There are two typical enclosures for your cavy, commercial pet store cages and cube and coroplast (C and C) cages. There is a wide assortment of pet store cages, but they are small enclosures of sturdy construction that come ready to use, with little to no assembly required. Because they have limited floor space, water bottles and food bowls hang conveniently on the inner walls. These cages are neat, lightweight and easy to clean.
C and C cages are modular in design, assembled from storage cube grids and coroplast and held together with standard connectors and cable ties. You can customise the size and shape of the enclosure. C and C cages provide superb housing for multiple guinea pigs at a time, but if you choose this option, ensure that the storage cube grid holes are large enough, so your cavies cannot get their heads stuck.