Home made guinea pig litter box?

[2280CLAIRE]

I've been looking to get a litter box for my piggies, but they all seem to be triangle shaped, I would quite like a rectangle one to go under the hay rack. Has anyone made their own litter boxes? I'm not too keen on coroplast as I would have to order online-I have no local suppliers (that I know of).

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

 

[missy]

I use a rectangular plastic cat litter tray, lined with newspaper and hay, and it sits nicely under the hay rack.

 

[2280CLAIRE]

Thanks Missy, do the pigs manage to step into it ok? How big is it? I did have this idea, but the ones I've seen would take up about 1/4 of the cage! and my piglets have decided to have two toilets! They go under the hay rack ocassionally, but mainly use the "en-suite", the other end of their cage next to their bed area! I wouldn't want to take up half the cage with litter boxes...

 

[Wiebke]

Have you looked for flat plastic storage or kitchen plastic boxes?

I would recommend that you have a rim of 4-6 in high, or you will have all the stuff everywhere!

 

[CiaraPatricia]

You can get small cat litter boxes, that have very low sides, they'd be perfect and are very cheap and in most pet shops I'd say.

 

[Becky92]

A food tray works well because of the shallow sides and its cheap. (£1-3) depending on if you want basic or posh

A sandwich tray may also work depending on the space

http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/Place-...cDPfxIrYzUvEu76RzzM6wutKTeo9AOCB tDs76aYYKg==

 

[missy]

Thanks Missy, do the pigs manage to step into it ok? How big is it?

Mine are pretty small and shallow (26x35x4.5cm) and have suited all ages. They're from my local pet shop - only costs about £1.50 and it's nothing flashy but does the job.

It gets used as a litter tray, whilst chomping at hay, but sometimes they also like to forage in it and lie on top of it! (I change it daily) Yossi is quite a big adult boar but can still just about fit in it ok. When I finally get around to building a new C&C cage, with more room, I'll probably keep that size tray for the younger pig but get Yossi a bigger & deeper one, as I'm sure he can jump up much higher than that and it'd be nice to contain the hay better. (At present it does tend to spill over the sides a bit.)