Extreme Makeover - Cage edition!

[reachthestars]

After spending three days slaving over the sewing machine I stripped the ratties cage bare and did a complete overhaul. I've found over the last few months I've been doing tthe same thing over and over again to decorate, and I realised that that could be a little boring for the rats.


The cage before:




And the cage after!




Any comment or questions? Anything you suggest to do differently?

[OldsGal]

Wow your cage looks great!  Your rats a spoiled.  My ratties only get one Hammie in their cages. 

[Blu Rat]

  WOW,
Ok am I the only one who looks at really nice ratty houses, and thinks that it would be fun to shrink down to their size!  I know it sounds dumb but....LOOK at all the cool stuff!?!
Em

[Dori]

I love it! Makes me want to redo my cage. I did buy some fleece on sale at Walmart, I just have to take the time to make new hammocks and tubes! Great job!!! 

[trubandloki]

Great job!  I'm sure you ratties like it!

[aphoeniceus]

Very nice!  Its probably about time for me to do that too.  I dont even remember the last time I changed the cage decorations.  My poor babies, arent getting enough mental stimulation...     Maybe soon, after I take my GRE! *grumbles about dumb grad school*

[mandycoot]

Looks awesome! Nicely done.

A.Pho, don't even remind me about the GRE. I took it in September but I need to do it again, since I'm so horrible at math and the review books didn't even prepare me for having to know half the stuff! *Grumbles about dumb grad school* is right!

[Heather]

I switch the toys around every week when I clean. Although the bath house and waffle houses are getting major chewed up and will need to be thrown out soon. The poor girls haven't gotten new toys for over a year. Those things are EXPENSIVE.

[mowgley_the_rat]

wow!!!!!!!!!! that is one gorgeous ratty mansion!  i just made my first hammock yesterday (looks funny but Mowgley LOVES it, LOL) and I bought tons of cute fabric on sale at JoAnns so hopefully I can make his cage a little mmore intersting too.  One quick question, do you rotate things in and out to keep them interested?  How often is a good time to change things around?

[reachthestars]

Heather - I so agree with you about expensive toys! It helped when I worked at the petstore (who doesn't like discounts?). I find Walmart has good bird toys that work for ratties as well 

Mowgley - If you could only see my first hammocks! Believe me, it gets better and easier as you get more practice. I try to change hammocks and fabric things one to two times a week. Cardboard is taken out when it starts to smell (normally after 3 days or so) and the plastic toys get soaked in hot water and vinegar every cage cleaning. I do this to wooden toys as well. Ideally I would like to have a change in the set up every week, but I'm really not that creative!

[Rat_lover_lauren]

Teh cage looks great the hammocks really jazz it up!! And I love the waffle blocks house I have one too and Olly practically lives in it, lol  and I loved tyhe title by the way 

[lycanandselenesmom]

dumb question..I would love to show my cage. How do I post a pic in here? Everytime I try to I get the box with an X.
My cage is still in progress but I am damn proud.

[OldsGal]

You know my hammocks are definately not pretty by any means.  It is all about function!  I can not sew.  All I do is buy the baby recieving blankets from the Dollar Tree Store and cut them in half.  Then fold the half in half and cut a hole in each corner.  Push shower curtain rings through each hole and walla hammock!!!!!  Mine love theirs!