Fun Day.

Guess what I did today? Go on guess! Yup I went shopping. Again.

Yes I'm hopelessly addicted and need counseling but hey it's better then spending money on shoes. So of course mu purchases were cavy related. Today I bought two oversize semi transparent step stools which will make great 'houses' for $5 each. I also purchased 4.8m of this plastic edging stuff to glue over the exposed edges of the plywood litter boards in the new cage I'm ordering. I've had cavies that have literally eaten there way through plyboard dividers so I'm hoping (fingers crossed) that this ensures the plywood litter boards stay intact. I also bought a small sheet of corflute which will cut down to size so I can ziptie it over the wire divider when I'm keeping show long hairs in the all wire cage. I'm hoping it will prevent neighbours chewing the wrappers.

Finally I stopped at horseland and bought this:
http://www.horseland.com.au/roma-1200-denier-hay-bale-bag.html

It will be used to store a bale of hay in the 'pig room'. Since the cavy rooms in the centre of the house I didn't want to be leaving trails of hay through the house every time I went to get the pigs a biscuit, so hay storage inside. We've also got a big calico bag which can be used in the car when we buy hay. Less mess is always good.

I also priced the paints, and my wallet is going ouch. So 1L of Dulux paint covers 16 square metres, and how many metres do I have to cover?

18.72 square metres enamel for two coats inside cage

18.72 square metres wash & wear for two coats outside cage

18.72 square metres prepcoat

And of course buying 1.5L costs the same as buying 2L. Yay.

So prices for the paints are

Wash & Wear - $50 for 2L

Aquanamel High Gloss - $60 for 2L

Dulux 1 Step - $51 for 2L

So $161 for 6L of paint. I really hope I find some other uses for this paint otherwise there's going to be a lot wasted.


But you want to know the best bit about today? While clearing out the family home I discovered all my old records and photo backups, as well as four years worth of Cavy Capers. I is very very happy.