• Responding to email notices you receive.
    **************************************************
    In short, DON'T! Email notices are to ONLY alert you of a reply to your private message or your ad on this site. Replying to the email just wastes your time as it goes NOWHERE, and probably pisses off the person you thought you replied to when they think you just ignored them. So instead of complaining to me about your messages not being replied to from this site via email, please READ that email notice that plainly states what you need to do in order to reply to who you are trying to converse with.

  • IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ!! About the Google Adsense ads being displayed

    =====================
    Posted 08/15/2025
    =====================


    Yeah, I know. They are a pain in the butt. But they pay the bills to keep my server running. Just a fact of life, I am afraid.

    Want to get rid of them? Simple. Just become a Contributor level member or above and they will be gone. -> Please click HERE."

    Is that too much for me to ask of you to keep this site running? Well, sorry about that. I too wish I could get everything for free. But alas.....

    =====================
    Addendum: 01/10/2026
    =====================


    Google Adsense ad revenue for December, 2025 was just $30 over the cost of the lease for the server running this site. So, in effect, the money providing the incentive for me to continue running this site is coming SOLELY from the paid memberships and sponsorships here. Which honestly ain't much....

Custom cage building?!?!

N

nchan

New member
Joined
Nov 14, 2006
Messages
22
Reaction score
0
Points
0
Age
37
Location
Amherst
Im just wondering what material would make for a good sturdy cage that would be easy to clean and manage. Im thinking about using melamine wood. if anyone has any other suggestions, this would be very helpful.
 
thanks for the link. it has alot of info on cage building. again thanks don
 
cages

We have built cages out of melamine with great success. I have 13 so far. They stack great and look good as well. We put formica on the front just for an extra kick. The first one was built about 2 or 3 years ago and still look like new. Also very econimical.
 
do u have any pictures that i can see? from what i hear it seems like they are good designs. i heard melamine was kinda heavy and it makes it hard for cage cleaning?
 
Here's a pic of the melamine cages we build. They are heavy as hell but we'll never have to replace them. Cleaning them is a breeze.

Cage pic
 
Hey Mike nice cage. When I made my melamine cage it did not look that good. I wish I had the right tools to make mine look that as nice.
 
nice cages mike. very simple but looks very sturdy. is the door made of acrylic
 
No, the doors are 1/4" glass.

The design is real simple but they will last a life time. Realistically it's nothing more than box for them to poop in. Why waste time and money on bells and whistles, right??? :shrug01:
 
Mike do you have more pics of your cage? Like the side etc. Is the glass tempered? What did you use to hide the unfinished ends of the melamine?
 
Back
Top