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Space-saver cages for guinea pigs are becoming more popular these days. In fact, one of our top-selling guinea pig cages just happens to be the Mega Tower (shown below) – one of our space-saver cages for guinea pigs.
Most people have the wrong idea about space-saving. To them space-saver means “less space”. Space-saver means “smaller”. But not to us.
The concept behind BlueStoneCommerce’s line of space-saver cages is to deliver a roomy and spacious cage in a product form that can fit in a small footprint.
Yep. It’s a good idea – but not one we can really say we originally invented…
Suppose you wanted to build a building in Manhattan – and you needed a lot of space… say, an area equal to 36 square city blocks. Would you buy up a plot of land six-blocks by six-blocks and build a sprawling single-story structure?
Of course not. Too expensive. The footprint is much too large. It takes up too much real estate.
So, instead, you build a building one-block by one-block and 36-stories high… or 56-stories… or 100. We call that a skyscraper. It’s footprint is only one city-block but it can contain many tens of thousands of square-feet. (The Empire State building contains just under 3-million square feet.)
Besides employing the multi-level “skyscraper concept” our Tower and Mega-Tower models were also designed with a long, thin footprint. This thin design allows the cage to hug the wall – as you can see in the photo above.
We like to say that our “Tower” line of cages does for the guinea pig cage what the flat-screen did for TVs.
So, with the invention of the slim-line space-saver cages for guinea pigs, you might conclude that there is no longer a need for large-footprint cages. Not true.
All-in-all, a big guinea cages are still better for your guinea pigs health and well-being. Would you rather run on a quarter-mile track (large footprint) or back and forth on a drag strip (narrow footprint). Yes, you can still get just as much exercise on the drag strip – but it’s just annoying to make that abrupt turn at the end each time.
In terms of your pigs health and well-being, a large footprint cage is best. And for multiple pigs – multiple stories are recommended. Hey, pigs are people too. We all feel better and more comfy in a large roomy house. And, once in a while we need to get away to our own private room or maybe to a different floor.
If you don’t have the room for a large cage, the space-saver cavy cage is the next-best choice. Each individual level is smaller than a large-footprint cage, so it’s not the optimal choice. But the total amount of living space is far more than that found in manufactured pet store cages. It’s a great choice for an apartment, dorm room, kid’s room or to fit in a small nook like that shown in the photo above.
I’ve said it before. Putting your pig in a small pet store cage is like you living out your entire life in your bathroom. We did it to our first guinea pig (back then we didn’t know any better) and… after we’ve seen the remarkable changes in our pigs’ moods and energy levels… we’ll never do it again.
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Tomorrow we fly… and so can your pigs.That’s right. Tomorrow (Saturday Feb. 19, 2011) we hop on that plane for home. Bye, bye Florida… hello Michigan.
Our guinea pigs must have woken up and seen their shadows because we still have a few more weeks of winter in our future.
But, bad news for us means good news for you (and your pigs). Because we’re going home, we’re ramping our guinea pig cage inventories back up from vacation levels.
Beginning Friday, February 18, 2011; we will begin restocking our online guinea pig cage stores. We’re going to get our eBay, Bonanza and iOffer stores fully up and running. Look for us to begin adding items throughout the afternoon. By this evening, all guinea pig cage models and accessories will be available.
And, when you do buy, make sure not to pass up any free money. Be sure to take advantage of our website visitors special offer:
So, once again, good news/bad news. Bad news is we’re going home to the cold, snow and ice. Good news is we’re going back to our five pigs: Charlie, Apple, Pippen, Cupcake and Pumpkin; our dog, Cosmo and… oh yeah… our two kids, Alex and Kristen.
Gotta love those pigs.
You guys are amazing! The guinea pig cages we built for shipment during our vacation are going far faster than we anticipated.
We’re out. You won’t be able to get either one until this coming weekend when we get back from Florida.
3 Towers, a Millennium 200, two mini-Terraces, a 2×3 Colonial, a 2×4 Colonial and a 2×4 Colonial with storage. Buy one of these remaining units and we’ll have it shipped out immediately to you. Anything else won’t go until next Monday, Feb. 21, 2011.
However, if the cage you just have to have is out of stock…
If we run out of a cage model you want while we’re away from home, contact us on or after Friday February 18, 2011 and mention the words “Homeless pigs” and BlueStoneCommerce will pay 25% of your shipping costs.
Offer good through February 19, 2011.
This offer cannot be combined with other special offers.
Offer void in the following states: Confusion, Disarray and Shock.
In other words: email us and buy a cage that we’re out of – while we’re out of it – and we’ll pay 25% of your shipping for you when we send you your cage early next week.
Yep, that’s right… the same offer I repeated last post… just a reminder.
So, consider yourself warned - or at least informed. These cages are selling faster than we anticipated. We wish we had built more than we did before we left. But we didn’t. And don’t get us wrong – we really appreciate your overwhelming response and your confidence in our product. But nevertheless, what we got is what we got.
Happy Pigs,
Bob and Nancy
BlueStoneCommerce
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Don’t get me wrong! I like the snow. But 12 inches in one day is just too much. WE’RE OUTTA HERE! Bob and Nancy (Mr. and Mrs. BlueStoneCommerce) are headed to sunny Florida for a week.
We leave Feb. 12, 2011 & will return Feb 19.
We’re going back to Panama City Beach – had so much fun there last year,we’re going again. See for yourself. Here’s a VDO from last years trip…
You have until Feb. 10, 2011 to order.
Well, it’s okay. Our two adult children still live at home with us and will care for all the pets. They are both attending nearby colleges and they’ve taken care of the pets many times before. So – bottom line – all is okay. Don’t worry. Our pets will be cared for and will have lots of company and attention from the people they live with every day. (However, they are both college students; so… if you hear of the “party to end all parties” being promoted at our house during this time, drop us an email won’t you?)
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What’s that – hives? A rash? What’s going on?
Yep. This holiday season, we’ve had two households find out that their kids were allergic to guinea pigs when they handled the little critters at the store. They had each ordered a guinea pig cage in advance from BlueStoneCommerce and now they were stuck.
Another bought a guinea pig cage from us after self-confessed hours of study and deliberation on our website. After receiving their cage, they found it was too big to fit in the location they had chosen for it. (“It’s a lot bigger than it looks in the picture”.) So now they were stuck.
No problem. With our 30-day guarantee of satisfaction, we refunded their purchase price and they returned the cages. Nothing wrong with the cages. They weren’t returned because they were defective or broken. They just didn’t fit the customers’ needs.
Nothing wrong with the cage – their kid was allergic to guinea pigs. Nothing wrong with the cage – they just measured or estimated wrong. Not our fault – yet we took it back. Why?
We are not in business to make money at all costs. If we were, we’d be selling drugs, assassinating people for money or holding up liquor stores. (Those certainly pay a lot better than guinea pig cages).
Yes – of course we are doing this to make money. We have five guinea pigs to support (and, oh ya, two kids in college). But we’re also in it to create happy, satisfied customers. We don’t want to force a cage on someone who doesn’t want it. We want happy pigs and happy owners. Simple.
And our eBay feedback tells us that we are succeeding.
One problem with buying online is that you can’t touch, feel, hold and examine the object you are buying. So it feels like you’re taking a big risk to buy online.
Hopefully our guarantee takes that risk out of it for you.
Just return the cage in the condition which you received it so we can resell it. That’s all we ask.
It doesn’t have to be our fault. It can be your “fault” or no one’s fault. Your kid can be allergic, you can make a measuring mistake, you can change your mind, you can tell us you thought it was an aquarium, you can tell us your pig was abducted by aliens - we don’t care.
If you’re not happy, return it within 30-days. Why are we so confident that we offer this (and most others offer 7-days)? Because we get very few returns. Almost everyone is happy with the guinea pig cage we ship them. Don’t believe us? Read our feedback.
We like happy pigs. We like happy customers. I think we’ll leave the liquor store holdups to the pros.
Why not take a look at our unadvertized, money-saving special offer?
(It’s okay. You’re protected by our 30-day money-back guarantee – even if your pig is abducted by aliens)…
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Nancy and I are indeed enjoying ourselves in Hawaii. But we are still in contact with “civilization” as you know if you have sent us an email in the past few days. We are still answering emails and we are still selling cages.
So, if you need a cavy cage we still have a large selection and fairly large inventory of cages.
Although, as of this writing, we have already sold seven of our 30 original cages. So they are going kind of fast – and the selection will become more and more limited as time goes on. But, no need to fear… Remember…
Until then, I think we’ll just go fly around Kauai. (See if you can spot the waterfall that they used in the movie Jurassic Park)…
So, yes, we’re away from home. But, because we worked hard to make prior arrangements, you can still get a cavy cage from us by visiting one of our online stores.
Just click on the button below to visit our online stores
(and to claim your UNADVERTIZED DISCOUNT on shipping)…
Is the standard pet store rodent cage suitable for your guinea pig? See what we have to say about that little mass-produced rodent cage. Our views on the pet store rodent cage. <–CLICK HERE and READ.
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Are you keeping your cavy in a rodent cage that might be more commonly seen in a laboratory than in a family home? If so, it’s not your fault – until now.
The standard rodent cage or guinea pig cage that you see at pet stores and department stores sell is much too small to provide a physically and psychologically healthy environment for your guinea pig. You may have heard me say this before – it’s equivalent to you living your entire life in your bathroom. There’s no room to exercise, no room to move about comfortably and there is an ever-present sense of confinement.
As I said earlier, if this is the case at your house, it’s not your fault because those are the cages that are displayed and sold by all of the big retailers. These cages are the default cages offered when a new guinea pig is sold. In fact, these cages are often the only cages offered when a new pig is sold.
But, if after reading this article, your cavy continues to live in a small, confining rodent cage, you can no longer claim ignorance. If your guinea pig is not in a cage that is at least 7.5 sq. ft. – you can no longer claim innocence. It’s all on you now.
Of course, an economical way to get a cage this large is to get or build a C&C cage. No – you won’t find them in pet stores. Where can you find one? Well, admittedly I am biased, but I think the best place is here at BlueStoneCages. And here’s an additional bonus…
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That’s all you have to do to SAVE MONEY on a guinea pig cage deal. Why not CLICK on the Button below and at least HAVE A LOOK at the SPECIAL MONEY-SAVING DEAL we have for you…
Looking for a cavy cage? You can still get one even when we’re on vacation. For details, CLICK HERE–> Get a cavy cage while we’re in Hawaii.
Forget the previous post about Going to Hawaii – We are GONE!
What does that mean to you? Well, before we left, we packed up 30 cages of different varieties and we arranged with our great UPS guy to ship them for us as necessary. So…
1. YES! CAGES ARE STILL AVAILABLE while we’re gone.
2. We have a limited number of cages. When they’re gone – they’re gone. Sorry.
3. We have a limited number of each cage model. When particular models are gone – they’re gone. Sorry again.
4. We’ll be back in full stride on October 25, 2010.
5. That’s it… I’m going snorkeling…
Aloha,
Bob and Nancy
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