Whatever you buy, avoid wire mesh floors, because it hurts their paws to walk on, and can give them bumble foot, which is very painful.
I took a large ferret/chinchilla type wire cage, put shavings in the bottom pan, and made 6 layers of shelves out of fleece, like hammocks.
This is a great pet set-up, because it increases the floor space by tons, and if they pee on the hammocks, all you have to do is throw them in the wash, and put them back in the cage.
I bought the cage used for $20, and got the fleece free from a friend who didn't need it.
My cage is about 4 feet tall, and 2 feet wide, and one foot deep? And it holds 6 rats very comfortably.
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