Using A Dog Playpen/create As A Guinea Pig Cage?

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I am planing on getting 2 guinea pigs and many of the store cages are too small and I'm wondering if i can use a dog playpen as a full time cage for it as i cant find many big cages and the dog playpen is less expensive?
 
thank you your cage looks good how many guinea pigs do you have and the play pen is 61x63cm i dont have a picture but if you type in google dog playpen and see it from petplanet they will have a photo of it
 
also where did you get your cage c&c from as i cant find it anywhere
 
Thanks :) I currently have two girls in quarantine and a boy. Are you getting two boys, two girls etc ? Cage size can depend on gender due to a lot of boars needing space and territory. The dog playpen size sounds a bit small in general, possibly. My mind isn't with it today lol, sorry

I think I got mine of Amazon or eBay, type in c&c cages or c&c grids on either site and hopefully you should have results. There is also this site, which is to me a bit expensive. From what I know the cage comes with a measured base (coroplast, you can get it at Wicks for £4.50 usually however).
Standard Cages | C and C Guinea Pig Cages

Could you add your rough location please? You do this by clicking on your name at the top, going to Personal Details, scroll down and you will see 'Location'

There is also a cage similiar to c&c popular right now I'll try to find for you, if I can remember.

For now, these are good guides to read
Your Guinea Pig's Home (metric)
Cage Size Guide
 
I am planning on getting two girls around September as that is when my birthday and when I'm coming back from my country
How many grids should i have for a c&c cage for 2 girl piggies?
Why do you want my location(not to be rude)?
What do you thing is better the c&c cage or midwest? :lol:
 
Sounds great :) two girls would be a 2x4 minimum (twelve grids), though going one size up or more is always a good idea. The base is usually made up of coroplast, which is easy to wipe away stains and waterproof, though another layer should go on top (wood shavings, aubios, fleece etc).

It's not rude, should've mentioned why lol. Saying where you are roughly located (for example, my location says Norfolk, England) gives an idea to users as to where you are nearest to piggy specialist vets, good rescues etc. To expand, say I was in the US. As we're an UK based site, users could link you to a rescue site in the US rather than guessing you're in the UK.

I don't have experience with the Midwest, but it sounds good. I like c&c cages as I can expand without having to buy another Midwest cage etc.
 
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I'm thing about having it bigger then 2x4 how much is your (and how many grids) could you send a picture of the cage with piggies so i can get an image of how big it is and I'm located Southampton England
 
I have two cages right now due to two new girl pigs, Peppa and Porridge, being in quarantine until they're deemed healthy to go in with my boy. They're in a temporary 2x4, shown below. However, this was made quickly so isn't the best cage lol
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This is the cage my boy is in, Ginny. It's a 3x4, fourteen grids I think. I like it much more as it's quite spacy in general.
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If you want them in a 2x5, that would be 14 grids. 2x6 = sixteen grids. 2x7 = eighteen grids

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Thank you so much your piggies are really cute i think i like the 2x5 as its not too small but not too big
 
Thank you :D Yes, it's a nice size for two girls

By the way, rather than stating your location in all your posts, you can click your user at the top, go to personal details, scroll down and you will see it there. After it's saved, your location will appear under your profile picture on the left to your posts.
 
i also have a question for 2 guinea pigs do you need two place for them to hide as someone told me that they tend to fight over one
 
It depends on their personalities. My last two girls, Teddy and Minja, would squabble sometimes about a house and one would dominate the house unless there was another one. I would have at least two houses in the cage in general. As piggies are prey creatures, they seek hiding places to feel safer.
 
Ok thank you
do you have any nice toys in mind and where do you get your toys ect
 
You can get toys in many stores and online. Home Bargains sells tunnels for £1 each, but it varies to each store as my local HB used to sell them but haven't seen them in there lately. P@H, while not a good store for live animals, sells toys, houses etc. There are also DIY toys, such as stuffing hay in toilet rolls free of toilet paper or pinning vegetables on a line (made of string, fleece etc) across the cage with pegs as the pigs try to wrestle the food down under supervision to make sure the line doesn't fall and get eaten. There is also Etsy and other places that sell cosies, tunnels and so on made of fleece. Ginny likes to go through a stretchy plastic tunnel you can get at P@H.

Potentially Dangerous Cage Accessories And Toys
Guinea Pig Toys
Diy Tutorials For Making Fleece Liners, Hay Bags And Cosies

Where do you plan on getting your girls from?
 
Well i want to get them from the adoption called blue cross but if there is no option then at Pets at home but I'm sure there will be other options (but i can get them if i can convince my parents)
 
Blue Cross sounds good :) If you can't get them there, there is a rescue locator at the top of the page you can look at.
 
Ok thank you and do you have any tips of convincing for a guinea pig my dad the hardest one to convince
 
It depends on his reason to refuse piggies. For example, if it's the vet cost, you may need to reconsider getting piggies. I would say this to myself lol as piggies are unexpectedly costing in vet fees due to their fragile health a lot of the time. I've seen someone on here have a single piggy cost £2000 in vet fees at one time. Please strongly take note on this if your dad doesn't like paying vet fees. There is an insurance company called ExoticDirect you can google. If it's just a matter of hay getting everywhere, you can encourage him that you'll vacuum / sweep up every day.

Exoticdirect
 
Ok. Also should i clean the cage 1-2 times a week when should you clip the nails what are all the food piggies can eat
 
It depends on what bedding you use. If you use fleece (washed three-six times before first use, wash generally without softener and with non bio on thirty usually. Use puppy pads, towels etc under fleece which need replacing/washing every few days depending) you spot clean 2-3 times a day and swap fleece for fresh one every 2-5 days. Woodshavings every once or twice a week, spot clean once a day usually. There are other beddings like vetbed etc too

You should clip the nails before they have the chance to curl. I usually cut whenever I feel the bit after the quick looks a bit longer than usual. It's best to let a vet show you how to cut nails before attempting yourself.

Piggies eat pellets, hay and veg/fruit. Hay is the main part of the diet and must be there at all times as piggies constantly eat hay to keep their system moving and keep weight up etc as they are small and burn fat easier. It's incredibly important.

Veg needs to be fed daily as piggies, like us, cannot produce vitamin c. I'll try to find info on different types to feed, but one food they can't eat iceberg lettuce at all. Coconut is quite high in fat so don't recommend it. Parsley shouldn't be fed too often, once a week at most. Coriander can be fed more, two or so single strands a day I think. Romaine lettuce is ok, I feed it every day to every two days, one leaf to a pig. Kale only once a week. Bell pepper daily, people I've seen prefer red more than greed as I think red is a bit sugary but green can encourage bloat.

I feed half a handful (to each pig) of Burgess Excel Mint everyday. It isn't as important as but is good so good idea to take note of pellet feeding
 
That looks good how many grids does it have and can i have a picture of your Piggies
 
That looks good how many grids does it have and can i have a picture of your Piggies
I have 2 girls in mine although they had a fall out so the cage has been seperated but it's still big enough for them both :) it's so easy to extend these cages too it's 14 grids ATM (16 with the dividers) x

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aww they are so cutie i love photos where guinea pigs are resting or like putting their heads on the grounds is so cute
 
How much veggies should you feed them like a handle full each or like how much for two piggies
 
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