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- PooksiedAnimals
- Supporting my GL Habit
Thanks! They love the staggered cage. And when the really get going doing laps, they leap like they're ready to fly from that thing.
Willow and Pippin had gotten the store-bought cage last week (when I was rotating them). They were *so* happy to get the split level back, they both sat up there and popcorned on the second level when I cleaned the cage put them in that side this morning.
Willow and Pippin had gotten the store-bought cage last week (when I was rotating them). They were *so* happy to get the split level back, they both sat up there and popcorned on the second level when I cleaned the cage put them in that side this morning.
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- Who's your Branni?
Mine arent what the boys stay in all the time.
This is the small nighttime condo for a singleton.
This is the nightime condo for two boys, they go on the floor during the day and the singleton will go in here - or sometimes they will stay in here and the singleton on the floor - or sometimes one in here and one in the other condo and one on the floor.
This is the "L" that comes off the big condo.
This is the small nighttime condo for a singleton.
This is the nightime condo for two boys, they go on the floor during the day and the singleton will go in here - or sometimes they will stay in here and the singleton on the floor - or sometimes one in here and one in the other condo and one on the floor.
This is the "L" that comes off the big condo.
I started out with one of those 'bin' cages as a temporary cage, in my search for grids. A few months later I found some and made a 2x3 C&C with vinyl flooring. Later on I added an extra floor, extended the cage, and ended up with this:
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a 2x4.
Later I added my big boar Harry, and he couldn't figure out the ramp. I removed the ramp and made a 2x5. Now I'm fed up with stinky fleece and my boyfriend made me another cage out of wood & vinyl, about 2x4 grids. When I'm moving out, we will build a freaking big cage so I'm able to give my pigs & my future pigs all the space they would ever need.
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http://picserver.student.utwente.nl/i/7NP0F7Q1461B
a 2x4.
Later I added my big boar Harry, and he couldn't figure out the ramp. I removed the ramp and made a 2x5. Now I'm fed up with stinky fleece and my boyfriend made me another cage out of wood & vinyl, about 2x4 grids. When I'm moving out, we will build a freaking big cage so I'm able to give my pigs & my future pigs all the space they would ever need.
SuzieQ, I have a question for you (and others) we also use shavings.
My daughter (who has to clean the cage) is so frustrated with shavings all over the floor. I was thinking about going to fleece, but the thought of changing it more often doesn't do much for us. I also fear the smell issue.
Do you just deal with the shaving issue and clean it up and carry on....or is there a secret when changing the bedding? I just raised the C&C cage off of the ground onto a table and made one of the grids drop down, so we can try scooping into the trash...we'll find out how that does later in the week when we change litter.
I can't justify the cost of the yesterdays news and the like. The shavings are really the most cost effective for us.
Also, the urine marks the coraplast bottom and it is hard to get clean... I have just started adding rubber bath mats to the bottom of the cage (under the shavings). This seems to be buying us add'l use out the the flooring....
My daughter is so frustrated. She wanted to go to a rubbermade container that she would keep the piggies in (as a fulltime cage) so the entire container could be carried outside, dumped, cleaned and refilled. Granted this is smaller and can do the above...but I couldn't allow her to do it. I could not even handle them in the rubbermade while I was making the C&C cage from a 2x3 into a 2x4. It was abusive!
Mind you the piggies are my daughters (she is 17) and I have become obsessive over them.
Thanks for any input!
My daughter (who has to clean the cage) is so frustrated with shavings all over the floor. I was thinking about going to fleece, but the thought of changing it more often doesn't do much for us. I also fear the smell issue.
Do you just deal with the shaving issue and clean it up and carry on....or is there a secret when changing the bedding? I just raised the C&C cage off of the ground onto a table and made one of the grids drop down, so we can try scooping into the trash...we'll find out how that does later in the week when we change litter.
I can't justify the cost of the yesterdays news and the like. The shavings are really the most cost effective for us.
Also, the urine marks the coraplast bottom and it is hard to get clean... I have just started adding rubber bath mats to the bottom of the cage (under the shavings). This seems to be buying us add'l use out the the flooring....
My daughter is so frustrated. She wanted to go to a rubbermade container that she would keep the piggies in (as a fulltime cage) so the entire container could be carried outside, dumped, cleaned and refilled. Granted this is smaller and can do the above...but I couldn't allow her to do it. I could not even handle them in the rubbermade while I was making the C&C cage from a 2x3 into a 2x4. It was abusive!
Mind you the piggies are my daughters (she is 17) and I have become obsessive over them.
Thanks for any input!