The safest, comfiest bedding choices — and the dangerous ones you must avoid. The best guinea pig bedding is dust-free, absorbent, soft, and safe. The two most popular top choices are fleece liners (reusable, soft, washable, and eco-friendly) and paper bedding (highly absorbent with excellent odor control, and beginner-friendly). Other safe options include aspen shavings,…
How to give your guinea pigs the space they need — without spending a fortune. The most affordable C&C cage is a DIY build: buy wire storage-cube grids and a sheet of Coroplast separately and assemble them yourself. This is far cheaper than a pre-made kit — and often cheaper than a (too-small) pet-store cage,…
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 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…
A gentle step-by-step guide to trimming your piggy’s nails safely at home. Yes, you can clip your guinea pig’s nails at home — and with a calm approach, it’s simpler than it looks. You’ll need small-animal or human nail clippers, good lighting, and (just in case) some styptic powder or cornflour. Hold your pig securely…
A step-by-step bonding guide to help your piggies become lifelong friends. To introduce two guinea pigs, the golden rule is to do it on neutral territory — a space neither pig has claimed as their own — with plenty of room, scattered food, and multiple hiding spots. Expect lots of dominance behavior at first: rumbling,…