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]