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This is my guinea pig room. Each side is an L shaped 5x2 C&C, with the left hand cage having a 3x1 loft and the right having a 2x1 loft.
I got the grids from an eBay seller and the base from a local company. The ramps are square guttering with carpet tiles cut to size. Each cage houses a trio of piggies, left cage; Rio, Daisy & Lily. Right cage; Ginny, Oscar and Merida. Hope you like! :D

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Yay! Harry & lloyds new cage arrived today so I now have two very happy piggies. They were a bit unsure for a whole 2 minutes but are now happily tucking into some hay. We've decided to try half fleece/ half woodshavings as they only like peeing on woodshavings.
This was purchased from candcguineapigcages.com as it comes with everything needed and was delivered In a matter of days, at a very reasonable price. image.webp
It's a 5x2 cage and houses 2 spoiled piggies.
Not tried cleaning it yet but under the fleece is a towel and puppy pads under that. Under the woodshavings is a layer of newspaper.
 
3.5 by 2 C&C cage with a solid plastic base custom made for me and a homesewn suedecloth cage liner (its a stay dry wicking fabric that hay does not stick to)
 

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I have 5 piggies and they all live in this 7X2 + 5X2 grids cage ( 245cm X 70cm + 175cm X 70cm = 8ft X 2ft 4inch + 5 ft 9 inch (or something, I'm not too good with feet, sorry :) ).
Grids are purchased here in Finland and unfortunately we have only one brand of them... They are connected with cable ties. The base of the cage is not grid, but compost fence, which fits exactly to the grids but fence pieces are bigger and also more sturdy.
Bedding is woodshavings and then there are small rugs, which fit into washing machine, and towels. Underneath rugs there are some big towels and under them "plastic fabric" (I'm not sure what's the right word for it in English).
This cage is quite easy to maintain clean. I vacuum the rugs every day and also change small towels daily. I change woodshavings in "pee corners" daily and in the big box I clean the dirty places couple of times a week. It takes maybe 20 minutes per day. I need to change the rugs only once a months or less if I have found good places for the towels ;).
The 7 tables under the cage are from Ikea (in Finland one piece costs 5 euros, so they are really cheap). The boxes under tables are self made. They are made of plywood and I ordered the pieces of the boxes from a timber shop near us. Though they were a bit expensive, around 150 euros, I think they make the cheap tables look quite classy (and also they store a lot of stuff), so I'm really pleased with them :).
 
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image.webp Here is Kitty on top and YAY! Finally got the loft done. I still have to finish a cover, but I ran out of zip ties lol. Kitty and Nancy love it, they went right up the ramp ( I still have to tweak it) I want to make it more pretty to look at from the couch. You can see their buddy Chester checking out their new house. Then there is Summer and Nancy cuddling, she likes to lay up under her chin awwww. image.webp image.webp
 
image.webp image.webp image.webp She is a Abby. Kitty is an Abby cross I think because she has one swirl right on top of her hair with a little white in it.

I'm actually going to change it again lol. I'm going to add another loft on the opposite side so they each have a bedroom, food, and water and then put the hay and litter box on the lower level. I thought I posted all the pics here but I didn't. They're in a thread second loft is done oops. :( so here are some more. Kitty is up in her hidey house.

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image.webp image.webp image.webp Alby and Fudges new accommodation. Think they are loving it. The red cage is the ferplast 100 cage they came in when I got them and my father in law helped me to add a c&c on the top of their old cage by cutting a hole in the roof and also in a grid then making a ramp for them . It took them a while to get used to the ramp but now they zoom around. (Hope I posted this in the right section)
 
Hi this is my cage :)
I have only made it couple days ago and I will switch to fleece. I am planning to get some fleece tommorow and try to make some beds , cozy sacks and cage liners.
I think my piggies like their new cage but they still scared when they using ramp and I know is bit small but I haven't got space for bigger cage.

 
Ok here it is. I didn't change the fleece in the lofts yet because I just did it a few days ago when I added the second master suite lol. I will change them Friday I think. The window is east facing, so at night I pull down the fleece to block the bright morning sun and then pull it up so they can look outside if they want in the afternoon the wall that joins the wall with the window has a sliding glass door, so they get lots natural indirect light. :)

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Here's the girls' new cage. I've put 2 trays in to catch pees while they eat. I'm going to get another house so they have one each.
The cage is on a wooden base on my desk. When we move hubby is going to make a cabinet for the cage to sit on so I can keep hay etc in the cupboard out of sight.
Honey and pickle have been jumping about all over the place.
 

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Here is a pigture of my trio in their C&C run. - It's not their permanant cage - it's in our potting shed for an exercise run on rainy days. Judging by the British weather - they'll be using this a lot.


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I have made the balcony areas 1/2 height . The 2 balcony areas are seperate and there is a wooden hidey in each - which leaves a little area at the front to put hay.

The ladders are folded C&C grids and I got the tunnels from C&E cosies.
 
So yesterday was the day I finally got round to building our first c&c cage. It's 5x2 with a 1x2 loft at the moment because we have to clear some stuff out of its final location. Once it is in final location the idea is to extend to 6x2.

We have 4 piggies in there and 6x2 is the recommended c&c size for 4 piggies but this accommodation as we have it is bigger than the 2 side by side 120 ferplast bases they were in before (I put grids round that first to check).

They were very quiet for the first hour after we put them in - 3 hid in the ramp tunnel all that time! But my goodness, they then zoomed around at high speed :D.

@PiggieOwner some pigtures for you! Thanks again for the lovely ramp tunnels.

I've got 2mm correx base then newspaper, then towels then fleece at the moment.

Decided to try fleece properly for the first time in this group and am trying Fitch in our other girls' cage.
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Realised after I took these pics I needed to add a bit more correx to stop the piggies falling off at the top of the ramp tunnel.image.webp
 
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So yesterday was the day I finally got round to building our first c&c cage. It's 5x2 with a 1x2 loft at the moment because we have to clear some stuff out of its final location. Once it is in final location the idea is to extend to 6x2.

We have 4 piggies in there and 6x2 is the recommended c&c size for 4 piggies but this accommodation as we have it is bigger than the 2 side by side 120 ferplast bases they were in before (I put grids round that first to check).

They were very quiet for the first hour after we put them in - 3 hid in the ramp tunnel all that time! But my goodness, they then zoomed around at high speed :D.

@PiggieOwner some pigtures for you! Thanks again for the lovely ramp tunnels.

I've got 2mm correx base then newspaper, then towels then fleece at the moment.

Decided to try fleece properly for the first time in this group and am trying Fitch in our other girls' cage.
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That's why I made some "balconies" out of ply.
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Glad you like the ramp tunnels @PiggySmitten .
 

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All the cages look great - Love the c&c cages & how you can expand them, I am limited on space but have built my guineas a cage from a shelving unit on it's back, it was about £40 from argos :) I have in there a house which is where I put the hay, it has different levels, they are hiding in the house in this picture - (The house has holes all along the back and mesh windows along the side so it is well ventilated)

The water bottle is one I found on Amazon which clips over the edge of cages so it is perfect if you have no mesh to clip it to. There is also a water bottle which is accessed through the chimney of the house!
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Not quite finished yet as you can tell. The ramp is now covered and able to climb up. Need help finding good igloo/ little hideaways and more ideas for cages. It's a 2 by 4 c&c with a hay nest in the back and an upper level which is going to be a cozy nest area. Any tips on building a kitchen? Need help, not too crafty honestly i was surprised i did this but i didn't use connectors i used zip ties and thats it. I love it. and they love it too just need some home ideas for the girlsc&c1.webp
 
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