Here is the cage we recently built.
Its built from scratch and is (roughly) 2m x 1,1m x 0,8m (6.5ft x 3.2ft x 2.6ft or 78.7in x 43.3in x 31.5in – hope everyone can picture it now… its big x big x big!)
These pictures are from the day we built it. The chins are going to be living inside the house (but WOW would it have been easier to just leave it out there, it was heavy!)
The shelves rest on the structure. It makes me sleep well at night knowing everything could (theoretically) hold my weight.
Toys and more is coming. No matter how much stuff I put in there it still looks empty though :/ I have built little bridges and smaller shelves, ladders, hammocks, scratching posts and more so the gaps between the shelves aren’t so big.
Before the wire:
Shelves put in
Finished cage
Well almost – in the bottom there is a drawer(not in the pic) that holds all of the shaving and that. Hopefully it makes cleaning really easy : )
Thanks for looking (yes those two awesome fellers made it ^_^ one of them is the boyfriend the other is his brother)
If you are planning on building a cage like this, consider;
- The time! It takes a lot of time and hard work. We were three people (and only one who does these things on a daily basis) and it took about 3 days to complete.
- The wire…Putting on the wire is hell! If you have a stable gun it will take about half an hour but with a hammer…. Ugh.. also, find a large space for putting it on, getting it off the roll requires more space than you would think.
- How you are going to access the top and bottom level. This cage has 1 door and 2 little openings (top and bottom) where things can be placed, removed and cleaned from.
- The price. Often you can get smaller cages for the same money that it will cost you to make a large cage like this – it is not cheap, but of course; the bigger the better
I had a lot of fun with this – building stuff is fun! Try it!
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