Travel option - joining two cages together ?

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Hi, I currently have 3 female guinea pigs in C&C cage. But we wanted to travel for Easter overnight so we need to take them with us. C&C cage is not really that easy to assemble. So I was thinking to have “travel” solution (we will probably also need some babysitting in the future). I need something simple, that fits in the car and it is does not cost that much.

I was thinking about buying two 80 cages and joining them together. Or maybe just 80 and 60 or two just 60 (so it fits the car easily, will be for 2 or 3 days max). But the issue is I cannot figure out how to join the cages together. I looked at Ferplast cages - the chapest one Guinea Piggy or Rabbit. But it only has removable front side. So I can remove both front sides, join them together and then what.. How will I acccess the cage? There is no other opening :-/ Krolik doesn’t seem firm enough to travel. Casita opens on top only so I cannot join them… What I am missing? :)

How to you travel with piggies if you need to take everything with you? If it would be regular I would just do another C&C cage in the destination and leave it there but if it is from time to time I need to take all with me… I also thought maybe 1 cage size 80. Or 1 cage size 100 (but it takes all car) and add some C&C grids to extend. But it doesn’t seem simple or removable…

Any ideas please? :)
 
The easiest thing is to forget about the commercial cages altogether and just use c&c grids.
Cable tie c&c grids together, all except the two ends. Cable tie them in one long line. They then concertina up for very easy storage (taking up only a tiny space) and travel.
You need the cage to be a 5x2 c&c cage for three sows so that means you need 14 grids.
When you get to the destination you simply lay down a plastic sheet to protect the floor, then lay the absorbent layer and then a layer of fleece bedding, unfold the grids on top of the bedding, add the connectors to the grids and secure the two ends together with connectors.
You then have a simple to transport and easy to build up cage.
I use this method as my emergency cage when I have to bring mine indoors during hot weather. It only takes five minutes to get everything assembled.

The guide below shows pictures of this being done.

Temporary Housing Solutions?

Using commercial cages and joining them together is fine for a permanent cage which never moves but is incredibly bulky and difficult for travel.
Two 60cm cages makes 120cm which is too small for three sows to be in. You would need two 80cm cages and that then comes in at 160cm which is doable as a temporary cage as it comes in as minimum size for three sows.
You have to remove the short side of the cages so are beside each other in a line (you can’t remove the fronts as you lose access), and would then have to cable tie the tops together to secure the cages together, and you use the normal front opening sections for access.

You may also find this guide helpful - it details keeping them safe in the car and choosing good secure cat carriers for them.

Travelling with guinea pigs
 
Piggies&buns said:
The easiest thing is to forget about the commercial cages altogether and just use c&c grids.
Cable tie c&c grids together, all except the two ends. Cable tie them in one long line. They then concertina up for very easy storage (taking up only a tiny space) and travel.
You need the cage to be a 5x2 c&c cage for three sows so that means you need 14 grids.
When you get to the destination you simply lay down a plastic sheet to protect the floor, then lay the absorbent layer and then a layer of fleece bedding, unfold the grids on top of the bedding, add the connectors to the grids and secure the two ends together with connectors.
You then have a simple to transport and easy to build up cage.
I use this method as my emergency cage when I have to bring mine indoors during hot weather. It only takes five minutes to get everything assembled.

The guide below shows pictures of this being done.

Temporary Housing Solutions?

Using commercial cages and joining them together is fine for a permanent cage which never moves but is incredibly bulky and difficult for travel.
Two 60cm cages makes 120cm which is too small for three sows to be in. You would need two 80cm cages and that then comes in at 160cm which is doable as a temporary cage as it comes in as minimum size for three sows.
You have to remove the short side of the cages so are beside each other in a line (you can’t remove the fronts as you lose access), and would then have to cable tie the tops together to secure the cages together, and you use the normal front opening sections for access.

You may also find this guide helpful - it details keeping them safe in the car and choosing good secure cat carriers for them.

Travelling with guinea pigs
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Thanks. I have C&C cage at home as their main living area. But I am struggling with floor. I used fleece bedding but I could wash it every other day it was so dirty so I changed to shavings. So now when I need to move this cage, I need to disassemble everything, remove shavings, remove bottom. I didn’t find anything transportable enough so I have two big pieces for bottom. Cable tie might make my life simpler, but I also use roof (dogs, cats), so I need to have there the joining parts. So more time. I thought regular cage would be simpler, I could just take it with whatever is inside.
 
Ah I see. In the respect of the bedding you use a commercial cage would be easier but it is going to be harder to travel with, and you would have to have to make sure that you got cages which provided enough space. If you can accept that then taking two commercial cages would be ok.

As I say then you have to remove the two short sides and push the cages up side by side. Cable tie the wire parts of the cages together for as much security as you can provide, and then make a bridge over the two plastic bottoms so the piggies can access both parts.
 
We sometimes take our piggies away with us. We have 2 sets of CC grids, one for the boys permanent home & the other for playpen/holidays.
This makes packing up easier- we can pack everything up in advance. Then build a temporary home on arrival.
Coming home is trickier- our guinea pigs have to go in there carriers while we tidy & pack up.



Also, when we travel with piggies, yes their stuff takes up a lot of space in the car.
 
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