The Guinea Pig Cage & Hutch Gallery

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Love your set up GPQ, i'm hoping to change to c&c this year or early next if i can talk my OH into it! We have a few space issues at the moment as we have 2 large pet shop cages that cannot go on top of each other so c&c would be lots more space effective.

Where did you get all the bits from? Is it easy to set up? Is it expensive? sorry for so many questions, just trying to work out how i can talk my OH into it! Any suggestions? :))
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I started a post which can be found here of UK suppliers for the bits...
http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17001

My mesh grids came from Home Bargins which unfortnately do not stock them anymore and the pink plastic grids are from Ebay.

I orginally started of with a single level 5x2 and decided it wasnt enough space for my pigs, it was divided into 3x2 and 2x2. The 3x2 house 3 sows and the 2x2 housed two boars who were just babies. I will admit I do not go by the Cavycages guidelines but that is to do with lack of space in my flat and personal choice.

When I decided to make a second level I got plenty of cable ties, they are fab to help the connectors espically the base for the 2nd floor to make it tight and sterdy. Each connector has a cable tie around each of the joints to make it more safe for the pigs. The correx came from a local sign maker.

It total it has cost...
2 x £13 per sheet for the bases
1 pack of mesh grids £12
1 pack of pink plastic grids £20 (obs they can be bought cheaper, just what was available at the time)
1 x cable ties £5 (boyfriend got from work
Grand Total of £63! You would pay that for a change half the size in a local pet shop!

Emma x
 
This is my recently updated cage.

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The bottom flat houses my three original pigs, Ginger, Nut and Cinnamon. It is a 3x3 + 2x2. It used to be the only cage, however my new pig and my old pigs do not get along.

So I added a second flat

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The top flat will house my now Ex foster pig (I fail as a fosterer!) Punky Pig and her new friend once she has picked one out.
 
My Set up

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The Guinea Pig Patio approx 14 feet square

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Herecles in the front run with Max and Laverne in the square run

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Rusty and Keith these chaps came from Vikki's two boys that don't get on but Rusty wants to meet other pigs! he got out within 30 minutes of being in here!got back ok thou!

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Merlin and his Ladies

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The Boar Pit with Frances snoozing, Glastonbury under the hutch, Avalon in the hutch, Caterpiller and Sage snoozing elsewhere!

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The HOuse of the 3 fivers! i ran out of space on the patio and ran out of runs!have a fold up run but its too wobbly and wont sit level and i'm scared the boys will get out!
 
He's the lads pad, bought from P@H and they had it priced incorrect so got £30 taken off ! Only had them since Sunday and they are settling in nicely. We have put in a sliding hatch over the ramp to make the hole smaller plus I can close it at night and make sure they stay up top where is is all warm. Plus we have hinged the roof so I can get them out from above and no trying to jump out like they did when we first got them !:o It is all covered now with the hutch hugger and fleece !
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Also the guys now have a fleece pyramid which they love
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My 6 live here now, in Pigwall.
 
Here is my big cage when I finished cleaning it out...(this pic was taken before a feral dog tried to get in and put hundreds of scratches all over the wood and chewed on one of the bars)
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Note:my small cage currently is holding Pancake as she has an allergy problem and is losing loads of fur. She is getting better and will soon be put back into big cage with others and the small cage will probaly be used for grazing.
 
Here are my hutches in the shed. Got two Lavender lodges, one with three piggies and one with two in and then Ginger, my boar, has the hutch on top of Lavender lodge which is a Rabbit Shack 60.

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My C&C cages

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This one has now been made into one run with Spike and Pickle together now.
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:)Hi there this is my guinea shed it is 6ft x 5ft, it has 2 floors and is insulated with cellotex and heated with tube heaters. From the top floor there is acess out onto a 9ft x7ft run! I have 6 girlies inside. Pumkin,Buttercup,Bluebell,Tinkerbell,Muffin and Cookie!

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tanya1 said:
:)Hi there this is my guinea shed it is 6ft x 5ft, it has 2 floors and is insulated with cellotex and heated with tube heaters. From the top floor there is acess out onto a 9ft x7ft run! I have 6 girlies inside. Pumkin,Buttercup,Bluebell,Tinkerbell,Muffin and Cookie!

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WOW what a great set up! Very spoilt piggies! I love the ramp!
 
Connie and Eliza's house

Here is Connie and Eliza's hutch. They have chewed through the partition :(. The hutch came with Connie when we adopted her and it fits snug in our out house. I would ideally like a 2 tier hutch but if we did that, It wouldn't fit and they would have to live out in the yard. They have a carpet wrapped around their hutch and a towel nailed to the top that we pull down at night. It isn't the best but they seem happy in it :)

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View from the door (It is left open wide in the summer)
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Snuggled in hay
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Chilling
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Relaxing
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Lizzy showing off the bedroom
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That's a great idea - thanks for that.:) It would stop Nemo having a crafty chew of the chair when he thinks I'm not looking.rolleyes
 
This is the current setup here...

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Tuppy, Jazzie & Frankie live in the top level.
Dexie, Lottie, Gwen, Saff & Bree live in the bottom level.

There is a ramp on the far right of the cage which T, J & F use to come out for floor time. They all get a free run round the room each night, and the guys at the bottom get a large run attached to the cage a few times a week.

And yet, somehow, I'm not happy with it! My dream cage is a large single level - maybe a 3x6 for each group. You can do so much more with big single levels than with smaller multi-levels!
 
My hutches-
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Toddie, top left. Maddie top right (divided by mesh)
Huxley middle left. Hamish middle right (divided by mesh)
Smee bunny is now in the bottom right & half of bottom left, rest of bottom left is storage
 
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wow everyones cages are so impressive mine looks pathetic now! Your piggies live in mansions! I need a bigger cage for my boys really they have enough room but i would like them to have more! Think in the new year i will have a re-jig in the house and get some C&C grids and make my own! Please put more pics up so i can get some inspiration!
 
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That's a great idea - thanks for that.:) It would stop Nemo having a crafty chew of the chair when he thinks I'm not looking.rolleyes
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Be careful though, I have one of those pens and my little sow can climb out of it! I think it's because she's quite small still and very agile.
 
This is the current set up I have for my four ladies. It seems to change every month. But at the moment I have a nero 4 base which they jump in and out of, sleep in etc then wire cubes around the edge with newspaper and fleece on the floor with a variety of cuddle cups and pigaloos.

I need to invest in some correx to make cleaning out easier but at the moment they are loving the fleecey floor and the space to run around in.

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