point where we may move them outside other wise. Thanks
 
Hi, Where did you get the cubes with the finer holes to make the hay loft? Do they click together really easily and can you connect them, so they make higher walls? Thanks
 
This is Joey&Gizmo's new home.

The bottom half is 4x2 grids and they have their dry food and veg on that level, also their cosies or arm chairs. Its lined with inco pads and fleece.

003-11.jpg


The hay loft is 4 grids across and its used for the hay of course! They also love sleeping up here. I use cheaper hay for the bedding, oxbow hay for the racks and i put it to the side of the loft. Its lined with newspaper, hay and a sprinkle of megazorb, but once the megazorb has all gone I'm going to try equisorb bedding. :)

006-6.jpg


003-13.jpg
 
Joey&Gizmo said:
This is Joey&Gizmo's new home.

The bottom half is 4x2 grids and they have their dry food and veg on that level, also their cosies or arm chairs. Its lined with inco pads and fleece.

003-11.jpg


The hay loft is 4 grids across and its used for the hay of course! They also love sleeping up here. I use cheaper hay for the bedding, oxbow hay for the racks and i put it to the side of the loft. Its lined with newspaper, hay and a sprinkle of megazorb, but once the megazorb has all gone I'm going to try equisorb bedding. :)

006-6.jpg


003-13.jpg
Click to expand...

What is the hay you are feeding? It looks lovely and green :)
 
I use cheap bedding hay from the local farm which is £4 but the green hay you see is of course oxbow timothy and orchard grass. :)
 
quick advice needed

wow all of these c&c's look great i realy want to get a set up like that i currently have the largest indoor crate home that p@h do (intended for rabbits i think?) i have two sows and i realy wanted to pop out today whilst kids were at school to see if i couldnt lay my hands on some to give them even more room does anyone know if b&q still do the c&c i cant find it listed on their web site but then i think maybe they couldnt possibly list everything? i know wicks do something the same but the grids are fine mess which is ok but i prefer the bigger holes somehow they seem less caged in those if that makes sense! hopeing some one can help :)
 
Hello
you could try Ebay for grids - try searching for mesh cube grids
Cubes on Ebay This seller seems good for P+P, and these are the Costco grids.

Or you could try Robert May Shopfitting Online which is probably the cheapest after Ebay - Wire Mini Grid Panel System

Otherwise some members have got them from Costco - they are the Seville Classics Mesh and Grid Cube System - these are also on Ebay. These are the ones I used for my C+C cage.
2cage030210.jpg
 
Thanks hun wow yours c&c is a triple decker! how cool is that! i went with the grids from wicks in the end as I'm so impatient i couldnt possibly wait for them to be posted lol although if i need to set up another home in the future i will order from them i think in advance so thanks for the link.
if anyone else if looking to get C&c on the highstreet wicks are fairly reasonable at about £27 for 17 grids and 20 connectors they only sell them in the bigger wicks stores though i got mind from havant in hampshire, i made mine into a 2x4 with a 2x1 upper level have yet to suss out how to make the ramp out of a grid like someone on here has done, i remember seeing the photo but do you think i can find it now! i will take pics as soon as i have finished they are so happy in it that they are constanly out popcorning around which is lovely because they are in the kitchen were it is always busy and they seem totally unbothered by it not bad seeing as they have only been here a week! we get them out every eve for cuddles although one of them is proving to be a bit evasive at the moment probably because she now has loads of room to escape to! they even eat when i offer them food which is great i feel like it wont be long before they totally trust me.
 
guineawig said:
Thanks hun wow yours c&c is a triple decker! how cool is that! i went with the grids from wicks in the end as I'm so impatient i couldnt possibly wait for them to be posted lol although if i need to set up another home in the future i will order from them i think in advance so thanks for the link.
if anyone else if looking to get C&c on the highstreet wicks are fairly reasonable at about £27 for 17 grids and 20 connectors they only sell them in the bigger wicks stores though i got mind from havant in hampshire, i made mine into a 2x4 with a 2x1 upper level have yet to suss out how to make the ramp out of a grid like someone on here has done, i remember seeing the photo but do you think i can find it now! i will take pics as soon as i have finished they are so happy in it that they are constanly out popcorning around which is lovely because they are in the kitchen were it is always busy and they seem totally unbothered by it not bad seeing as they have only been here a week! we get them out every eve for cuddles although one of them is proving to be a bit evasive at the moment probably because she now has loads of room to escape to! they even eat when i offer them food which is great i feel like it wont be long before they totally trust me.
Click to expand...



There are quite a lot of pics on here of ramps made from grids but Joanne's is one of the most recent.
http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=44524
 
My many cage variations since Aug 3rd 2009!

Sasha and Mabelle started off in a Trixie Rabbit 120

P1000148.jpg


But it turned out that Mabelle was a boy.

Then because Sasha was pregnant and Mabelle was in his seperation period after being neutered they were side by side in runs

IMG_5132.jpg


Then just before her due date, Sasha went back to the Rabbit 120 to prevent babies from escaping!

Then Sasha and the babies went back side by side with Mabelle when they were a little bigger.

Once the babies were seperated, we had Mabelle and the girls (Mum Sasha, Audrey and Penelope) back together in a big run and the 'boys' Seymour and Mr Mushnik in the Rabbit 120

P1000106.jpg


Then the run was replaced with a C&C cage

P1000147.jpg


Then it turned out one of the 'boys' Mr Mushnik was a girl so she was put in the C&C with all the others whilst Seymour was in the Rabbit 120 for his seperation period.

Now the Rabbit 120 and the C&C have been replaced with 2x Trixie Rabbit 150 cages which I am currently making lofts for, with Mabelle Sasha and Penelope in one and Audrey Seymour and Mr Mushnik in the other.

P1000472.jpg



Phheeeewwwwww!
 
triplets said:
Hi Michele,

We have three guinea pigs that live indoors, but I find that the smell of urine still lingers (even though I clean them out everyday). I just read your post about vetbeds and wondered whether it may be something I should try? Do you use it instead of sawdust and newspaper. What about the poop on it? Sorry, about the twenty questions but it could solve all my problems. It's getting to the point where we may move them outside other wise. Thanks
Click to expand...

hey you mine are on puppy pads with a fleece blanket over that and the c&c placed on top of it (so they cant get under the fleece) i placed a big seed/gravel tray in one corner in this i line it with newspaper then hay bedding i put their food bowls, 1 for veggies, 1 for pellet feed, in this with a stack of timothy hay inbetween the bowls (keeps it heaped together so it doesnt get strewn across the place and mixed up with the bedding hay!) their water is also in this corner. as they spend most of their time eating (well mine do lol!) they do 90% of their pooping and piddling in this tray which i empty out once a day (sometimes twice) and replace with fresh. i spot clean with the dust pan and brush once a day and change puppy pads and fleece every 4 days. Since changing frow sawdust bedding i have never smelt them!
 
gpeiw said:
Hello
you could try Ebay for grids - try searching for mesh cube grids
Cubes on Ebay This seller seems good for P+P, and these are the Costco grids.

Or you could try Robert May Shopfitting Online which is probably the cheapest after Ebay - Wire Mini Grid Panel System

Otherwise some members have got them from Costco - they are the Seville Classics Mesh and Grid Cube System - these are also on Ebay. These are the ones I used for my C+C cage.
2cage030210.jpg
Click to expand...

Your gp's house looks fantastic but most of mine would climb out of there, they must be naughty piggies compared to yours. :)
 
Salt and Peppers home

3 Storey C&C - This is my dinning room, computer room and Piggie room. Yes we just manage to eat in here, squashed on a table in the corner.
Its also the room we have to walk through to get from the kitchen to the room so lots of piggie talk along the way.
saltpepperhouse.jpg

My boys
saltpepperramp.jpg

018-2.jpg

HAY LOFT
046-2.jpg
 
My Girls new hutch

This is the new hutch I have recently brought for my 3 girls. It is a 6ft x 2ft x 2f and is HUGE. They seem to enjoy living in it :)

Freshly cleaned out before the girls moved in
DSCF1244.jpg


Daytime set up
DSCF1264.jpg


Bad weather set up
DSCF1267.jpg


Night time set up
DSCF1265.jpg
 
Great hutch set up - your girls are so spoiled, Claire! x)
 
Claire, it's fantastic - I love the 3 different "settings" for day night and bad weather. And the girls look blissfully happy, don't they. You must be SO pleased with it.
 
Thank you :) I wish they could live indoors but it isn't going to happen. I am pleased they have a big hutch though and when it comes to the winter, they will be having a new shelter made :)
 
After a good clean out of the piggies enclosure today I thought hey I should take pics while it looks relatively clean for 5min!

This is where my pigs, Floris and Sancho live. We call it 'The Guinea Ranch' I made the enclosure (you can see the boundaries in the last pic) out of recycled materials retrieved out of building skips in the neighbourhood. All their hideys are mostly made out of recycled wood and materials too. If it's free and untreated wood, I can use it. I'm more than happy, I love recycling.
P1000623.jpg


When we are in the lounge they get to go in their 'extension'. At night and when we are out, the tunnel to the extension is closed off. They only really go in there when they're playing with each other, or to beg for food. It's made out of apple tree twigs drilled and wired together. They love to chew the bark and pull on it quite hard but so far it's never fallen down. :)

P1000624.jpg


Together, Grande Cavia Porcellus Rancho:
P1000625.jpg


I might add that the couch I was standing on to take the last photo is chocka with their paraphernalia too, fleece, towels, food bowls...my guineas are slowly taking over the whole room!
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top