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Charybdis

Post   » Wed Jan 29, 2003 12:09 am


While my mind is running on about ways to make connections and find homes for your rescued piggies, I also thought it might be helpful to exchange some information on supporting your small rescue.

[Lynx, I'm waiting to hear from you on how much you REALLY want me to put on that sticky! Maybe this thread can serve as a growing database]

One of the ways that I have begun supporting the "hay habit" is by making C & C cages for people. If you know someone with a reseller's license (The Bunny Bunch has one so other nonprofits may as well), you can have them purchase coroplast for as little as 8$ a sheet--which includes the cutting fee. Or, you can plead your case to sign stores across town, buy a large quantity, then you mark it up.

I have found that A LOT of my adopters prefer to have me make their cage. Even though it's easy, they quickly give in when I matter-of-factly mention that I could just "throw it together and have it ready when we meet for the adoption." I tell them what colors I have and let them choose either plain cubes or multi-colored.

I take a C & C cage with me to events, along with some enlarged pictures from the CavyCages site and a laminated reprint of the instructions to show people how easy it is.

Now, this has burgeoned into something even bigger. The Bunny Bunch has asked me to put together a few cages, in different "styles" and they are going to sell them from their Boutique on the website. So far I'm working on a "fun" colorful cage for kids and a "deco" cage for adults.

I've even going to offer a variety of hay racks, most of which I found at Wal-Mart, Cost Plus, or Ralphs. They cost anywhere between 1$ and 5$ but of course I will sell them for more.

http://www.nikspiggies.org/racks.html

Erin8607
Knee Deep

Post   » Wed Jan 29, 2003 12:18 am


Thanke for pointing out the links, Chary and Briana.

No pigs within a 100 miles of me listed, I'll have to change that and get myself up there.

HollyT
Get on your bike.

Post   » Wed Jan 29, 2003 12:29 am


I like your hay rack ideas. I like when the hay sticks out so much that I don't have to keep pulling it through the cube. I'd like to know what you used.

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lisam

Post   » Wed Jan 29, 2003 11:28 am


Is that site for rescues only, or can fosterers sign up?

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Sunny

Post   » Wed Jan 29, 2003 11:46 am


I would like to see full pix of your bunny cages.

I've seen E's and it's great. Would like more ideas before I start building.

Charybdis

Post   » Wed Jan 29, 2003 2:50 pm


Ok, but if I get a lot of flak for this, I'll just blame you ;)

I don't keep rabbits in cages. Most of them are too small. So my rabbits, whether mine or foster (I have one and 2 more are fosters) live in large x-pens.

Here is a long view of the front of Chip and Witherspoon's home in my kitchen. That is a heavy fireplace screen in the front and the xpen is a few feet behind it. The floor is a seagrass mat which is safe for chewing.

http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/ead70b40 ... .A1sZSO2LP

Charybdis

Post   » Wed Jan 29, 2003 2:55 pm


egads, that pic sucks. I'll have to try again later when Geocities is back up. Sorry.

Charybdis

Post   » Wed Jan 29, 2003 3:09 pm


ok, here we go. View from the front:

http://nikspiggies.org/one.JPG

Charybdis

Post   » Wed Jan 29, 2003 3:11 pm


And this is a overhead view of the x-pen part (with additional litterboxes since Witherspoon is still in training). Part of the floor is grass mat and part is covered with thin cloth rugs:

http://nikspiggies.org/two.JPG

Charybdis

Post   » Wed Jan 29, 2003 3:14 pm


And here is a pic of them grooming each other in the front part of the cage. They are really in love. I don't have the heart to tell them that they're not both guinea pigs.

http://nikspiggies.org/three.JPG

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Sunny

Post   » Wed Jan 29, 2003 4:22 pm


How do you get any cooking done?

So you have a Guinea pig and rabbit living together? (sorry if this is on another thread but I haven't been able to read a lot of posts lately). Is the Guinea pig potty trained too? How funny that they are in love.

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gracielee
Me, too!

Post   » Wed Jan 29, 2003 4:37 pm


How did your convince your rabbit that the guinea pig was worthy of his notice? My rabbits pretend like the GPs are lesser beings. Perhaps if they don't acknowledge the GPs, they won't really be there.

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