First of all... Credit should be given where credit is due... These pictures are not mine, neither is the design of this cage... I am just posting these pictures so that people can see what you're talking about... The designer's screen name is crm5086, and it houses a Sav. Monitor...

I am somewhat of a woodworking hobbyist, so I don't quite think of this design as being hard to build... However, agreeing with Chris, I would have done a couple of things different...



As you can see in this first picture, this person used a sliding door desing... I have personally never built a cage with sliding doors, however, I was under the impression that these doors had to be measured extremely accurately, don't deal well with flexing, and they were somewhat difficult to install...



What I would have done is built a door with hinges at the bottom, so that you can swing it down... This is for two reasons... The part that will most likely bend or "give" will be the top, because of the weight of the person, so having the hinges at the bottom will not let them be affected by this... Also, the part without the hinges is much more forgiving, as long as you don't intend to have the door fit inside the cage once it is closed...



In this second picture, you can see that this person thought it through a lot... Chris' concern about getting to the water bowl has been thought of...



This also alows for better viewing of your animal, whichever it may be...



The third picture is one that shows something that I don't agree with at all...



Well, it shows the interior of the cage, and it displays a completely bare Ceramic Heat Emmitter, which is dangeround and, in my opinion, should never be done... That animal will burn itself in seconds if it touches the heater...

Also, cutting those bolts would be a really good idea, otherwise, your animals can get hurt with them...

Well, I think I am done... At least for now...

I hope I didn't bore you too much with this message, and that you read through it...

Good luck with whatever you decide to do about YOUR OWN design...

Take care,



~ El__Quijote

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