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Post by selantra on Apr 16, 2011 19:38:30 GMT -5
Plywood for sure! I would be afraid to cut into the cage solely for the thought of some how ruining the cage or some how destroying the stability of it ( well and a lack of tools). Especially with oldschool FN being hard to find now.
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Post by Sherry on Apr 16, 2011 21:18:31 GMT -5
Did you check out that link Jackie gave? It starts on response 8 if you haven't.
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Post by selantra on Apr 16, 2011 21:55:15 GMT -5
Did she screw the 1x3 into the ferret nation or does the weight of the cage keep it from moving. ( Extremely inept in the art remodeling) I haven't taken a through look at the cage yet, but I imagine screws would do the trick?
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Post by Sherry on Apr 16, 2011 22:10:48 GMT -5
I'm assuming they'd have used the screws in the same spot the bolts go into with the normal side.
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Post by selantra on Apr 17, 2011 14:10:25 GMT -5
Okay, I think I shall try my handy man skills, if not I shall call in the male handy man artillery!
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Post by Sherry on Apr 17, 2011 17:52:26 GMT -5
Let us know how it goes!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2011 22:30:34 GMT -5
I may have to try this....
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Post by allie516 on May 15, 2012 13:54:35 GMT -5
I LOVE this Idea!
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Post by kissmyhorse on May 15, 2012 21:35:19 GMT -5
I would like to do this... but it seems like it would take up a considerable ammount of space outside the cage. Would a large bin with a hole and atatched tube inside the cage not provide the same benefit?
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2012 21:38:48 GMT -5
No the point is to have more usable cage space
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Post by Sherry on May 15, 2012 22:05:46 GMT -5
Not just more usable cage space. When using a remote box, ferrets are supposed to be much more accurate in hitting the box at least from everything I've read.
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2012 12:57:59 GMT -5
Greetings all! My boyfriend and I have found a good way to modify ferret nations (or any other cage) for direct tunnel connections such as what you are using for these remote litter boxes. It does involve cutting the ferret nation bars, but it is not very difficult- it just requires a large enough pair of wire or bolt cutters.
We then bolt two steel plates to the cage we custom cut, with a dryer quick release in between with one end perma attached to a tunnel piece. We can quickly and easily remove the tunnel via twisting off the quick release and to cover the hole we custom built some dead caps using the quick releases.
I don't have much for pictures available right this minute because I'm at work, but I will gladly get you folks some pictures tonight when I get home of our set up if you'd be interested along with how to instructions if anyone wants them. This remote litter box is an interesting idea we might use in our engineering projects. It would save me having to wash a lot of fleece they butt scoot on now in the cage.
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Post by Sherry on May 18, 2012 14:08:53 GMT -5
That would be fantastic if you would to that! Thanks
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Post by wildjungle on Jun 13, 2012 15:35:37 GMT -5
That remote litter box is such an amazing idea!!! Thanks for sharing. I'm so glad that I've found others that are nuts about their fuzzy's, as I am of mine.
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Post by Sherry on Jun 13, 2012 18:33:22 GMT -5
I think "nuts" could describe most of us here ;D
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