The Guinea Pig Cage & Hutch Gallery

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Yes, it was very easy. You can tell from my pictures, I overlapped grids to add stability and stop the lif being floppy. When overlapping the grids I offset the by 1 or 2 squares so that the lid wouldn't fall straight into the cage.

The Lid is attached with cable ties for hinges and the lid is not secured shut, but it could be secured easily with karibina clips or similar.

Hope this helps.
 
My guinea pig room has had such a complete make over, I have to get some more pictures up, it's a really cosy and lovely little space now, hopefully the OH will be convinced to spend as much time as I do watching the pigs!
 
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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This has to be my favourite set up! I love the ramps - and am really interested in how you fixed the heating tubes up. This last pic really makes me laugh. I keep envisaging the piggie nonchalantly riding a supermarket escalator with shopping basket just out of view...

Roz
 
finally got around to taking piccies of the pigs ferplast rabbit 140, they just had their hammocky hammocks bed and tube given today and Louis proved he loved the tube by running through, turning around and running straight back the other way:)) here it is:

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with the front open and pigs in to show the size of it
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I'm still really loving this cage and so are the piggies.
 
Here is my hutch I have just had made for my boars. The top level has 2 boys living together. The other 2 levels have a centre mesh divider with 1 boy in each section so they can live side by side.



Some of the catches are not on because the boys were out on the grass!
 
I just noticed them in the bottom, wow that is one big cage they only take up a tiny corner, will not have to show george and tiger or they will be very jellious! :))
 
Here is Stephen and Alan's cage when I first built it. It now has leopard print downstairs (camouflages stray hay and 'beans') and lots of shoebox hideys. I'll try to take a picture next big clean-out day.

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Very nice cage lilpiggies! I bet they are pretty happy in there! Here are some photos of my piggies' hutch and the back yard they run around in!We have four guinea pigs at the moment, but soon will have three as one of the accidental babies is a boy so we will be finding him a new home.

So, this is the hutch:

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Here are Patch and Aspen enjoying their food:

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This is the bedding box:

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Here is the lower level, along with the ramp and drink bottle. We open the door in the morning so they can run around, and close it at night once they are snuggled up in their bedding box!

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Here is their favourite bit of garden to explore! They have little hideaways under bushes and tunnels among the plants. They love it!

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This is the lawn, where they have heaps of grass to eat:

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Behind the hutch, under a vine growing on a fence they have this little 'room', and there are tunnels along the fence so that they can safely travel around without hurting themselves!

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And some more pics of the garden and lawn:

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Hope you enjoyed the pics! Our guinea pigs certainly love this set-up. They seem so happy running around, and they have the security of their hutch to come back to :)
 
this is one of my upstairs cages

I have another one that is 3X2 C&C then i have two timber cages that are in my carport at the moment put will be going outside soon as the weather has started to cool off a bit
 
When you have a double cube width and place a 2nd floor on top, either single or double width, do the grids hold together OK or do they need support?

Thanks

Roz
 
Nice cage piggy lover! Looks great :)

Sorry Gordy, although I would love to, I don't use C & C cages, so I can't help you out there! Maybe you could post a thread in the housing section with your question. You might get more answers there :)

Keep the pics coming! :P
 
I love the garden and set-up you have for your piggies, Aussiegirl - do they have free range over the whole garden, all day? And you don't worry about them getting lost, or not coming back when you want them? That is wonderful!
 
Phase 1:

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^ Pola is hiding under the hay beside her new cuddle cup!

when I move it into the TV room I will have to put a lid on it because of my two cats. and when I get Pola a buddy, I am going to add a second level.

and I have STILL not unpacked that room (and probably won't) so excuse the mess! :red
 
sueg said:
I love the garden and set-up you have for your piggies, Aussiegirl - do they have free range over the whole garden, all day? And you don't worry about them getting lost, or not coming back when you want them? That is wonderful!
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Glad you like the set-up! They are allowed to go anywhere in the garden all day, and we lock them up at night. They're smart little things; they always go back in at night (and several times during the day to eat/sleep etc.). They've never not gone back which I find pretty impressive! I do worry about them getting lost sometimes, but it hasn't been an issue as they always return, and I keep an eye on them during the day! They don't go too far :P Thanks again, Jess x
 
I've pulled apart my C&C and built a new one and just wanna show it off along with the new fleecy beds from Marleys Madhouse ...

The OLD cage ...

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and the NEW cage ...

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Its so much better.! Now I am building a decent roof for it as a grid roof is just too heavy on that sized cage!
 
Hutch with NEW RAMP

Well we finally got Disney and Paris using the ramp with a snuggle-tunnel from Cosy Cavies, and here is the picture!

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WORD OF ADVICE: Don't do what I did and let them be free range unless you are able to watch them at all times when they are out. That was the plan for us but we got complacent and when I was at school my parents were away for about an hour and when they came back three of the piggies were missing and there was a dog haning around. No sign of them and the dog has been sniffing around the now empty cage. It's horrible and I don't want it to happen to anyone else.
 
Sausage, Marley and pickles new home

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Still some work to do but his must be big enough for a few more..............drool
 
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