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Debbie Utter <[log in to unmask]> says:
>I have a Midwest cage with NO shelves or ramps. Any idea how much it's
>going to cost to get two floors and ramps to put in it? Or maybe where I
>can get some used shelving, or make my own (easily)?
Debbie,
We made our own. Here's what we used:
- one piece of 1/4" plywood for each shelf (the nice folks at the
hardware store will cut them for you if you don't have a power saw);
size is 1" less than the front-to-back depth of the cage and 4-6"
less than 1/2 the cage width
- four screw eyes and four s-hooks for each shelf
- sufficient vinyl flooring, stick-on vinyl floor tiles, or AstroTurf
to cover all the shelves (AstroTurf can be stretched over the shelves
and stapled under the bottom; our ferrets prefer it to slippery
shelves)
Cover the shelves with the flooring of your choice, install a screw eye in
the top of each corner, and use s-hooks to hang the shelves from the
horizontal cage members. You can make ramps out of carpet- covered strips
of plywood, too, but if you stagger the shelves like so:
---------------- your ferrets will probably have no trouble
| | getting up and down on their own (ours don't).
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| | Hope this helps. Enjoy your construction project!
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| | ellen & the Gang of [for the moment] Three
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[Posted in FML issue 2429]
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