What is a Cubes & Coroplast Cage and why did you switch to that?
A Cubes & Coroplast Cage is made out of those metal grids that come packaged to create connectable storage cubes and a corrugated plastic material called coroplast. I found out about it at CavyCages.com. When the cages and tunnels setup (see previous question) proved to be a messy problem, our pigs ended up spending most of their day together in a 16″ x 24″ cage, which is only about 2.5 square feet of space. Even though they were given floor time at least once a day, this was not enough living space. So we built them a huge new cage, with cube grids for the sides and coroplast for the bottom. They now have 30 square feet of room to run around, including a second floor accessed by a ramp. They love to run up the ramp to their hayloft or do piggie laps around the “downstairs.” The new Cubes & Coroplast style cage is shown in my Guinea Pig Gallery, where detailed photos and specifications for making the cage can be found. Because of the new, larger cage, we were able to add a third guinea
