Guineapig crunch stick holder

by tcarnathan

If you feed your guineapig vitakraft crunch stick treats, you would know that the “mount” that comes with them make them hang vertically in their cage. I'm sure you would also know that due to the configuration of the head of Guineapigs as well as other small animals it's a little hard for them to chew on these sticks vertically. In fact it would be like a human trying to eat a corn on the cob vertically. I used to remove the plastic clip and just lay the stick inside their cage so they can chew on it better. This allows it to be raised off their cage floor and hang on the side but horizontally this time.  All you have to do to change the stick is slide one of the ends so you can pop the old one out, and insert the other one.  First design I made had open ends so it could be slid in and out however as the Guineapigs tried to eat it, the stick would slide then fall out, so I designed it with closed ends to help hold it.  The end pieces is what holds the back bracket to the cage, basically it pinches itself to the cage.  Due to the different designs of cages, I will be including the f3d and step files. So that you can edit it to fit your cage.