Housing Ideas

[Bean]

The following links have ideas and recommendations on housing design. The rest of the thread contains pictures and descriptions of housing by Wheekers members.

If you would like to contribute to this thread to help give other members ideas, please let us know, all contributions welcome.

www.guineapigcages.com/
treenspigs.co.uk/careinfo_housing.html
jackiesguineapiggies.com/guineapighousing.html

[newpig]

3piggles cages.



11'x2' cage for three pigs, two 1'x2' lofts with ramp, back and lofts are cubes, front is Habitrail/Crittertrail playpen, base is linoleum. Fleece/towel bedding. Cubes and fleece from Walmart, towels from local stores, linoleum from flooring store, playpen from pet store.





3'x6' exterior grade wooden base with 1.5'x6' upper level (2005-2007). Linoleum base covering. Plastic U channel to hold cubes in place. All parts purchased at local DIY building store. (Front cubes removed for pictures). Towe/fleece bedding or wood pellet bedding.



2x4' storebought cage with 10 feet of plastic tubing for exercise. Tubing available at pet stores and zip tied to roof of cage. Roof/tube assembly removable for easy cleaning.

[newpig]

lonestarpiggies cage.



2x7 c&c cage for 4 pigs, fleece/towel bedding, 2x2 loft, built in 2010 in the US

Expanded cage:
7x2 c&c, with a 2x2 kitchen and 3x2 loft


Close up of the kitchen and loft areas:

[newpig]

belmorias wooden cage.



Built for 3 pigs. The flat has 2 levels, connected by stairs, each level is 1.20m by 60 cm .

[newpig]

Jenny's cages.

Here's Moose's cage:

2X3 C&C cage with storage space underneath

2X4 C&C
Muffin & Toast:

2X3 C&C

From the left: Moose's cage, then Stella's, then Muffin's.

All of the cages have newspaper, towels, then fleece on top. They all have a "potty" with litter and hay in it. I got my cages from ebay (US) and its just grids, coroplast, and zip ties.

[newpig]

newpig's outdoor set up.

Handbag Hall is a 6x4 ft shed with 2 windows. 14 piggys share this shed which has a wooden mezzanine level and a wooden ramp which is hinged for easy cleaning. An outside run will be added later in the year, photos to follow.

Interior:




Outdoor hutches for the boys - each hutch is approx 6x3 ft and 4 boys live in each hutch. The hutches were purchased at www.zoooplus.co.uk and www.ebay.co.uk
The hutches are covered with hutch huggers for the winter months and are on a patio enclosed with walls on 3 sides.

[newpig]

Erin & Pigs cage



2X6 on top with 4.5 inch coroplast sides with hay racks, pans under the racks are filled with wood stove pellets. I have under the large cage, 2 2x3s again same as above with the pans and coroplast.

[newpig]

PiggieGirl's cage







2 story 2x5 cage. It holds 3 females and 1 neutered boy. Use fleece bedding. The whole cage took 63 grids to build (4 boxes with 17 grids in each box). Took 8 hours to build. The sides of the coroplast are all 6in. Cut a hole with some wire cutters and filed the sharp edges with a metal file. Secured the ramp with 10 zip ties.
Total square footage is 20.

[newpig]

Guineapiggirlsmum cage







4x2 C&C cage Sitting on wooden base holding it on top of drawers. (Battons added on underside so the wood can't move around on the drawers.)
Middle front two grids swing open for easier access and cleaning.
Grids are attached together by connectors supplied with them as well as cable ties for safety. Shelf above at the back of the cage come in handy when feeding/cleaning etc to sit things on.

[Bean]

I was looking for some pictures of my old cages to add in here and found some I had from when I had my website. Not all the people have been members here at any point but I'm sure they won't mind me sharing their photos for the good of housing inspiration!

Kathryn's homemade cage. It looks like it's been made with timber, but lined with correx to make it waterproof. Good use of a corner of a room too!

[Bean]

Wheekies' homemade cage - another cool corner space and I'll always remember their perspex window and that little door (which opened so they could come out)! It's on castors too, so it can be moved, for cleaning or a furniture rejig.

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[Bean]

Moira's homemade cage, featuring a ramp and loft area. Very pretty!

[Bean]

Tracie's cage - another homemade corner feature! I remember that the little lad in the cage was getting as close as he could to having company until he was clear from his snip! All lived together eventually. Loving the windows again!

[Bean]

Lori's C&C cage with a loft. I epxect the brick at the bottom of the ramp is to help keep those toenails worn down? Neat idea!

[Bean]

Here are my old C&C cages - I had two 2x4 C&C cages side by side, and both had door flaps and the two groups (separated because of two warring brothers) would take it in turns to play out in the living room. I had a few 'pigloos' about the house, but even if they were out for hours, they'd always go back to the cage to toilet.

I was taking these pictures to show the cages, they usually had much more to do than in the picture of the cages side by side!

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[Bean]

And lastly, my current set up, a two storey affair. It's 2x5 C&C cage on the bottom and the top one (for access purposes) is a bit smaller with the front three grids taken out. I have a lively pair and an old doddery pair, so the lively ones have the bottom space, and the pensioners are on top.