Here is my new cage for my girl rats. I also made the same one for my four males.
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Yes it is quite the palace. They have many toys and things to do during the night when they are awake, and when they are sleeping during the day that have many spots to choose from to sleep. They just love thier new home! :cheerful:Very cool, a rat palace!
works wonderfully! I no longer use this cage as I have gone back to my old SP ferret cage(36x36inches and 5feet tall)because the rats kept chwing off the cable ties.It looks as if you have fleece on the bottom of the cage. Does that work out OK? I have wondered about using fleece with some of my other pets (2 mice, 1 hamster and 2 rats, housed seperately of course ).
I have read alot of questions about using the cable ties and was contemplating making a rat cage from the extra grids I have left, but perhaps they would be better left in their current cage (a reverted bookshelf).
I have seen other posts mention that rats will chew the coroplast. So far I haven't had that problem, but these guys are only a couple months old so only time will tell.
I'm sorry to hear that about your rats. :sad: I hope they pull through OK. Our hamster is doing much better. They had her on an antibiotic for a week.
Thanks for the suggestions on rat toys. I did get the couple of things I do have (bird toys) from Walmart, but I want to get them more. I'll have to check out the site info you gave me.
I know this is a bit off the subject, but since you were able to post a picture on this thread I was wondering how you were able to do so. I've been having some trouble in thatr area. Thanks.
Well, I put one picture on there and the mods deleted it because it was only a picture of my piggies, no cage or anything. I've since read the rules and have found a place to put my piigies picures on the internet, but still can't get them to insert on a post correctly. Oh well, I'll keep trying. I haven't downloaded any pictures of my cages yet as I haven't been able to get any decent pictures.
As for the hammocks, do you make yours out of fleece or other materials? I imagine they might have something about this on the website you mentioned earlier too?
I really need to get this hamster cage done so I can work on the rats home. Currently there ins't enought room to really put the pvc pipe I got for them. I have a large cardboard tunnel they sleep in, but it is so long it takes up quite a bit of space. I plan to make them another small shelf and I need to make a way for them to get up the top shelf still. I am interested in trying to use the clips I mentioned to put together a cage for them with the remaining grids I have have left over after making my piggie cage the way I wanted it.
Anyway, I better stop babbeling and get off to bed. Yawn.......:yawn:
P.S. I checked out the pictures of Kiwi's cage. Pretty nice! :cheerful: I wish I could leave my girls cage open that way, but I'm sure my cats (especially the young one) would thing the pigs were dinner! Yikes! I am pretty proud that I was able to get my neighbor to build a C&C cage for her son's 2 pigs. They were living seperately, each in a glass aquarium (20 gallons or so I think). I was able to see their new C&C cage today and boy did they seem happy.
That's so awsome that you were able to rescue her from your friend. Good job! :cheerful: It sounds like Kiwi has a wonderful life now even without a friend. If it were me I would rather have a nice loving home than a friend anyway.
I got my hamster cage done, finally, and it is pretty cool. The only thing is she doesn't seem to want to go up or down the tubing to and from the second level. Perhaps with time she will. I'll have topost a picture of it as soon as I get one.