Materials for c&c cage in uk?

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Sorry if I've posted in the wrong place.

Since we brought our guinea piggies home and they've been stuck in an outside hutch (didn't do enough research and trusted PAT :/) I've wanted to make a c&c cage.

I've found the grids on eBay for £43 posted (26 sheets 32 connectors and 100 ties) I think this is pretty good?

But coroplast I'm struggling for, is it called something else over here? Do hobbycraft sell it?

Thanks in advance
Nicola x
 
Hello everyone,

Hubby and I have decided our piggies deserve the very best, and we too would like to make them a C&C cage!

We have only had them 2 weeks on Saturday but they are currently in a Ferplast 100 which whilst they're only 10 weeks we were hoping they might be ok in there. I'm starting to think differently already though, they look a bit squished in there with all their toys and hiddies.

They run and popcorn around the cage daily but run into the sides sometimes, we think a c & c cage would be much more spacious for them and would be nice and open.

However being babies still I am worried they will get their heads stuck in the squared grill cage, I have seen some pictures on here with c&c cages made of a mesh grill (which is much closer together) rather than the squared ones?

Does anyone have any idea where we can get these from? can find stockists for the cube squared grill and connectors but no mesh style ones?

Where has everyone been getting these from?

Please if anyone could advise would be hugely appreciated, as we'd like our little boars to have a nice c& c home

Thank you x
 
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This is the correx tray cage i made using 5mm proplex from protection.co.uk , no chances of piggies squeezing through bars as there are none :-)

its 6x2ft with 1ft sides.
 
twiams said:
i got mine from teacrate packaging (: cheapest around, although i bought two sheets as a 4mm base is recommended so i made a basic box then cut another bit out as an extra sheet on the base.
This was more than enough for a 2x4 C&C with a 1x2 loft ! (:
http://www.teacratepackaging.co.uk/correx-board
Click to expand...

On the basis of your recommendation I went ahead and bought some correx from this company. There was a bit of a technical problem with my card vs the internet but managed to get a lot of help from a lovely man when I called. Under a tenner to get a sheet of correx delivered to my work address?
Awesome!
 
I got my grids from these people
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BRAND-NEW...=262084559268474920&pid=100011&prg=1005&rk=1&
brought two packs and had a pack off piggylove of the wire mesh ones you can mostly find at wicks - for some reason weston's wicks dont sell them. I wanted some bright colours as well as solid walls to prevent mess in hard to get to areas, as well as the mesh sections so I could at least see through them and attach bottles, hay racks etc to them. Two of the plastic sided packs worked out at £1.38 per grid including postage.

My correx came from these people, might seem a little crazy buying a pack of 5, but I have spares already, and extra should I wish to extend.
http://www.mdpsupplies.co.uk/colour...name=Coloured Corrugated Plastic&parentcat=75

For a 5x2 cage I have deep correx sides and a bright colourful pen for the boys
 
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