Cage for a hamster own hands

You have a hamster, and where to settle it, you have not decided yet? You can buy a ready cage in the store or make a cage for the hamster yourself.

There are several variants of self-made cells for hamsters. Let's look at one of them: from a plastic container.

How to make a cage for a hamster?

The container, from which you will make a cage, should be deep enough to place a wheel, a drinking bowl, toys.

For work you will need:

• bought in any store a plastic container;
• a metal grating measuring 6 mm, if you are making a cage, for example, for a dzhungar hamster;
• cable ties;
• nippers or scissors for metal;
• soldering iron.

1. Using a soldering iron, we cut out the ventilation panels in the walls of the container along previously drawn lines.
2. After that, on the contour of the resulting openings, we make small holes for fixing the grids.
3. From the metal grid we cut out the blanks for ventilation openings. Lattices should protrude from the edges of the holes for 1-2 cm.
4. Now we need to attach the gratings to the edges of the holes on the inside of the cage
5. First, we attach the grid to the four corners with cable ties. And the nodes should be tied on the outside of the cell
6. Then tighten the cable ties over the remaining holes so that the grate fits snugly against the walls of the cage.
7. After the lattice is strengthened, cut off excess screeds to make the cell look more neat.
8. It remains to clear the cell from the inside of the remnants of "construction debris", and think that you need a hamster in a cage. Install the drinking bowl, attaching it to the wall of the cell with an adhesive tape.
9. For a Chinese hamster, a sand container can be attached to the grill of the ventilation opening, in which the rodent can bathe with pleasure.