The new cage

[DogMagic 461]

Just a step by step piccy story of the new ferret cage i just finished building. The hole in pic 4 is the access to and from upstairs. Pic 7 shows the nest box entrance. 8 is the finished thing. I painted it in black bituminous paint to keep it weather proofed and varnished inside for same reason. The last pic is one of the happy residents. The cage is 4x2x2 ft.

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[martnmagik 68]

Just a step by step piccy story of the new ferret cage i just finished building. The hole in pic 4 is the access to and from upstairs. Pic 7 shows the nest box entrance. 8 is the finished thing. I painted it in black bituminous paint to keep it weather proofed and varnished inside for same reason. The last pic is one of the happy residents. The cage is 4x2x2 ft.

nice job mate. its nearly the same as mine but ive got mine on top of an old chest of drawers with holes all through to make like a little maze.(pain in the ass to clean out though lol)

[zaktarin 1]

Looks good. Self-builds are always better - customised and all that. How/what is the roof?

[DogMagic 461]

Cheers mart, that sounds good. I bet they love that!

 

Zac the roof WAS going to be another sheet of 4x2 ply but when i put it on top it didnt quite reach so i went and bought a sheet of 6x2, painted it with the black bituminous stuff then painted the sheet of 4x2 as well and bolted the two together so the 4x2 overhangs the front of the cage by 6 inches.

[chilly 59]

look good mate they seem happy in there,your wood work looks much better than mine lol. what kind of mesh u use mate and how big is the nest box for how many ferrets? these were the things i was unsure about when i did mine

[DogMagic 461]

Cheers chilly. I started off by screwing the back legs to the back panal. Then i screwed the front legs to the side panals then the side panals to the back legs. After that i just muddled through really adding the 2nd floor then the ground floor, nest box panal etc till it was done. The nest box is 1 ft wide by 2 tall and 2 deep. There is 3 ferrets in there at the moment but come the summer the hob will be moving out and it will be the 2 jills plus their youngsters. Without looking i think the mesh is 1 inch square, heavy duty mesh.

[chilly 59]

think the mesh i used is a little light weight may change it when i get more to build a run for them, my nest box is about 14 inch square and only 2 ferrets so should be ok, do you think it would be ok if i had any more in there ?, think it deff better to build your own tho isnt it,

[stealthy1 3,964]

Self builds are better, they look better than the tanning booth coloured objects you see on the net

[auld salmon 28]

pimp my cage

[froggy43215 1]

Nice job mate

[NEWKID 27,047]

nice job mate, it's more satisfying to build your own I reckon

[web22 27]

self builds are defo better,you get the satisfaction of making something and all to the sizes you require,and at a sniff of the price,i made my own some time ago still looks like new and is more solid than my mate's which is smaller and cost a fortune.the treatment you chose should last forever so will get many years of happy ferrets through the doors.

[michael40 4]

the ferts will love it mate

[kelly66 0]

Great job Kev look forward to seeing the kids in the summer i think you should get building me one now

[DogMagic 461]

Great job Kev look forward to seeing the kids in the summer i think you should get building me one now

 

No problem kelly. You cover the cost of materiels and i will do.