martinandanne
Dallas, Texas
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Does anyone have any pictures of using the cab-over bunk space for bringing along yoru rabbits and/or guinea pigs?
I have some fairly small cages to put them in. This would not be a frequent thing for us to do, so I don't want any kind of 'permanent' install, rather something that would easily allow me to secure the cages for traveling.
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Martin
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Polishnurse
Schodack, NY
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I have to say this. I knew if I stayed on this forum long enough I'd just see and hear everything. You my Texas friend have just put the iceing on the cake. LOL.. Serious, rabits and guinea pigs in the over hang of a class "C", congratulations. I wish you luck and many years of repoduction. And please don't ask what that thumping noise is in the over head. Bill
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weathershak
Delaware
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Just watch the sharp turns, you will have those brown marbles falling on your head..
Don't like the view?? Then change it and Go Camping   
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AGRNBRTSLOVE
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I would just wedge the cages in under your dinette while in motion so they don't slide around. Once you are parked, I could see using the overhead bunk to store them in their cages. I'm sure they would enjoy being outside under the awning during the day for a bit too.
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rockhillmanor
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Bit of advice about the bunnies.
I brought my outside rabbits in and put them in small 'rabbit' cages when the temps dropped to below zero last winter. I put them on the floor up against a wall in the bedroom of my house. Figured no problem for a short term stay inside to save them from freezing. I couldn't have been more wrong on this one!
I went to feed them in the am and they had sprayed 'all over the walls' I spent hours cleaning that up and disenfecting the walls.
Rabbits back up to go to the bathroom when urinating.Those rabbit cages do not have a high enough lip on them to prevent them from going over it.
I most certainly would not put them in my MH in a standard rabbit cage unless their rabbit cage was placed inside the bottom half of an airline crate to save your MH from being soiled.
Just thought I'd pass on what I sadly learned about that experience.
Happy Camping with your critters!
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We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned,
so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
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Pucka1378
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I have to say that guinea pigs travel well. I traveled from VA to CA with a guinea pig(only one) and we stayed in cabins or tent camped and it worked out great. I got a small cage and it was my arm rest between me and my mom. I then loaded her big cage in the back of the truck and when we set up camp I would put her in her big cage.
I like the idea of under the dinnette. Or maybe some sort of bungee cord type of thing above maybe a piece of wood across and bungee them in place so you don't have flying pigs and rabbits!
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Opie431
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I saw someone walking a rabbit on a leash a year ago at a campground in Kentucky. His cage traveled on the floor and he was trained to go in a litter box. How you train a rabbit to go in a litter box was something I did not think to ask about.
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CA POPPY
Santa Clarita, CA, USA
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When I was a kid, I had guinea pigs in a cage in my bedroom for awhile and I have to say that the air quality in that room (and I) suffered for it. I can see maybe traveling with one piggie or a bunny, but a bunch of them in the overhead? Cough, choke, ick! If you have nobody to care for them while you're gone, did you know many pet shops will board them for you inexpensively? Ask around. Usually you just drop them off in their own cage and they're fine.
Judy & Bud (Judy usually the one talking here)
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