Supporting upper levels

[merrycat]

Hi, I was wondering, do any of you use anything special to support the upper levels? I notice that in some of the rabbit cages, people did use wooden sticks under the shelfs. What have you used in your cages? I want mine to be pretty sturdy, so there's no chance of the shelf giving way even if all the piggies decide to sit on the same shelf all at once *lol*

 

[kennethlhm]

i din use any as my upper level only 2x1 grid. but u can use stick under it or tie them to support.

 

[DaCourt]

Pvc

I used PVC pipe cut about 1/4 of an inch longer than needed. Then I cut 4 notches so that it would then fit in a cross section of the grid to hold it stable.

 

[merrycat]

Thanks for your advice guys. I appreciate it muchly ^^

 

[cavylover]

For my upper level i have a 2x1 grid uptop.I made the bottom out of 2 grids and then a third grid for the under it so its almost like a T shape.To even let more slack i bought a small set of fiddlesticks and stuck them under the real fiddlestick Ramp Because it was sagging abit.ill post a pic of the ramp.Search for Rampleramp k to see the pic of it.

 

[merrycat]

Thanks for the piccies, Cavy lover. They helped me understand your setup ^^ Do you use the t-shape for your third level as well? I'm guessing not, based on your piccies.

 

[cavylover]

The cage on the bottom is a different cage.im gonna Experiment a different kinda ramp probably later on today.So ill put some pics up on here k.Itll probabyl be around 10pm tonight Eastern(Cant miss the Habs )

 

[merrycat]

I just checked your album and saw some piccies I hadn't seem before. Are those the ones you were talking about? I lke your setup muchly, it looks pretty fancy, with all the levels and stuff. Mine is starting to look pretty plain by contrast.... time to buy more cubes, methinks ^^

 

[cavylover]

fiddlesticks are your friends id rather make the ramps out of them then grids though.Get a pic of your cage i wanna see it

 

[merrycat]

Unfortunately I dont have a digital camera or a scanner at this time, or i would have uploaded the picks. Being A starving student, all my money goes to keeping the furkids happy lol.