Katiejane
Junior Member
Hubby and I built a cage for our soon to be ratties(we would like to have 2, hubs will probably not allow more) We had this metal cabinet sitting around that seemed perfect for the job. I think it looks great, but the floors are wood (plywood to be specific, sanded and sealed with water based polyurethane) and I'm starting to wonder if I will come to regret this choice. It is easy to pop out the floors and replace them, but I'm not going to want to do that too often. Any experience/suggestions? Also it seemed a good size, but more tall and not that big of a foot print (15x20 but almost 4ft tall with 4 levels). Seeing everyone else's cn cages I'm wondering if it's really big enough. I have a room they can be let out in, if they get out lots, will that make up for having less running space?
Last question (for now!) my daughter keeps collecting pine cones and sticks and birch bark and asking if the rats can have that type of stuff, is any of that safe for them? The local squirrels love the pinecones (I guess spruce cones, we don't have many pines here) but I don't know if ratties would. Thanks all
Last question (for now!) my daughter keeps collecting pine cones and sticks and birch bark and asking if the rats can have that type of stuff, is any of that safe for them? The local squirrels love the pinecones (I guess spruce cones, we don't have many pines here) but I don't know if ratties would. Thanks all