Did you get a guinea pig into the house, which you decided to make another member of your family? Now we need to decide on the place of her residence, that is, with the cage. In order to choose the right cage for an animal, you need to have precise information about which cell is needed for the guinea pig.
In appearance, guinea pigs of any breed are hulking animals. However, when you give them the opportunity to express themselves, having fired from the cage, quickness and resourcefulness will immediately jump into your eyes. And this means that a cage for a guinea pig needs a spacious one. In addition, it should be equipped with a kind of "sports corner", where the animal can maintain its physical shape.
You can get hold of a house for guinea pig in two ways. The first is to purchase a cage of necessary dimensions and storeys in a pet store, and the second is to make it yourself. Making a purchase at a pet store, having the necessary amount of money, is simple enough, but sometimes you can face the fact that the design of the product will not fully suit you. Therefore, it is possible to resort to the second method, that is, to construct a self-made cage for guinea pigs. Thus, you will be able to realize all the necessary needs. In addition, economically, the latter option will be much cheaper.
How to equip a cage for a guinea pig?
Before you start the equipment for guinea pig cages, you need to purchase the necessary materials. Of which we ponabits following:
- multilayer corrugated cardboard;
- metal grating, the pitch of which will be no more than 3 centimeters;
- packing of cable ties from plastic;
- stationery knife;
- Scotch;
- scissors;
- roulette or ruler;
- pencil.
We proceed to equip the cells for one guinea pig. The minimum living area should be 0.7 sq. M, in centimeters it is 700x100, however, the larger the cage, the better.
- Draw a box on the cardboard. Retreat from the edges of 15 cm, it will be the skirts.
- Unroll with a stationery knife along the drawn lines of the corrugated cardboard and start making a box.
- From metal gratings make panels, which in height should be twice the height of the rails. Connect them together using screeds.
- Each side is collected separately and adjusted to the length. Then fasten the side grilles to the pallet. Our cage is ready.
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