Large and Wide Aviary Cages

[acapae_wolf]

Home 6 does. All healthy and fit, ranging from 7 to 22 months

Whole thing


Bottom left


Bottom from the left


Bottom from the right


Looking down on the right


Middle left


Middle from the left




Top left


Top from the left

[acapae_wolf]

July's layout (now that I can post photos again). Home to 8 does ranging from 3 to 25 months.

Bottom right


Bottom left


Middle looking down


Middle looking left


Roof


Whole thing

[acapae_wolf]

Five does ranging from 4 to 22 months old. The older 3 are a bit broader in terms of body-type so I'm trying to give things they can manage too, while keeping the general tone of things active.

Bottom left


Bottom right


Bottom from the right


Middle left


Middle right


Roof


Whole thing

[acapae_wolf]

September's layout. 8 does ranging from 5 to 27 months. Specific health issues influencing the thoughts behind the layout were pregnancy (so safish), the begining of HLD (encouraging activity at levels suitable), and generally being rather old.

Whole thing


Bottom left


Bottom right


Middle


Top half


Top left


Top from the left

[acapae_wolf]

Home to 7 does; 6 to 28 months old. Just the top half of the cage following Norey's reintroduction to the group after spending 2 weeks in a hospital cage. I felt it would be better to ease back into half the duetto from an activity pov than all of it.

Whole thing


Left


Right


View from the roof door

[acapae_wolf]

Home to 7 does; 6 to 28 months old. Have just re-opened it again after the last set of photos. Usually I take layout photos straight after I've done the cage (before I put the rats back), but last night it was too dark (and to be honest, it's grey and miserable here today anyway!). So hence why there's rats obstructing the views, random shadows (rats) and no obvious nesting material.

Whole thing


Bottom left


Bottom right (this branch isn't the one in previous duetto layouts, but the one in this speedy layout)


Bottle middle-y bit


Middle-y bit


Top


Top right


Top left


View from the roof door



Also I realised I've not taken any good photos of the roofspace for a while. Most of these ropes and perches have been up there since the summer (in various arrangements), and some items (like the long ash branch) for many months. New this layout is the plastic chain and the rope with the plastic handle.

[acapae_wolf]

Just me posting then?

Duetto home to 10 does. From a very wobbly mostly-stuck-at-the-bottom almost 27 months down to 3 months.
Normally I take photos without rats just after cleanout. Opposite on both counts this time!


Bottom left. The wood is a bit of leftover skirtingboard


Bottom right


Top left. Fabric on the shelf was some old pj bottoms I was saving to turn into a hammock. They decided they wanted it now, so have been 'naughtily' pulling it in all week.


Looking in from the roof door top left


Whole thing

[rattypetrolhead]

My duetto I love this cage!



Top is home to 6 oldies (23-28months) hence ALL the hammocks

Bottom is home to my bonkers gingers and my zephyrs. Layouts have to be carefully thought out as the gingers like to ambush me so I need to be able to see where my territorial little darlings are stalking me from

[cyber ratty]

I've finally got round to uploading some cage pictures - some of which were taken years ago, so there is a progression in terms of the type of layout.

To begin with, I used my duettos as they were intended - in two separate halves! With more shelves and fewer ropes. These are some dull and boring lower floor layouts from the dim and distant past:


And some marginally better upper floor layouts:

[cyber ratty]

These days, my duettos are fully opened up, although I did still have a few shelves at first...




Once the shelves were ditched, I used more litter containers like cat trays, baskets, etc.




My current layout for the girls, using a branch, and some big ropes:




My current layout for the boys, this has two long strong cardboard tubes wrapped in sisal rope forming the main structure in the bottom half.

[Amyp78]

Only had my ratties since Sunday. They came with the cage which didn't have alot in it and what they did have had to be thrown away. Ive used items from pet shops, pound shops and bit I had at home. I'll be making them a hammock too in the next couple of weeks