C&c Cage - Tips, Tricks And Pitfalls

RosieMaia

RosieMaia

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Hiya!

Inspired by a lovely thread in another section, I wanted to ask the people in the forum who have experience with C&C cages for their tips, tricks and pitfalls.

I've watched lots of YouTube tutorials in the past few days, BUT I somehow missed a very obvious tip - you're supposed to measure the correx against the connectors, not against the grids, or it won't be level. It sounds logical, but that's something would have certainly missed.

Now, I'm in Bulgaria, and sourcing correx and grids was nearly impossible. I have to get this right the first time around. So please, please share with me any tips and tricks and pitfalls I should should avoid. Anything that's perhaps not mentioned all that often, and you would have liked to know before you started with the cage?

Rosie, Maia and Alice asked me to say thank you all for helping their slaves build their dream cage :lol!:
 
I've finally built the cage. Thank you all for your advice, I couldn't have done it without you. :yahoo:

To add my own tips to the topic:
- using gloves helps with popping the connectors in place. We used nearly 6 boxes of grids and connectors, and my nails and fingers took a beating
- white chalkboard markers are handy to mark dark correx
- consider making hinged doors for easier access and cleaning

Make sure to measure at least twice prior to cutting your correx :)

I'm literally exhausted, the building took us 8 hours and we're not yet ready - I need to make a fleece forest and to pop the folder binders on top of the correx sides, because love chewing it. I'll upload some photos tomorrow when all is done though
 
Like the hinged door tip. I use dog lead clips on some of my grids so that i can take the fronts off to clean out the cage without having to reach over.
 
Yes, I'm also using small carabiner clips. However, I decided I needed the hinged doors on the bottom floor after having built the loft above it, so I had to dismantle quite a few grids to fit them. :doh: I had no idea it required so much strength to put together the grids and the connectors. My hands and nails are so bruised and sore right now I can barely type. I'm happy though, the cage turned out really nice.

However, the piggies look a bit sad and are yet to settle for the night. They keep waiting for me to put them back in their old cage, which they all love, and I think they are homesick.
 
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