Ideas For Our Indoor Cage Please...

[Ginpig]

Hi all, looking for ideas on how to make our pig’s cage more interesting for them. We have a 120x60 indoor cage where our two girls spend most of their time (they have floor time in the living room 4-5 times a week which they seem to enjoy)


I wanted to have some kind of second level in their cage, with either a ramp, or that they’d be able to jump onto. Bellatrix is a jumper, her sister Ginny not – so the second option would only be accessible for one pig. I don’t want to spend a lot of money, so looking for homemade ideas for how we can extend the cage a bit, or make it more interesting in other ways.


Currently they have a tunnel made out of a box, a large cardboard tube to run through, a shelter under a bit of cardboard, a fleecy bed (which they haven’t been seen sleeping in yet! And a cuddle sack thing which they sit on, rather than in!


Suggestions and ideas all welcome and particularly interested in 2nd levels!

 

[Swissgreys]

A good place to start is here:

Member Gallery: Commercial Cages

Lots and lots of fantastic ideas on how to make the most of pretty much any cage!

Also if you post a photo of your current set up it might help people come up with more specific advice for you.

 

[flowerfairy]

When mine were in a cage similar to the one you describe they had a hay tray at one end which they loved to burrow in. Here is Mistletoe demonstrating hay tray fun

They also had a child's plastic stool to hide under. Jingle's turn to show you this time

The chill n chew mat (under the log bridge) was quite popular as was and still is a wicker tunnel filled withnyummy hay.

I never did get round to making a ramp to the shelf for them. They are now in a c and c cage.

Have fun finding lovely things for them!

 

[Ginpig]

Thanks for the replies! Looking forward to the hay borrow I will create later! Just out of interest how often do you need to replace the hay in that area? Mine are quite messy!

 

[Ginpig]

Also meant to ask did you make the loft yourself or was it built in?

Will try Nd post pictures later!

Thanks again

 

[eileen]

ive he same cage as flowerfairy,it has a built in messane.with mine ive adapted the ramp with carpet cat scratcher.the flooring to the messane is grid wire,which is not appropriate for guinea pigs.i place a puppypad,and a very thick fleece liner over it.place a hay tray and hidey on that level.this cage is 5 feet in length and 77cm in width.you could use a wooden shelf/correx to build a ramp and second level.