YEAH!!!  I pick up my new FN on sunday.  I found one on Craigslist for $150 that looks brand new and was barely used.  This is what the babies will go in after the boys are fixed in September.  Well, a few weeks after, don't want any accidental litters.  I'm so excited.   

I went and got the Octoplay and the fish today on clearance at PetSmart today and am going to build a hardboard playpen also.  Spoiled bRATs.    

I can't wait to start decorating it.  I'm thinking black and white...or yellows and greens....depends on who has a fabric I like.  Wouldn't want to offend the boys with pink, it's bad enough I'm getting them fixed...but to put them in a pink cage too?   

Nice deal!  I've made and bought plenty of cages in the past, and I don't know how I ever lived without this!  There are a few tiny things I might change, but overall, it's as close to the perfect cage as I've ever had!

What I do with my rats is use fleece and towels to line the shelves and floors.  Then I have litter pans throughout, filled with Yesterdays News.  They don't always use the pans as well as they should, but it's pretty easy to keep relatively clean.

Don't forget pics of the ratties esplorin' their new rattie mansion 

i am thinking of getting a fn in another month or so. i only have two now, but if all goes well i would like to maybe add to the family! my one concern though is, the cage slots look a little big. i have girls, and they can squeeze out of their cage now. given they are only 13 weeks old, so i'm hoping they will maybe a get a little bigger and wont be able to fit. anyone have any problems with this?? i only have so much time a day to do the rattie hunt!

I have 9 girls, and all but 2 can get out of the FN. My two largest are 410gs, the rest are between 250 and 350, and they are about as full grown as they are going to get. I modified with hardware cloth.