Last week on Black Friday, I bought Mom a new leopard gecko because we had just lost our long time friend of 14 years Caesar. It's name is Mango. While we were there, we saw an employee holding a tiny little hamster and it was just so calm in her hand and just layed there. I went home with just the gecko and went on with my week. All week I kept thinking how strange it was for hamsters to be so sweet, especially in pet store. I thought of hamsters I wanted when I was young that all crawled up my arms and were so awesome that I didn't get. I never let mom live that one down. Well, today happened to be pay day and we had to go to the pet store anyway to pick up a scratching post and food for the rats. There was the hamster still in the cage....one thing led to another and I ended up holding her and I was sold. I brought her home and realized that the cages were only wire and that willow would attack my new friend (cuz she's a real cat) I had to take to the Internet and find a new idea. I refused to put her in an aquarium because that would limit all of her fun tunnel possibilities. So I discovered this new trend called bin cages. Thank Mew for DIY people. I got the idea and headed to Walmart. Finding a good sized bin was difficult, finding a lid to match it was way more difficult. We decided on a 85 liter to begin with. I plan on adding more levels and various tunnels for my new baby. Obviously, there had to be oxygen supply and there-in lied the interesting part. We had some
old junky cages outside in the shed so we decided to take one apart and hammer it into the' lid which was more difficult than it sounds. Carving through the lid to make oxygen holes was very hard and took a lot of muscle and a sick desire to stab something. I have both. After a couple hours we got the wire cage pieces secured into the lid safely. Now came more fun, how to decorate it full of fun activities. We have so much room for activities. And well, here is the result of our hours of labor and love.
old junky cages outside in the shed so we decided to take one apart and hammer it into the' lid which was more difficult than it sounds. Carving through the lid to make oxygen holes was very hard and took a lot of muscle and a sick desire to stab something. I have both. After a couple hours we got the wire cage pieces secured into the lid safely. Now came more fun, how to decorate it full of fun activities. We have so much room for activities. And well, here is the result of our hours of labor and love.