Anyone here have guinea pigs?

[MyBoyHarper]

I have three guinea pigs. Two females, Octaviaand Fungus (I'll quickly explain that onein one second), andone male, Julius. Octavia and Julius are a bonded pair for 5 years, andalready live in a giant cage and are quite content.

Fungus, however, lives on her own, and is a rescue with a lot of healthproblems. She got her name Fungus fromthe formerownerswho thought since she was always dirty, they'd call herFungus. Well, when I adopted her, she knew her name and everytime yousaid it, she'd come running just as happy as could be. So, I kept it.Unfortunately.

She lived in horrible conditions, in a cage meant for a hamster! One ofthose wired ones. Well, her "being dirty all the time"causeda skin fungus under her skin that I am still treating today. On top ofthat, she had an upper respiratory infection, toenail infection, eyeinfection, mange mites (which she is still receiving injections for),arthritis in her toes because her toenails were so overgrown they werefused together, and she had been bred so many times, her last twopregnancies were miscarriages.

ANYWAYS, that brings me to this:

Now that I have her, I'd love her for to be in a larger enviroment.She's already in a nice size cage, but I'd like something reallyspectacular. I've found idea's on the net and everything, but if anyonehere has guinea pigs, I'd really like to see what y'all keep yours in,and what their housing looks like.

 

[MyBoyHarper]

Thought I'd add, here's the cage she's in:

and here's her:

 

[aurora369]

Hi,

I don't have guinea pigs, but have you seen the cavycages sightyet? It's really good, and I've used some designs on therewhen I built a few cages for people with guinea pigs.

www.cavycages.com

They mainly do the NIC pens, but in the photo album, they've got someother cage ideas too. Have a look at all the cages there, I'msure you'll find something that will work for you.

--Dawn

 

[Elizabeth]

What a cutie she is!! And Fungus is well...a unique name anyway.

I've got two guinea pigs, Scruffy and Nadia and I built them aC&C cage. Have you heard of those before?They're cages made out of cubes and coroplast. Simple andsuper cheap to make and you can make them as large as youwant. Here's a great website that explains all aboutC&C cages and how to make one:

http://www.cavycages.com/

Here is a picture of the cage my husband made forme. All of the yellow and part of the blue is thegirls' cage and the other blue part is Nigel the hedgehog's part of thecage.

 

[Elizabeth]

aurora369 wrote:

Hi,

I don't have guinea pigs, but have you seen the cavycages sightyet? It's really good, and I've used some designs on therewhen I built a few cages for people with guinea pigs.

http://www.cavycages.com

They mainly do the NIC pens, but in the photo album, they've got someother cage ideas too. Have a look at all the cages there, I'msure you'll find something that will work for you.

--Dawn

Great minds think alike Dawn!

 

[KatyG]

I used to have a guinea pig called whisper andhe lived in a zoo zones cage like the one in the picture. Itwas grey not pink though.

It was really easy to clean, The clear bit comes off thenyou can just tip everything out and disinfect the bottom tray whichwould be good for her health problems. I also got awooden house to go in it so he had somewhere to hide andsleep.

 

[BunnyLover]

My sis has a guinea pig and sheusesthe cage that KatyG posted, but its grey instead of pink. It isn'tfancy but it works. I made ashelter that fitsinsideand acts as a little hide away.

 

[naturestee]

I don't have cavies, but I also went tocavycages.com for help with building my rabbit cages. I lovegrid cages! You can build them to fit the space.Check out the galleries there for tons of ideas.

 

[Linz_1987]

I have the same cage as you have for my piggiesin the winter. But in the summer months they stay outside in a hutchwith a run.

I just make it interesting for them by having tunnels, and littlehouses to hide into. They also love it when I move their runonto really long grass. I dont really have anyideas atm. I am still thinking myself all the time! lol

I just feel sorry for them because they must be bored in their hutches all day with nothing to do.