Cheap/free homemade toys

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By the way: I have tried embedding the images for HOURS today already and I have no idea what's wrong with Picasa or why I can't get it to work, but all I can get is photo links rigth now. Sorry!

Anyhow, I've been brainstorming for a bit about some new toys for the ferrets and finally came up with some things today. I also made some hammocks but I'll show those another time. Here's what I did with a 20ft tube and a wine rack (50 cents at a yard sale!):
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I linked it so it wouldn't be a permanent in case they didn't like it but so car they like it fine. You could tape it or fasten it somehow. They also like climbing on the outside of it too

So then I made this:
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I just took one of the large boxes for ramens that you can get at a bulk grocery store and reinforced it with tape, then taped on two cracker boxes to the sides. There were already openings in the ramen noodle box. I made a top viewing window with cellophane, but you could use saran wrap and tape that down. The cellophane is a little sturdier in case they want to walk on top of it (mine already were doing that today). I use the roll from the cellophane to make legs and taped those on, but you could use paper towel/toilet paper rolls too. Really easy, took just a few minutes. I filled it with shredded paper and jingly cat toys. They were all burrowing in it and going crazy until this happened:

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Mabel peaking out of the spanish end of the cracker box:
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No its not glamorous or anything but it was free for me since I had all that on hand and it is totally ferret approved

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The links aren't working for me :-( sorry you've had so much trouble with getting the images embedded. Have you tried photobucket? It's pretty easy for me to use and ice never had any issues with it.

Your ideas sound fantastic

[bluemoose]

That's weird. The links work fine for me.

Very creative ideas! I love the tube on the wine rack.

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Thank you! Bluemoose do you have picasa? I'm starting to think the links only work for other users of gmail or picasa, but I'm not sure... I never used to have problems before. I used to have a photobucket account but forgot my password and couldn't retrieve it

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I don't have picasa... I'm on my iPhone right now. I'll try to view them on my laptop later and see if that fixes it.

[ttfr]

I must make a tunnel toy..

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Ok, I see them now. Can't use the proboards app to see them.

That tunnel is awesome. I am so jealous!! Very nice toys and ideas. Your fuzzies look very happy!

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Thank you! I'm still toying with Picasa, I think it's some kind of error. None of my old photos have problems, just the new ones.

[bluemoose]

I don't have Picasa but I do have a Gmail account.

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I have a gmail account, but I'm not sure it mattered. I don't think I was logged in anyway.

[Sherry]

I don't think I have a gmail account Not to sure, though! But those are fantastic ideas! Especially the wine rack one!

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Thanks, everyone! I had gotten that wine rack months ago thinking I'd paint it real nice. Not big on wine, though. This is a way more fun use for it

[darlene]

The wine rack/tunnel is such a great idea,it's nice to see everyone's imagination at work. I'll be looking at things in awhole new light at the second hand stores.

[babycakes0707]

your little cardboard boxes idea looks like my bunk bed castle made from shoe boxes lol. i cut a hole for a door on the bottom, big box and cut a hole through the top and a hole on the bottom of the smaller box and glued them together. when i had 2 ferrets sometimes they needed sleep on their own and slept in different boxes, but now that it's just molson,he usually sleeps on the bottom "bed"

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That sounds cute! I cant believe they haven't trashed my little creation yet. They sleep in it all the time, even if I put it away they find it at all costs to play/sleep in it.