Luxury double tub rat cage. DUW 20+pics!

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It was cleaning day today at the zoo...lol. And I thought I'd share pics of my super sweet luxury double tub set-up for my two male rats. This thing is a major work in progress, I'm always adding, changing, doing something to it. It started out as just one tub with wire-mesh added to the lid and had since gained.

--A hammock, wash towel held up with paper clips, works great!
--An open wire front, which I then mostly covered up and made the back since they threw shavings out and made a colossal mess. Don't ever mesh too close to the bottom of a tub it's a hassle to clean up after!
--Super tall food hopper for easy feeding.
--A second tub (60qt sterilite buckle up box same as the first)
--Connection tunnel (two tupperwares on end, lids glues together with a hole cut in them so they snap together and apart)
--One mesh side vent, then 3 more added whenever I had extra bits of mesh laying about, so they're all diff sizes and stuff.
--Flip top lids, added by making duct tape hinges mid lid.
--Ect..

They've been in this for over a year, not counting when their out visiting ladies. And I've had no chewing issues with the holes or the duct tape. I keep them too busy.

Now for the Pics! I may comment here or there but mostly I'm gonna number them, so if you have a question about how or why I did something you can refer to the pic#.

#1 the tunnel is hotglued on then taped for extra support, you couldn't tear these things off.


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#7 talk about cross ventalation.. you can see through all four walls of the tubs!


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#13 tunnel entrance/exit is lined with mesh to keep them from chewing.


#14 and how the tupperware tunnel works


#15 two lids glued together with a hole cut out.


#16 without the lid


#17 using a new lid to block the tunnel, good for cleaning or adding something to one tub while they chill in the other.


#18 went a little crazy with the soldering iron...lots of holes! lol


#19 old pic! this tub now had mesh vents on both sides see pic18


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#21 when the lids down it holds the top of the hopper on so they can't knock it off.

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#24 and a look inside half the tunnel


That's it. Hope someone gets some tips/ideas from my mass amount of pictures.. Cheers