laura_dungar
New Born Pup
Building a C&C cage
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piggieminder
Forum Buddy
All About C & C Grid Cages Around The World
I've put in the above link in case you haven't seen it.
I have heard people mention using those. I always get my grids from ebay as I refuse to buy anything from Amazon. I would have thought as long as they have the 9 squares in each grid rather than 7 they will be okay.
I've put in the above link in case you haven't seen it.
I have heard people mention using those. I always get my grids from ebay as I refuse to buy anything from Amazon. I would have thought as long as they have the 9 squares in each grid rather than 7 they will be okay.
laura_dungar
New Born Pup
I heard about the 9 squares! That one on Amazon has 14 and they are rectangular so not a clue!
Those grids are fine
laura_dungar
New Born Pup
Thankyou so much
! Just wanted to make sure before I purchased
laura_dungar
New Born Pup
Is it pretty sturdy?
Lorcan
Forum Buddy
Is it pretty sturdy?
Haha yeah. One of the connectors/feet sprang back at me when I was putting them on by hand. Freak accident, but I'd've avoided it if I'd used the mallet. Lesson learned!
laura_dungar
New Born Pup
poggle
Adult Guinea Pig
We switched over to C&C last year, and what I will recommend is using cable ties to secure the structure if you're planning something more than one storey high.
Ours are on a double stand as we needed them out of the way of dog / cat / young human, and even though we'd clicked it together as directed it did not feel secure - panels kept popping out of their sockets, and eventually a panel fell off (onto my toe, not recommended). I took it apart and put it back together again with some cable ties I had and wondered why I hadn't just done that in the first place! It was immediately so much better and none of the issues have recurred. So just in case it's useful, that's my advice.
Ours are on a double stand as we needed them out of the way of dog / cat / young human, and even though we'd clicked it together as directed it did not feel secure - panels kept popping out of their sockets, and eventually a panel fell off (onto my toe, not recommended). I took it apart and put it back together again with some cable ties I had and wondered why I hadn't just done that in the first place! It was immediately so much better and none of the issues have recurred. So just in case it's useful, that's my advice.
laura_dungar
New Born Pup
Ohh amazing thankyou! It comes with 100 cable ties so I will utilise them!We switched over to C&C last year, and what I will recommend is using cable ties to secure the structure if you're planning something more than one storey high.
Ours are on a double stand as we needed them out of the way of dog / cat / young human, and even though we'd clicked it together as directed it did not feel secure - panels kept popping out of their sockets, and eventually a panel fell off (onto my toe, not recommended). I took it apart and put it back together again with some cable ties I had and wondered why I hadn't just done that in the first place! It was immediately so much better and none of the issues have recurred. So just in case it's useful, that's my advice.
Result!Ohh amazing thankyou! It comes with 100 cable ties so I will utilise them!
Lorcan
Forum Buddy
We switched over to C&C last year, and what I will recommend is using cable ties to secure the structure if you're planning something more than one storey high.
Ours are on a double stand as we needed them out of the way of dog / cat / young human, and even though we'd clicked it together as directed it did not feel secure - panels kept popping out of their sockets, and eventually a panel fell off (onto my toe, not recommended). I took it apart and put it back together again with some cable ties I had and wondered why I hadn't just done that in the first place! It was immediately so much better and none of the issues have recurred. So just in case it's useful, that's my advice.
When I put together the storage unit (which is what I was doing when I broke my finger, tbf) I built it flat along the floor. Takes up more space before putting it up but it meant it just needed lifted upright once done, and it was much less rickety than building it from the bottom up would be.
Great tip
Lorcan
Forum Buddy
Partly because I was doing it solo, too. Doing it lying on its back instead of upright gives you more room to manoeuvre to get the sticky-out bits done. Yes, that's the technical term for it.