Gacktoholic96
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I have a question though, and I'll put it here first so everyone can see. At target I could only find metal grids with a paint over the metal... as you can see from the pictures, it's white. I am afraid the paint will come off when she bites the cage and ingest it. Do you think this is a concern?
Anyway, off to the pictures!
I don't have measurements but the grids are 14in on each side, so you can figure how big the cage is =D
That's my bunny mocha half lying on her food plate -.-;;;; she also likes to sit on it and become a blobby bunny. I don't know why.... maybe she likes the cold feeling on her butt =D
The reason why there is an extra grid in the middle is so that the cage doesn't bend out of shape. That extra grid keeps all the other grids straight and together so the rectangle shape of the cage doesn't turn into a misshaped circle. At first I had a roof overhead, but I took it off so that it'll make it easier for me to go inside and clean, but the roof is what kept the cage's shape and when that was gone, Mocha pushed the edges of the cage with her nose and thus made the rectangle into a funny oval, haha. So that's how I came up with the idea of putting an extra grid over the intersections.
Yeah, that's a beer mat.... haha, at first I had the brown ones that say "Welcome to our crib," (lame, I know, but it was $5 at Target) lining her cage, but the words CRIB is printed with some rubbery material for friction for shoes, so I thought maybe it'd be uncomfortable for Mocha. The only other cheap rug at Target without rubbery paint were rugs printed with beer logos, lol. Oh well, she can't read, and it seems comfortable enough for her =)
Mocha is definitely a lot happier in her new cage, which makes me very happy. Before, whenever someone would pass by her smaller cage she would clamor all over the thing and bite the wire out of frustration when no one would let her out, but now she is content where she is and only occasionally climbs and bites her cage to come out and play.
