Ways to Make a Guinea Pig Cage

Right here are guidelines and also a list of products you will certainly require on the best ways to make a guinea pig cage.

Guinea pigs are social pets as well as it would certainly be most ideal if you had at least two test subject. The guideline is to have 7.5 square feet for one test subject as well as 10.5 square feet for two. Ideally it would be best to have a bigger cage, the even more room your guinea pig has to work out the better.

The cages need to be cleared out about as soon as a week and their food transformed daily.

Materials

Cubes – approx 14 inch cable coated-wire grids. Come in boxes with multiple sheets in them and ports
Coroplast – sheets of plastic corrugated iron, also called Corflute, Coroflute, Corex, Cadflute, Polionda
Searching blade
Tape
Hay
Housing
Ramps – Plastic or wood
Food bowls

Assembling Cube and also Coropast Cages

Dice and Coroplast is the contemporary method to make a guinea pig cage. You can additionally repurpose workplace storage space cubes like the picture above.

Simply develop a layout, and join the sheets of wire along with the adapters provided in the box. It’s up to you exactly how large you make the cage, and also exactly how high you want it as well, they not just attach upwards yet sidewards. You could add more wire sheets upright end and produce a bigger run. You could likewise add wooden or plastic increases to higher levels for even more space to exercise.

Coroplast is plastic corrugated iron and also it can be folded in shape to produce the base which is quickly cleaned out and also hosed down. It can be found in 4 foot by eight foot sheets and in 2 densities, but it is recommended you just need the 4 ml thickness. The corners could be reduced as well as scored and also folded up into an edge form to develop the box base. They can be taped right into form.

Hay does not need to be expanded all over the flooring.

Benefits of a Cube Cage Over A Hutch

A hutch is guinea pig cage that is more typical. That has the time as well as skills these days to build a wooden hutch? A dice cage could be established inside or outside and even in a garage. It could be reconstructed to one more form to suit your needs, adding more sides the even more guinea pigs you acquire. It is less likely to sustain temperature damage and also your guinea pigs won’t be munching on the corners.

D.I.Y Cube Cages

If you aren’t able to situate among these kitsets, or you wish to make a cage on your own, below’s a couple of concept to do it on your own. You need to be able to locate cord mesh in a building supply outlet. You do not want to get the plastic cord mesh due to the fact that the test subject will certainly eat through it. You could acquire plastic cable television ties from an equipment supply store. Cut the cord to fit the shape of each side, and link the edges with the cord ties. Preferably you must have your corrugated plastic box on the in which method the guinea pigs go no where near the sharp ends of the cable.

Points To Prevent

Cord flooring as well as ramps ought to be stayed clear of as they are quite hard on a test subject feet.

Don’t use cedar shavings for bed linens. There are numerous various other sorts of pet-safe bed linens such as hay as well as aspen shavings and also more recent paper bed linen.