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My c and c cages. The girls have a 3 by 4 with a loft. The boys have a 3 by 5 with a loft and built in bunk beds in the one side.
 

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Thought I'd post a pic of my newly cleaned out C&C cage before the piggies get in and wreck all my hard work!
So its a 5x2 grid (185cm x 70cm) C&C but I attached the loft to the side so its 5x3 grids at the wider end (185cm x 105 m).
The bedroom end has vet fleece with a washable absorbant puppy mat underneath. The food and toilet end has kaytee clean and cosy substrate on the floor with newspaper underneath. The extension to the side is a big walk in hay tray, and there are 2 corner toilet/hay trays too. The furniture changes a bit every week but today we have a large size carrot cottage, a wooden Hop Inn house, a ziggys piggies fleece pigloo, and a woven grass hidey tube.
Home to 4 lady piggies :)
 

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First I want to say thank you for everyone who has made a post in this thread as its a great reference and source of inspiration for cage building.

I want to share my own 3-tier build for our two male pigs. By building our own cage over 3 tiers we were able to get much more space with a footprint that fits in our small living room. I snipped away at the C&C plastic connectors and used cable-ties/velcro straps to make sure it can be easily opened and inserts removed for cleaning. I also bought a transparent acrylic tube to act as a bridge between the middle sections which is quite amusing to watch the pigs crawl through. By having a tube-bridge across the middle sections this allowed the ramps to stay at the back of the cage and consequently allowed us to keep the front of the cage open which allows us to stroke the guineas easily still - it's easier to understand in the pictures.

I think it's much better than the normal guinea-habitat that so many others have started off with as well as us. Hope this can help someone doing a build!

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Additional Info:

Cube grids:
SONGNOMICS 16-cube wire grid storage from amazon (all squares need to make frame (minus the ramps, had to buy extra for them)). Interestingly these are 30cm x 30cm grids rather than the 35/36cm x 35/36cm standard for C&C grids. They are a bit thinner and so less rigid but seem to do the job fine with an obligatory large volume of cable ties.

Ramp Grids:
standard c&c grids from Grendle.co.uk

Corrugated Plastic:
the-aluminium-shop.co.uk

Acrylic tube:
(is pretty expensive, i think worth it though to see them crawling and it is hard plastic which is rigid enough to act as a bridge and cannot be chewed - 125cm inside diameter) The Clear Plastic Shop
 
This is the piggies’ new abode. The girls obviously loved their new home as thy were busy doing zombies and popcorning 😆 just have to find a way to make it secure so I can have opening/moving grids to make cleaning the base easier.DD94A97C-91E3-48EC-BC7A-6FF11F51420F.jpeg
 
Here's Silk & Clover's new home from C&C Guinea Pig Cages - Home - c and c guinea pig cages

The girls are loving being in the heart of the house between the dining table and the computer! Silk starts wheeking any time anyone rustles anything, and they both come and stare at you hungrily like they haven't been fed for weeks. They potter around happily but of course startle at the slightest sudden noise - my husband sneezing set off an almighty scramble for cover.20181111175903_IMG_0996_resized.JPG
 
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Where it was purchased or how it was made
C&C Guinea Pig Cages - Home - c and c guinea pig cages
They provide all the bits necessary so put together by myself with wire ties

What size it is
A combination of sizes. So the bottom is 2x4 I have 2 upstairs 'rooms' a 1x4 and 2x2 area. Both upstairs areas have hideys and there are 2 hay racks 1 on each floor.
I count downstairs as the kitchen/living area and upstairs are their bedrooms....but obviously they dont see it that way. They like to pee where they go up the slopes so I put a litter tray there.
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How many piggies are kept in it
4 females.

How easy it is to keep clean/if you'd recommend it
I used to have woodshavings all over, then I went to woodshavings downstairs and fleece upstairs. Now I'm fleece everywhere. To spot clean it's easy as you basically shimmy the pigs to the upstairs areas (most of there poop is downstairs). Then a full clean is basically a laundry load and antibacterial spray. So it's quite easy.
 
Materials used: cage is wood and plexiglas. Playpen is some re-purposed plastic wardrobe.
Sizes: Each floor of the cage is around 1 sq meter; the playpen is 2,5 sq meters
Bedding: We initially used wood shavings, but there was simply too much dust and the air humidity was way too low. We have changed on fleece bedding. We have as waterproof layer some pond liner for the cage and some plastic covering for the playpen. Then comes 1 layer of Terrycloth and 1 layer of fleece. For their favourite spots we use double or tripple layers of terrycloth and fleece. Those spots are exchanged every 2 days. Even if is much more work with the fleece, and it does not absorb the smell that well, compared to the wood shavings, i prefer the fleece.
Inhabitants: 3 piggies
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my 2 girls was in a 6x3 with a 3x3 off set loft, but my daughter decided she didnt want her pigs (which i love and babysit for). I have her 3 boys as well now sp had to have a big redo of the housing. I have decided on a 6x3 with a 2x2 off set loft for the girls, then on top of that is another 6x3 with a 2x2 off set loft for the boys. Ive used stick timber for supports between the cages from b&q which is a perfect fit in the square grid holes,
i make all my own cage liners myself by sewing 2 layers of fleece with furniture delivery pads (uhaul) in between which is a brilliant absorbent layer. I also make all my own hideys, cozy caves, tunnels, pee pads and haybags to keep costs down. I will try to post some photos tomorrow. I have really enjoyed reading this thread. Thankyou.
 
Here is mine. They are both 2 by 6. At first I had another grid space in between the cages, but I was too short to reach the top cage easily. So I took the middle space out and staggered them. It's perfect for me now 😊. I also make my own liners and such. I spent all weekend making new liners for the girls because their old liners don't fit. Gonna give them to my boys.
 
Here is mine. They are both 2 by 6. At first I had another grid space in between the cages, but I was too short to reach the top cage easily. So I took the middle space out and staggered them. It's perfect for me now 😊. I also make my own liners and such. I spent all weekend making new liners for the girls because their old liners don't fit. Gonna give them to my boys.
 

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Our first c&c set up..we have added a bit of hard cardboard in the loft area, as Ros looked like she may have attempted a jump at that bit, as you can see the gap..she has been using the ramp easily..it has a grippy surface, however did do a leap off halfway down at first, she is quite acrobatic and jumps onto her edible house from the floor to eat the roof. We will be keeping an eye on her for now! Also added now a lining of fleece over the corroplast lip, and can take a grid out so she can come and go as she pleases while we are at home and in the room to supervise..She is enjoying the new enclosure, a lot of popcorning today! Much better than the cage she had!

Just need to find her a buddy now...
 

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