about plastic bins

[piggy101]

i've been looking around on sites and i have been thinking about making one of those bins for my teddy-bear hamster as a cage. I was just wondering what people that have made them used and what sizes i should go with and if a bin is good for a teddy-bear hamster.

thanks

[SonicRedneck]

Heres a pic of mine. The bins we have are pretty large. I'm not sure what size they are. The ones we got were like $4. n u can either drill holes in the lid or put chickenwire over the top. We did both. There's a divider in the middle b/c we have 2 dwarf hammies housed in there. They love it. Much more room than a standard cage. I hope this has helped you.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y175/KissofDeath04/Hammies/100_1744.jpg

Sarah

[jennawing]

I use bins for all my hamsters- and both my mice boys have bins- and even one of my rat cages sits on a bin for more room (and makes a great catch-all in the bottom)

Here is one bin- all mine look pretty much the same now- wheel, igloo, food, water, toys- this picture is older, but will give you an idea.
http://www.freewebs.com/critterscoop/sullybin.jpg

You can see more pics of some of my bins and instructions on how to do the mesh tops on my website: http://www.freewebs.com/critterscoop/

[FuzzyLuvr]

I use big plastic bins for my hamsters and it works so well! I cut a hole in the lid to put a lookout tower in there. You can also add little hamster tubes around the sides and connect them adn stuff. However, my little baby is a big Syrian and she wouldn't fit into the tubes i bought at Petco. I should've measured her.....so now i'm in the procecss of um.... customizing the tubes so maybe she'll have room to slither through them. Hopefully they won't be totally useless.

[Zouave]

Thirty gallon Sterilite bin for each Syrian.

I have many.

You can see many of my bins
Right Here (http://kanez.proboards22.com/index.cgi?board=Hab1&action=display&num=1075169932)

[jennawing]

You can try SAM tubes instead of Crittertrail ones- they have more space inside because they aren't bubbled- they just have little ridges for footholds.

Sorry my pics not coming in- you can see it on my website, though- and many more.