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This is my first time posting on th FML but here goes. I recently built a
home made cage for the little one as my wife was going out in the work
force and their free roam days were over. I built a 2' by 4' four floor
cage similiar to the castle and such you see pictures of in Modern Ferret
for about $100.00 give or take.
The materials for the cage were bought at Lowes building supply which has a
2" by 1" wire (hole size) there very similar to the wire ferret cages are
built only a slighly smaller gauge and a 1/2" by 1/2" (hole size) for the
floor which is then covered with linoleum. The whole cage is put together
with small cable ties also bought at Lowes. I have been using it for about
4 months now and the little ones seem to like it although they would much
rather be out all the time but they get their time in the evenings.
Tools I used were a regular pair of plies, cutting pliers to cut the wire,
and a file to file the sharp points of cut wire
I am sure that if you don't have a Lowes, there is some sort of home
building supply that would carry all the supplies. I did not work from a
set of plans but sort of winged it but I could assist any one with
suggested hekp from here.
My mother who is not really to mechanically inclined built her's from
smaller cages bought separately and fitted together to form a larger cage
all held together with small cable ties.
Hope this is a help
Dennis
The Terror Ten
PS When you cut those cable ties loose ends, make sure they are even or
they will leave sharp edges that scratch.
[Posted in FML issue 2780]
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