Re: Housing Pictures

by pumpkinmouse Tue 11 Oct 2016, 5:09 pm

The girls huge DIY cage - before it was retired to my backyard, lol.
Now that I have younger mice again, a more exciting multilevel rebuild is in order Very Happy

(I'm very aware the disc is too small, Valentina was the only mouse who used it between 4-6 weeks of age. It more or less turned out to be somewhere to sit & eat for everyone else)

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by CanadianExport Tue 11 Oct 2016, 5:42 pm

WOW! That is stunning! Makes me want to get out my building stuff again!

by MouseLover Wed 12 Oct 2016, 8:53 am

Love the little wooden houses. SO cute!

by CallaLily Fri 14 Oct 2016, 11:00 am

I love all the wooden houses, Pumpkinmouse.

Here's this week's setup.
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by Peachy Fri 14 Oct 2016, 11:07 am

Ooh, fun. Is that a tissue box with a hammock? Razz

by CallaLily Fri 14 Oct 2016, 11:31 am

Yes. I got the idea from Pinterest. It's a cat diy but I shrunk it down to mouse size.
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Original diy: http://www.allyou.com/family/pets/cat-hammock-craft?crlt_pid=camp.97G7g7ezdJIT

by Peachy Fri 14 Oct 2016, 11:57 am

I've seen that but never thought about making it for the mice! Neat idea. Smile

by CallaLily Fri 14 Oct 2016, 12:17 pm

My next thing is to try to recreate this wooden thing here: https://www.instagram.com/p/BKq1-1xB4zT/. (Is this person on here too?)

I made an attempt already but wasn't happy with it -the squares were too large- so instead I wrapped it in fleece (no sew knot way) and hung it straight up and down. Hazel is enjoying climbing it but I don't think my chubby sisters can. Laughing

by CanadianExport Fri 14 Oct 2016, 2:34 pm

ooooo I will have to try that tissue box hammock idea once my tissue box is empty! The hammock will be low enough that I do not have to worry too much about their nails catching on it.

by CallaLily Fri 14 Oct 2016, 3:18 pm

I've never had an issue with nails catching in fleece or felt. And Hazel has got some nails.

by CanadianExport Fri 14 Oct 2016, 3:20 pm

I have had Winnie catch her back nails quite badly and Li'l Bean has hurt her back leg before catching her nails. So I have become quite cautious about using fleece in their cage. But something that low should be fine as long as they have an easy way in and out.

by CallaLily Fri 14 Oct 2016, 3:33 pm

Oh no! That stinks. I don't blame you for being cautious.

I should say no problems with polar fleece. I did have an issue with a thinner, stretchy type of fleece I tried a couple years ago.