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**Furkidsmommy** · #1 08-02-04, 08:49 am

I saw the pictures in the photo album for Target kid grids/cubes. Has anyone purchased them recently? I have been looking in every Target store near me and cannot find them. Am I searching in Vain?

**ChadWPB** · #2 08-02-04, 09:40 am

Kid cubes? The ones with the small grid holes? I think they are a discontinued/clearance item.

Good luck!

**bunnyluv17** · #3 08-02-04, 10:07 am

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Originally Posted by Furkidsmommy

I saw the pictures in the photo album for Target kid grids/cubes. Has anyone purchased them recently? I have been looking in every Target store near me and cannot find them. Am I searching in Vain?

I hear that they have cubes with really small spaces at Linens n Things.

**Furkidsmommy** · #4 08-02-04, 02:50 pm

Thank you for the tip about Linen's and Things. I went there today and got a pack of mesh cubes. http://www.lnt.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1364301
I wanted a smaller cube/mesh to replace my girls current hay rack. They are rather fond of climbing into it and I was afraid of them hurting themselves, falling through the large grid holes. Here is their old hay rack.

**Furkidsmommy** · #5 08-02-04, 03:27 pm

Here is thier new hay rack installed. There is a coroplast divider in the middle to deter them from going all the way through it.

**ChadWPB** · #6 08-02-04, 06:55 pm

Nice hayrack there!

**mncavylover** · #7 08-03-04, 05:50 pm

Neat idea!!! =) Do they just get the hay from the sides, then, or can it get through the little holes?

**Furkidsmommy** · #8 08-03-04, 08:06 pm

Just from the sides. That's all they used to do anyway. They lie on their beds and graze.

**mncavylover** · #9 08-04-04, 01:17 pm

Ok, thanks! =)

**NoVeil** · #10 08-04-04, 06:44 pm

Looks like that would cut down on the spillage out the back too. My hay rack is just a grid folded over and my girls eat from the side and through the grid. Cinnamon likes to climb into the rack to hang out.

**ChadWPB** · #11 08-04-04, 08:33 pm

We just use tissue boxes as hay racks. But I'm always up for seeing someone's creativity in action.

**GuineasGalore** · #12 08-26-04, 09:37 pm

Is the mesh cube metal or fabric?

**mncavylover** · #13 08-26-04, 09:58 pm

It looks like finely punched metal to me. The fabric ones would work, though, I think. =)

**Furkidsmommy** · #14 08-27-04, 07:16 am

It is very fine metal mesh. I am very pleased with it.

**Peaches** · #15 03-26-05, 05:15 pm

Wow You guys are giving me such great ideas. I can't wait till monday to start building my new cage.

**lilliesmomma** · #16 04-01-05, 02:59 pm

Thank you for this link! My rabbits have taken to chewing off the plastic on the grids that I have. They are the standard white grids from target. I am going to rebuild my cage, but with the mesh instead. Although, is it hard to see them and visa versa? I don't want them to be stuck in the dark.

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Originally Posted by Furkidsmommy

Thank you for the tip about Linen's and Things. I went there today and got a pack of mesh cubes. http://www.lnt.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1364301
I wanted a smaller cube/mesh to replace my girls current hay rack. They are rather fond of climbing into it and I was afraid of them hurting themselves, falling through the large grid holes. Here is their old hay rack.

**bunnyluv17** · #17 04-01-05, 05:25 pm

Are the grids coated in plastic or paint? I have the white grids from Costco and I think mine have paint.

The person who first made a rabbit condo out of the cubes called the company (Fellowes) that made the Neat Idea Cubes, and they told her the paint is safe for rabbits. There are many knock-off brands of cubes, so I don't know if the same holds true for the other brands. Her website is http://princessblackie.homestead.com/

I don't think the visibility would be as good as with the regular grids. A condo made of kid cubes was donated to the shelter, but after a few months they got rid of it. Potential adopters could not really see the rabbit. I prefer the regular grids much better.

Maybe you could make a pen enclosure with the wire mesh cubes instead of a condo. If your rabbits aren't into jumping you could make it two grids high, but if they are jumpers, you would have to make it at least three grids high.

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Originally Posted by lilliesmomma

Thank you for this link! My rabbits have taken to chewing off the plastic on the grids that I have. They are the standard white grids from target. I am going to rebuild my cage, but with the mesh instead. Although, is it hard to see them and visa versa? I don't want them to be stuck in the dark.