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Title: My 2 new baby rats new palace
Post by: stoop14 on May 15, 2008, 08:42:45 PM
(http://www.ferret.com/prodimages/P48644P.jpg)

Just bought this along with my 2 new baby male rats.  I plan on putting 1/2" chicken wire around the cage till they grow in size.  Any idea how long it takes for them to be full grow?


Title: Re: My 2 new baby rats new palace
Post by: strangeduck on May 15, 2008, 08:47:04 PM
My males reach a big enough size to not fit through the bars of my Ferret Nation 142 at around 6-8 months.  I don't know if I'd use chicken wire to modify the cage.  Most people on the forum who have that cage use hardware cloth and there's even a tutorial stickied at the top of this section.


Title: Re: My 2 new baby rats new palace
Post by: stoop14 on May 15, 2008, 09:00:25 PM
My males reach a big enough size to not fit through the bars of my Ferret Nation 142 at around 6-8 months.  I don't know if I'd use chicken wire to modify the cage.  Most people on the forum who have that cage use hardware cloth and there's even a tutorial stickied at the top of this section.
sweet thanks for pointing that out.  I do have the hardware mesh actually i didn't notice that before its 1/2 x 1/2 galvanized.


Title: Re: My 2 new baby rats new palace
Post by: Scubbs on May 15, 2008, 09:37:53 PM
My males reach a big enough size to not fit through the bars of my Ferret Nation 142 at around 6-8 months.  I don't know if I'd use chicken wire to modify the cage.  Most people on the forum who have that cage use hardware cloth and there's even a tutorial stickied at the top of this section.

6-8 months, really?  :shocked2:  Usually it's about 2-3 months old for my boys, and about 3-5 months old for my girls.


Title: Re: My 2 new baby rats new palace
Post by: RNPaulie on May 15, 2008, 10:47:10 PM
Me too Chelsey :) I think Liam and Noah went into the FN at 12 weeks-- they could stick their heads out- but had no desire to leave with all the buddies they had IN the cage :)


Title: Re: My 2 new baby rats new palace
Post by: Yanglicious on May 17, 2008, 06:33:16 AM
Mine spacing are as big as that cage.
Takes my girls 4-5 months and boys would be just nice at 3-4 months of age.