Dark Lady , I also have to say that you are spot on with your figures too about 8 cages costing about $4,000.00. ( go figure an accountant being right with their numbers!) lol. The 7 cages I built cost me $3,900.00 all said and finished! I can tell that you have put in alot of time and effort in research. You are well on your way to making some very cool cages it sounds like. My advice would be is, continue to do research and get the "collective" opinion as no one person is the authority on any thing . That includes me. I may be talking out my Butt , but this is what has worked for me! Here are a few pics of my cages while they were under construction. I do not have any finished pics of them yet but when I get some I will post them. The inserts sit inside the framework that you see to form a "tower" that is 3 separate 2x2x4 cages stacked to make the overall unit 7 foot tall by 4 foot wide! the other tower has 4 separate cages (2) 2x2x7 and (2) 2x2x3'-6" all stacked to make it 7 foot tall by 7 foot wide. both towers match each other!
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