I love my animals. Have a dog (Cleo) 2 cats. And ginger my ball. Once I spent over 650 trying to save a kitten that died regardless midnight I really loved him. he used to get on my head board and jump on my face (no claws never once scratched me) to wake me up in the morning you know "hey wake up its time to feed me" anyway I don’t like to mess around when it comes to taking care of one of my pets. I think if there’s two ways to do something cheap or pay a bit more and get something neat well constructed and perfect for my needs. Then I’ll throw the money at it. By the way this was my free check period. So I had the extra cash and I was also saving to do this. The basic cage with out the options would have been 235 +about 40.00 to ship.