I've made my first C&C cage today!
Rhode and Robin's former owner gave them a small cage (my C&C cage is four times as big as their old cage), so I've decided to find materials to make a makeshift C&C cage.
(I've tried searching for C&C cage kits but it was too expensive. The shipping fee costed more than the cage itself! )
I went to the dollar store to get zip ties, fleece (well, it was actually a dog blanket, but fleece is fleece), and a vinyl table cloth. Then I went to Canadian Tire to get a cube shelving unit for the grids.
There weren't enough connecters from the cube shelving unit set, so I had to use zip tie for some parts. I also tied the edges of the table cloth to the grids so that it wouldn't fall.
I'd say I did a pretty decent for my first try at making a C&C cage.
Here are some photos.
This is Robin. She's the more courageous one out of the two. Rhode had hid in the hideaway first thing when I put them in. She hasn't come out yet.
I don't have a hay rack, so I've decided to use the frisbee that my local pet store was giving out instead. I got them orchard hayAnd I've replaced their old hamster food (can you believe that their former owners fed them that? ) with alfafa pellets (they're only 2 months old).
I still don't have veggie for them yet though since I only have frozen veggie, which I've heard isn't as healthy for them. My grocery shopping day is Tuesday (tommorrow), due to Tuesday student discounts.
This is Rhode, still hiding away.
The cage is still pretty empty :sorry:, so I'm going to buy and/or make more toys for them later.
~Ithilgil
Rhode and Robin's former owner gave them a small cage (my C&C cage is four times as big as their old cage), so I've decided to find materials to make a makeshift C&C cage.
(I've tried searching for C&C cage kits but it was too expensive. The shipping fee costed more than the cage itself! )
I went to the dollar store to get zip ties, fleece (well, it was actually a dog blanket, but fleece is fleece), and a vinyl table cloth. Then I went to Canadian Tire to get a cube shelving unit for the grids.
There weren't enough connecters from the cube shelving unit set, so I had to use zip tie for some parts. I also tied the edges of the table cloth to the grids so that it wouldn't fall.
I'd say I did a pretty decent for my first try at making a C&C cage.
Here are some photos.
This is Robin. She's the more courageous one out of the two. Rhode had hid in the hideaway first thing when I put them in. She hasn't come out yet.
I don't have a hay rack, so I've decided to use the frisbee that my local pet store was giving out instead. I got them orchard hayAnd I've replaced their old hamster food (can you believe that their former owners fed them that? ) with alfafa pellets (they're only 2 months old).
I still don't have veggie for them yet though since I only have frozen veggie, which I've heard isn't as healthy for them. My grocery shopping day is Tuesday (tommorrow), due to Tuesday student discounts.
This is Rhode, still hiding away.
The cage is still pretty empty :sorry:, so I'm going to buy and/or make more toys for them later.
~Ithilgil