[align=center]I'm looking into getting another cage because I know my two girls will eventually outgrow their cage and I want to get one as soon as possible. I was wondering if anyone knew what kind of cage was best, like what brand, or where to get a really good one for that matter. The cage they're in now, really isn't very big, but it's alright for now, as they are rarely in it, My closet is quite large, it's a walk in, probably about 5' by 7' or so, and it's now their playpen, the cage is just mainly there for water and food and what not. However, they need a new cage as they won't be able to always be in my closet, especially when I'm gne for long periods of time. If anyone has ideas, or suggestions or anything let me know? Thaks a ton. <3[/align]
Please help?
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I see htey are females...If they are full grown, a Ferretnation is great...or a Martins. But if not full grown they might slip thru bars so youd have to cover it with hardware cloth/
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$100 bucks for that!? You can make a 5 footer on your own if ya tried, with that amount of money. 
[align=center]Yea my boyfriend is going to make a cage for his two rats. But Idk, with his work and stuff it would take him a while to finish mine, and as fars as me doing it by myself.... haha. I'm not exactly a handy person with tools and what not lol. So I'm thinking I'll just buy one and down the road when my bf gets the time he can make me one =)[/align]
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Its very easy...I made mine in an hour or so (not counting coating it). and that big cage I have only cost me around $35-40 to build.
and that big cage I have only cost me around $35-40 to build.
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I made my own cage. I got all my materials from OSH. lol
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Ill send ya the link in a sec. I can also just help ya out with a desgin and send it to ya. Oh BTW where in Cali do you live? I live in Antioch/Oakley Area.
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Well heres one of my thread with before and after pictures and how I made the levels and the mats for them if ya wanna check it out: http://www.ratforum.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=2979.html
...But to make the actually cage, you first need to know the demensions you want and you need to get the fencing (not hardwearcloth, unless you are first going to make a frame for it). Make sure that the fencing you get is the corret bar spacing, you dont want it do be bigger than 1inch spacing. The kind I use is the 1"x 1/2 " wire fencing. One you know the dementions of each side, all you have you do is cut out each side, so you shloud end up with 4-6 individual peices of fencing in the end. To attach the sides together all I used was Zip ties/Tie Raps. If you wanted to coat your cage(mine is coated with a black ENAMEL thats made to coat metals), you may want to do that before assembling it. The coating I used is Kid Safe which means it's unleaded and also has other non toxic chemicals to make it...But make sure it says Kid Safe on it! Or you can go to a Car Details shop and they can powder coat it for you, but that can be a bit expensive. If you have any questions of need help with how to make the levels or anythign just msg me.
...But to make the actually cage, you first need to know the demensions you want and you need to get the fencing (not hardwearcloth, unless you are first going to make a frame for it). Make sure that the fencing you get is the corret bar spacing, you dont want it do be bigger than 1inch spacing. The kind I use is the 1"x 1/2 " wire fencing. One you know the dementions of each side, all you have you do is cut out each side, so you shloud end up with 4-6 individual peices of fencing in the end. To attach the sides together all I used was Zip ties/Tie Raps. If you wanted to coat your cage(mine is coated with a black ENAMEL thats made to coat metals), you may want to do that before assembling it. The coating I used is Kid Safe which means it's unleaded and also has other non toxic chemicals to make it...But make sure it says Kid Safe on it! Or you can go to a Car Details shop and they can powder coat it for you, but that can be a bit expensive. If you have any questions of need help with how to make the levels or anythign just msg me.
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okay 1.)They'll chew up the plastic 2.) I got a 3 story wire cage thats bigger than that, its purple at the bottem (=]) and it was 70 go to petsmart and look around. not at the most expensive either
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Awesome, I live in the Antioch/Oakley/Brentwood area, only about an hour or so away!
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