Eric and I remodelled cages this weekend. This involved replacing two doors that had been removed when a previous owner had attached two cages to each other, plus cutting access doors into the top of two stupidly-designed Shaeffer cages which have high upper shelves *over* the front door where it takes a contortionist to reach them. I've been mulling over the best way to make cage doors for months, and two days ago I had a brainstorm ... cake cooling racks! A couple rings of wire for hinges and voila! Strong, smoothly finished, and not ugly. Our two rectangular racks fit the original doorways beautifully. We used two smaller square ones for the top access doors we cut in the other cages. Hooked springs like the ones that hold the bottoms on some cages make good door fasteners, as do plain old cage clips. Now I have to buy new racks so I can bake my mother's birthday cake on Wednesday! [Posted in FML issue 1852]