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Kathy's Theme Cages
If there are problems with any items that are in the cage, they need to be enclosed in acrylic (or other safe material) or not used at all.
The only requirement is that the finished cage must be safe for the health and welfare of the resident guinea pigs.
choosing a theme How does one choose a theme? A theme can be based on a favorite hobby, such as gardening, or on something that holds ones interest like the rain forest or a foreign country.
guinea pig safety The important thing to keep in mind is that the items for the cage need to be safe for guinea pigs to either chew on or be around.
This will ensure that your pets have plenty of room to move around in and that you have plenty of room to decorate the cage.
Step 6: Add Guinea Pigs! After everything has been added to the cage to your satisfaction, get your guinea pigs and place them into your new creation.
Once the background is completed, it will need to be protected with either a clear piece of adhesive-backed paper or acrylic Step 3: Optional Clear Front Window: If a clear front "window" is preferred for the cage base, the acrylic and the base material each needs to be cut to the desired size.
The acrylic window for both the Garden Retreat and African Safari cage was held in place with binder clips.
Theme cages, simply put, are cages that have been visually enhanced; they may be as simple or as intricate as one desires.
Check to make sure that anything placed in the cage is stable and that it won't fall over and hurt a guinea pig.
Make sure that everything is safe for them and that there is enough room for them to move around the cage with ease.
Any other items that are to be placed on the exterior of the cage may be added at this time.
Kathy Anderson and other creative piggy people have raised this to an art form! Learn the basics of building a theme cage, and browse the gallery of featured themes.
When creating these cages, items were used to create an environment that visually depicted a particular idea or image.
Items that were used to decorate the above theme cages include: Switchplate covers.
The print on the paper contained sunflowers and this was incorporated into a theme for the cage: Sunflower Garden.
If children are helping choose a theme and decorating the cage, they might prefer to have a subject that interests them: toys, pets, books, or sports.
The Lupine Garden, Country Garden, Under the Sea, Garden Retreat, and African Safari cages, on the other hand, are all based on a single idea.
A child's bed frame found at a garage sale was the item used as the starting point for The Roadster theme cage.
Using the colors of navy and gold, a similar-colored adhesive-backed paper was used to cover the base of the cage.
what is a theme cage? According to Webster's New World Dictionary, a theme is a recurring, unifying subject or idea; motif, often one used decoratively.
Enjoy! featured themes The first theme cage for my guinea pigs was created around navy and gold feed bowls.
building the theme Step 1: Cover the Base Covering the base is the first step in actually decorating the habitat: adhesive-backed paper and wallpaper borders were used to cover the sides of the bases of the above cages.
If a person feels creative, one can draw a habitat background or build guinea pig-proof decorations for the cage.
The next step is to put a piece of small acrylic between any of the attached items and the wire grid of the cage and the guinea pigs.
Step 5: Safety-proof Objects that are to go inside the cage must be safe for the guinea pigs.
The acrylic front for the Sunflower Garden cage was screwed to the wood frame whereas the front for the Under the Sea cage was attached to the Coroplast base with wire.
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