Tutorial: Guinea Pig cage from Cloroplast board

Assalamualaikum💗

Its been one month since we pet piggy. Our life didn't change much as we enjoyed our new company. Icha addressed herself as kak icha and will be grumpy if we didn't call her that way. We managed to hold and hug piggy 2 weeks after we pet them. Luckily our cousins came and did it. if not, tak tahu lah bila nak berani. Sebab piggy lompat lompat masa nak pegang. So kitorang takut haha.

and....

Below is the proud owner with her piggy. Puas hati sangat bila akhirnya dapat juga pegang dan dukung piggy. 

So yeah..

Today i nak share how to DIY your own guinea pig cage. we did it in one go, and the results was pretty good for a first timer. For reference, we followed the picture below closely, and we satisfied with it. Click on the picture and it will direct you to the page oki.

Basic items untuk buat cage

1. Cloroplast board x 2
2. Pencil/ pen (not in picture) - for outline
3. Tape
4. Ruler (long ruler is the best, easy to outline the cage)
5. Cutter (since we didnt own it, we use kitchen knife 😂)

Basic tools untuk buat cage

https://pethelpful.com/rodents/how-to-build-a-CC-cage-for-your-guinea-pig

Follow everything from gambar atas, and make sure to cut nicely. Sebab ada part yang kena potong habis macam gambar bawah ni 👇

Some part, kena potong half je macam gambar 👇

Bila dah siap potong according to the instructions given, your outcome will be like this 👇 masa nak gam kami terlupa nak beli gam yang warna putih. so macamni jela untuk the first day, walaupun sakit mata tiba tiba ada warna hitam di situ.

This one below dah much better! Replaced the black with the white sellotape. Nice kan?

Selamat mencuba!😍

p/s: size of the cage depends on you ya. For us, we decided to use 2 cloroplast board sebab nak space yang besar sikit for piggy.

Say Hello to our new pet 😊

Assalamualaikum, Hi guys! 💗

Meet Ibuchik (white) and acu (black)! But icha panggil hitam/ putih jugak. Black/white pun ada jugak. Mesti piggy confuse. Icha address herself as kak icha ok. Ayah ibu pun kena panggil kak icha bila main dengan piggy. Kalau tak dia emo, muncung sedepa gais. Haha

Decision nak bela pet definitely come out of the blue. Seriously. mula mula sebut sebut je sebab macam tak sure. Last week Thursday husband beli barang buat cage, lusanya 15/5/2020 piggy sampai..

My husband and I kesian kan icha sebab icha sunyi takda kawan dekat rumah. Call ibuchik acu icha nangeh nangeh merintih bagitahu rindu. Macam tengok drama bila anak sendiri nangis to that extend. Tengok cat rumah tokwan lagi kuat melalak. Adudu. Sebak pulakkk..😢

I was contemplating whether to pet the piggy or not. Afraid that I (we) made a wrong decision. Afraid juga if we can’t commit to it.

But bila tengok icha nangis sampai sembab mata dari taknak bela pet terus cair bagi icha bela sebab kesian. Husband kata nak bela cat ke? Terus I kata taknak sebab I bukan sejenis rajin basuh poop yang pelbagai tekstur itu haha. Its either hamster, piggy ataupun rabbit. Sebab I pernah bela hamster dengan rabbit masa kecik.. so, I opt for piggy pulak this time around.

Preparation nak bela macam nak sambut anak eh. Semua kena beli. From food, poop bowl, bekas air, fleece 4 keping, cage.

Both piggy are boars (male). 

Ramai tanya kenapa tak ambik sepasang? 

Because we are not ready for the piggy family to grow! Haha. Cant imagine if we have too many piggy.. so as a start, two boars definitely the best idea. Bila kami dah pandai jaga, dah boleh dukung piggy maybe we can think that mating phase pula. But not now. That’s for sure.

oh lupa!

let me share icha's reaction bila dapat tahu she will pet the piggy pula.

She is definitely over the moon sebab terlalu happy. ibu takut nak pegang. icha pun sama but she tried guys! Bila suap makan piggy datang dekat. icha nak sangat dukung. sorry cha, ibu takut nak angkat hahahaha. Piggy asyik terkejut, ibu sekali terkejut. frust si kecik tu! haha. Wish us luck I guess? 😅