Author Topic: Critter Nation pics! Everybody post your CNs here! (Read 287398 times)

Pied · « **Reply #4475 on:** October 05, 2012, 11:50:58 AM »

robinkwr.... you're cages are so much fun!!

Lynke · « **Reply #4476 on:** October 05, 2012, 01:11:24 PM »

Quote from: Robinkwr on October 02, 2012, 06:47:04 PM

Freshly Cleaned Cages Today

Lilith and Eve's Cage

Hadyn and Juniper's Cage

Tot and Pongo's Cage

May I ask we're you got those tubes from? Like the yellow one in tot and pongos cage? I think my younger ones would love running through them and my grouchy old ladies would love sitting in them XD

Robinkwr · « **Reply #4477 on:** October 05, 2012, 02:41:27 PM »

Thanks for all the compliments

It has taken a few years to get.. the decorating touch - but I think I finally have, lol. At least my rats are loving it a lot more

Quote from: Lynke on October 05, 2012, 01:11:24 PM

May I ask we're you got those tubes from? Like the yellow one in tot and pongos cage? I think my younger ones would love running through them and my grouchy old ladies would love sitting in them XD

I actually found them at the thrift store! But I know you can buy them at petstores and such. (Here goes some shameless advertising

) You can get them at Ferret Depot (HERE) Which the raffle for our local rat rescue has a $25.00 Gift Certificate for right now

(Here is that link) So you could possibly get a couple for $1.00!

ibinitch · « **Reply #4478 on:** October 06, 2012, 07:24:48 PM »

Maggie and Charlie's freshly clean cage. I really need to buy some new towels

Robinkwr · « **Reply #4479 on:** October 09, 2012, 01:43:34 AM »

Pongo and Tot's cage was cleaned tonight. Tomorrow is the girls turn.

The boys are just loving the new jungle gym I made them. Crawling all over the place.

cindylbear · « **Reply #4480 on:** October 19, 2012, 01:53:27 AM »

I'm wondering how fleece is absorbent at all. I have a piece of fleece, & I put a little water on it, but it just sat there in a puddle. Even a couple hours later it was still just sitting there in a puddle on top of the fleece. A towel in between layers wouldn't seem to help if it never seeps thru the fleece. Now when I put a little water on a piece of cotton bandana, it soaked right in. Wouldn't cotton layers with terry towel in the middle be better? $:-\$

Violet976 · « **Reply #4481 on:** October 19, 2012, 02:38:50 AM »

Fleece needs to be washed a few times without any fabric softener to strip it of it's waterproof barrier. Then it can properly wick the fluid down into any absorbent inner material. Here is a good read about it:
http://www.guineapigcages.com/forum/bedding/21568-fleece-project-study.html

joesandy1822 · « **Reply #4482 on:** October 20, 2012, 12:05:04 AM »

For those of you interested in making coroplast pans for your CN, if you have rats that chew like mine, they might destroy them in no time flat. To solve the problem, buy some "undersill trim" or "utility trim" from Lowe's or Home Depot. It's in the vinyl siding area. You just cut it to length and slide it over the edges of the coroplast. Problem solved. At least for me, they do not chew it at all, but when I tried just the coroplast, they destroyed it in no time flat. Here's a link to what it looks like: https://www.randgsupply.com/Warehouse/Exterior/vinylsiding/vinylsidingtrim.htm (undersill trim). If you don't like how it hangs down so low, you can easily cut the notched edge off. I leave it the way it is. It doesn't look bad to me at all and offers greater protection. I put the low hanging edge on the INSIDE of the cage.

Hope this helps anybody who thinks coroplast would not work for them. My rats are big chewers, and this has been an inexpensive solution to several problems. IF they start to chew the trim, which for me is rare, it's very easy to pop off the old trim and replace it before it gets to the coroplast. But like I said, they rarely even nibble it.

Sandy

Pink · « **Reply #4483 on:** October 21, 2012, 04:05:23 PM »

I have ratties again! Through Alaska Rat Rescue I adopted a trio of girlies to a great owner a little over a year ago. For very legitimate reasons she can no longer keep them, so I took them back in. They are 2 and a half years old now, so not young. Two have very recently developed large tumors, but due to lung issues the owner and I are not comfortable putting them through surgery. So once again, I am a retirement home (My last 20 or so personal rats have all been older adults when I got them).

I spent the day yesterday making liners and hammocks. It felt great to sew again. Of course I don't own shower hooks anymore, so they are on the shopping list. That will certainly make putting the cage together easier.

Anjel · « **Reply #4484 on:** October 22, 2012, 06:09:35 AM »

Considering I got mine a week or two ago I haven't re-taken a photo yet. Took this one the same day I got it and it's painfully empty and non-matching.

I have a few more hammocks and gizmos in there now. I will re-take a picture on cleaning day.

Nikita1995 · « **Reply #4485 on:** October 22, 2012, 10:51:43 PM »

Last weeks cage

Nikita1995 · « **Reply #4486 on:** October 22, 2012, 10:52:48 PM »

And my favourite liner sets so far

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K Rat1417 · « **Reply #4487 on:** October 23, 2012, 03:09:24 PM »

Wow Nikita! I love the blue level

SouthPaw · « **Reply #4488 on:** October 24, 2012, 09:52:22 PM »

For once, I was not feeling super lazy when I cleaned the cage today.... actually did some rearranging.

I am also really, really, really happy that I made the coroplast pan. Has made cleaning/maintenance sooo much easier for me.

SqueeHazard · « **Reply #4489 on:** October 25, 2012, 05:58:15 PM »

Quote from: Pennytherat on December 30, 2008, 09:14:50 PM

I unfortunately don't have one myself, but I've noticed a few CN pics on the FN thread, and thought, "Heck, I want to see all the CNs, and they shouldn't be controlling the FN thread!"
So I made this one! Conversations are fine so long as they don't stray too far from the subject. I wish I had one to show $:-\$
Post away!

http://imgur.com/0jXwH

Pretty bland right now but better then something cramped and with wood shavings e.e <3

ceopet · « **Reply #4490 on:** October 25, 2012, 11:04:19 PM »

Ok so nothing matches this week. I confess that forgot to wash my liners and had to use stuff that I had. The checker board fabric is a nod to my favorite band ever Cheap Trick, and I was going to make a liner set with it since I have a sewing machine but my lie has been a giant busy mess lately and I've had no time or motivation to try sewing it, so into the cage it went over some towels, and the shelfs are lined with my old t shirts they fit perfectly so I just shoved the shelf into the shirt and put it on top of the thing it sits on

The pirate set of hammocks was the only clean set I had...I've been waiting to use them I was trying to hold out on finding the perfect pirate fabric to buy liners to make a pirate themed cage but I haven't found one that stuck with me yet.. I was even pointed to some by the lovely Violet but none of the struck me as a good fit so much for holding out :yelcutelaugh:I will still have a pirate cage though hopefully lol

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IMAG0259 by ceopet, on Flickr

Full cage doors closed

IMAG0262 by ceopet, on Flickr

Full cage doors open

IMAG0260 by ceopet, on Flickr

I actually kind of like it even though it's an un matched mess

Anjel · « **Reply #4491 on:** October 25, 2012, 11:50:53 PM »

The non-matching cages always look the funnest lol.

alwayslater · « **Reply #4492 on:** October 26, 2012, 12:16:39 AM »

tease!!

Will you post again, I'm dying to see your cage

Lennyk · « **Reply #4493 on:** October 28, 2012, 07:17:26 PM »

Moved things around a bit and added new things for them.

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alwayslater · « **Reply #4494 on:** October 28, 2012, 07:35:14 PM »

That's really great

Love the way all your hammocks make a whole new level in your cage.

I need to improvise some habitat things and i like the blue basket tied to the cage wall with some fleece. Where did you get the basket? I'm thinking that a dollar store basket would not be durable enough for this. What kind of store did you get this from?

(my son thinks the big haired cool guy icon is awesome

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Lennyk · « **Reply #4495 on:** October 28, 2012, 07:49:16 PM »

Lol I don't think I've ever seen that icon used on here before!

As for the baskets, I did indeed get them at dollar tree. One of the new things I added so we'll see how they like them and how well they hold up!

alwayslater · « **Reply #4496 on:** October 28, 2012, 08:59:24 PM »

I'll try and remember to ask how they turned out in a few months time.

Ratatata · « **Reply #4497 on:** November 03, 2012, 11:05:29 PM »

The cage last week, when it was ratless.

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RatNook · « **Reply #4498 on:** November 04, 2012, 03:23:23 PM »

Ceopet: Your checkered fleece in the rat cage looks a lot like the kitchen floor in my house!

Lennyk · « **Reply #4499 on:** November 04, 2012, 05:43:44 PM »

Heh, there might be a limit to how often you can post here but I made some pretty big changes this past week and thought I'd post the new pictures. I moved the babies to their own level by connecting the two shelves and then went out and bought new fabric for liners. This set up seems to be working well so far

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