(sorry for the blurry photo!)
Less than a week after we got Theo I had found this
C&C website and decided I had to make one for him. His "stuff" in his cage changes almost daily to keep him happy and give him new things to do, but this photo gives a general idea of what his new home is like.
The bottom of the cage is lined with old towels, topped by a piece of polar fleece. I'm totally AMAZED at how easy it is to keep his cage clean with this set up (no smell at all!) and we're saving SOOO much money by only having to use purchased bedding for his litter box.
This photo doesn't show what his cage REALLY looks like though. LOL It shows a day when I was trying out a new hay bin for him. (Made from a wire CD rack I'd picked up at the thrift store.) However, I've since changed that (of course) and now vary his hay menu from being served in a curved grid, laying as a "hay hut" or, as is his preference... just piling a big ol' bunch of hay up at the end of his cage and letting it be. He LOVES, LOVES to crawl through it.
I can't convey how HAPPY Theo has been since getting his new home. He has so much more room to exercise, to explore, to play. He wheeks and runs and popcorns quite often, letting us know just what he's feeling-- pure excitement.
Saturdays are the days for bedding change and it is worth it each time-- to see him all excited to get back to his new home after being in his temporary cage while I'm changing things.
And for your viewing enjoyment, here's a recent-ish photo of dear ol' Theo enjoying time laid out in his PVC y-pipe.
The big blue thing at the "top" of the photo is a little fleece blanket ($1.00 at Target)
that he loves. I have it draped over a "cozy cup" I made him. He's still not
too sure about the cozy cup yet, which is why I have it draped (since he likes
his blankey, thinking it might decide the cozy cup isn't too bad.) I do use the cozy cup
when holding him on my lap right now, to help in his getting used to it.
The fleece is held into place on the coroplast (base of the cage) with big clips.
The cardboard tube is a salt box whose paper wrapper has been removed
and the ends cut off. Of course all salt has been well removed, too.
And here's Theo wishing I'd quit taking photos. LOL
The cardboard tube (salt box) looks chewed on, but so far
he's not chewed on it. I'm just not real good with cutting cardboard
with a kitchen knife. LOL I do squish hay into it in the morning
sometimes so he has a bit of a fun challenge in getting it out of there to eat!
Well it is much too late now. I need to get in bed and get some sleep. Morning comes early when you have a guinea pig that you know is depending on you to come feed it. Thankfully, our DD enjoys this task and happily waters him, fills his pellet bowl and gives him hay (much to her delight), as she LOVES watching his popcorn and wheek and run around the cage like a crazy man, in excited anticipation of fresh hay!) I feed him veggies as soon as I get up. And for the record, yes... I'm USUALLY up way before our daughter is during the week. Come weekend though, I like to try to catch a few more ZZZZzzz than usual.
Okay, I'm off to bed!
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