I'm so happy!  Scabbers and Ratagain are finally big enough to go into Lineals old cage!  Whoo! 

This is Baxter's cage, its an All Living Things cage. Its a bit sparse because I took out the hammocks. Baxter is about 2 1/2 years old and he kept having trouble getting into the hammock then falling out of it so I took out his hammock. His cagemate passed on 3 months ago and attempts to introduce him to my other baby boys have not been successful so Baxter lives alone.    He spends most of his time in the igloo and he only can stand about 30 seconds of free range time before going back to his cage.

Well, I haven't put in pictures of my last two cages so I figured I should update. Maybe it'll give someone else some ideas.

My homemade grotto style cage (mini-version of SuccubusOfAngels's) dimensions 36"L x 24"D x 30"T


My old homemade cage from PVC coated hardware cloth and a storage bin. dimensions 30"L x 13"D x 23"T


My new flight cage, just got it yesterday. dimensions 30"L x 18"D x 38"T


The bottom half

The top half

 

Bottom Half

Food Dish, Water bottle, tissue box, and shredded paper as the bedding.



Top half

Hammock, igloo, two jean cut offs as blanket cuddle area, and a sleeve to crawl in or cuddle on.



If you have any suggestions on what I should add or any ideas to spice up the cage please PM me, thank you.

I know I posted my cage a while back, but i've updated it since then. So here it is again:)

Thanks to Dearpie I now have a little better cage for my two girls Cookie and Roxanne until I can afford a R 695 or find one for cheap.

Front view:

Side view:

that cage looks so big what are the dimensions? and where did she get it.. heheh

Okay, it's taken me forever (or so it seems), but I'm getting there. The boys got to move into their new home on Saturday. They seem to like all the space. I still need to get some more "stuff" to put in here. I washed their things, so I can put some of those in, but I have plans for adding to this cage!
 They wore me out during "playtime"! They decided they LOVED climbing up the cart and onto the cage. The landings were scaring me, so I took the HEAVY cage off and put it on the bed. They still climbed around on the cart (shoulda took pics of them walking around on the 3/4" frame like it was nothing, but I was too nervous when they ended up falling off, onto the edge of the metal shelf below). So I spent most of their playtime plucking them off and saying "No!" in my firm voice. Didn't work. One by one, after about 10 pluckings apiece for my rowdy explorers, Gollum and Strider, I plucked them and plunked them into their cage. These pics are from tonight.





This is the green version of the cage that's being bought like crazy by people on this forum.
I like it in a lot of ways, even though I had to modify it quite a bit. I zip-tied lots of plastic canvas to it. On the floor (just didn't like the set-up without it, there were sharp edges that I was afraid they would get cut on), on the shelves, and around the bottom edge to help keep bedding in. Then I discovered a gap across the front and back that had to be "sealed" with more plastic canvas and zip-ties, because the YN was leaking through.
The doors are a good size, I think (I'm not all familiar with this stuff - yet). They allow good access to all areas of the cage.
I ended up taking one of the ladders out because they were mostly climbing their "stuff" to get to the lower shelf. The HUGE hammock/safety net is mostly how they get up there. They don't pile into it like I had hoped though.
I used two of the perches to brace their dishes so they don't fall off the shelf their on. The plastic canvas made it very slippery under the plastic dishes. So far it's working well. I still have their hat to hang back in since I washed it, and I want to make a few tubes to hang (one to hang, one to be cleaned). I still need to make another hammock/safety net as well.
I really, really, REALLY love having it on the cart. They "sleep" (I wish) in my bedroom so the cats can't get to them, and it's so much easier to roll this big cage in, than it was to carry my Martin's 670. I'm just going to have to think of another way of getting them to their playroom now. I am too scared they'd really get hurt falling off the cart or cage.
I hope you enjoyed our tour.

I finally got pics of my flight cage, but first I'll show off the large cage my brother and I made.  It's the same height and width of a R695, but about 3 less in depth.  It's able to house 4, but my lone blue guy, Reggie is in it now. (don't worry, he'll have cagemates once the boys from Kenya's litter are weaned.)


And here's the flight cage 
Full view:


Inside bottom:


Inside top:


And here's a photo of an "under-the-shelf" storage rack I picks up at Home Depot. It fit perfectly.


Inside the homemade cage:
2 hammocks (one giant)
2 ramps with 2 shelves
1 litter box at the bottom
1 tissue box
and fleece scraps for nesting, which Reg liked better inside it litter box 

Inside the flight cage:
2 homemade hammocks, one giant.
1 large litter box at the bottom, one corner pan at the top
1 wire mesh wheel
2 pvc pipes
2 ramps and 3 shelves with plastic canvas
1 hanging basket at the top, as a little "bunk bed"

PM me if you need more details/have questions/comments.

Please ignore my boyfriend's filthy room..



Here is my Martin's R-85 (?).  It's home to my two girls, Ally & Bo, and Bo's litter of 11 two-week-old babies! 
They have...
- newly installed shag carpet   (I found some scraps in our garage)
- a fleece Indianapolis Colts pocket hammock, I'm making another one to hang from the big shelf, so they'll have 2, though one seems to be enough since Bo doesn't really use hammocks right now anyway.
- pvc pipe, they love to sit in there & munch on things
- lots of cardboard toilet paper roll tubes, we seem to go through a lot of tp o.o
- a cuddle-cup thinger that no one really sleeps in, instead it gets chewed & peed on 
- a big purple igloo that no one really uses either
- lots of teenie Greenies, and usually a couple mongo ones tied to the sides to deter bar-chewing, though there's only one right now
- food & water, water is attached to the door so it's easier for me to tell when they need more!  (lactating Bo drinks a TON right now)  and the food dishes are rather pointless as Ally ends up "stashing" everything in the bottom level back corner anyway 
- and lastly, a stone, the idea was so that when they climbed on it, it would file their nails a bit.. but I don't think it works much.

I have a running wheel too that would normally be in there, but I didn't want any of the babies getting stuck underneath it.  I'd also like to try & start litter training them when the babies are grown up & moved out, so a pan should be in there sometime soon, too!

You can also see Bo in her nest.. that's where she spends most of her time.

and lazy Ally spends most of her days sleeping away in her hammock.