Popular cage designs and layout ideas to build a spacious, happy home for your piggies. Guinea pig cage designs range from simple single-level open cages to raised cages with stands, two-level cages with lofts, and custom L-shapes that fit around your furniture. But whatever the design, one principle rules them all: floor space comes first….
How to choose a great C&C cage — plus the most popular ready-made options and DIY route. The best C&C cage for your guinea pigs is one that’s big enough, safe, sturdy, and expandable — because the whole point of a C&C cage is to give your pigs the generous floor space they need (far…
A simple step-by-step guide to building a spacious, safe C&C cage — in about an hour. Setting up a C&C cage (Cubes and Coroplast) is easier than it looks and takes roughly 30 to 60 minutes. The basic process: choose a size based on how many guinea pigs you have (at least a 2×4-grid cage…
The affordable, spacious cage that solves the biggest mistake guinea pig owners make — a cage that’s too small. A C&C cage — short for Cubes and Coroplast — is a popular, affordable, and highly customizable guinea pig cage made from wire storage-cube grids (which form the walls) and a corrugated plastic base called Coroplast…
A fair, side-by-side comparison to help you choose between these two popular small pets. Though both are small, popular rodents, guinea pigs and hamsters are surprisingly different pets. Guinea pigs are bigger, live longer (5–7 years vs. 2–3), highly social (they need a companion of their own kind), active during the day, docile and rarely…
Why rabbit food isn’t right for guinea pigs — and what to feed instead. No — guinea pigs should not eat rabbit pellets as their food. The single biggest reason is vitamin C: rabbit pellets aren’t fortified with it, because rabbits make their own vitamin C — but guinea pigs can’t, so a diet of…
The best vitamin-C-rich foods for your piggy — and how often to feed each one safely. Guinea pigs can’t make their own vitamin C, so they need it from food every single day — and the best sources are bell peppers (the daily MVP), along with many leafy greens and vegetables, plus some fruits. But…
A simple guide to choosing the right hay — the most important food your piggy eats. For an adult guinea pig, buy grass hay — and timothy hay is the most popular and widely recommended choice. That said, orchard grass, meadow hay, and oat hay are all excellent too, and offering a variety is even…
The honest answer to whether pellets are essential — and how to use them well. Here’s the nuanced truth: pellets are not strictly essential — a guinea pig can be perfectly healthy without them if you provide excellent, varied grass hay and a good variety of fresh vegetables with reliable vitamin C every day. Some…
Why your piggy naps with its eyes open, sleeps so little, and never seems to stop — explained. Guinea pigs have wonderfully unusual sleeping habits. They’re crepuscular — most active at dawn and dusk — rather than nocturnal or fully daytime animals, and they sleep in short naps spread across both day and night rather…