Afraid Spice will escape!

[criscollrj]

I don't know really what to do at this point (11:00 p.m.). We put a different wheel in Spice's new cage tonight (6 days old) and discovered upon dissassembling it that a wire has worked loose from the side leaving about a 1" gap should she discover it. We taped it with some mailing tape and put toilet paper over the sticky part on the inside but of course I'm not really comfortable with that -- could the tape hurt her, and of course how long will it take her to chew right through it! I have the cage down in a 64 quart sterlite bin, but she got out of her littler cage and out of that same bin before. I need to find a huge 90 quart bin but haven't found one yet that's high enough.

She escaped from her Crittertrail 1 about 1 month ago by somehow pushing the wires up from the plastic bottom. She was loose in the house for 5 days before I had totally given up and then suddenly found her crawling around by the front door!

This cage is a SuperPet My first Home my mom bought me - I will plan to try again and replace tomorrow but have to get through toinght without her escaping. Any ideas for tonight? I can't put her cage down in the bathtub because I have a 14-year old autistic child that gets up early and sometimes gets in the shower before I'm even awake. So that was my only idea, that will not work, of preventing any escape. And putting her in the bin itself won't work either, as we've seen her jump high enough to almost get to the top - I wouldn't trust that she won't jump out of that bin. (I have no lid for it, and I don't even own a drill, though I may have to buy one tomorrow to make her a bin cage!)

Although she is so happy with her bigger wheel she doesn't seem to be chewing wires or seeking escape right now, but who knows how long that will last!

dori

[Cammiehammie]

I would place a piece of cardboard alond the side of cage where the bar is missing, and push that side against the wall. I wish you luck with Spice.

[Zouave]

Why can't you use wires and sort of "sew" an area closed using nothing but the metal wires? I have that cage (for a dwarf) that someone gave me but I can't quite visualize it. By "wire" maybe you mean a bar? I would not Crazy Glue it, or even epoxe glue it as the ham might ingest some of that stuff.

You need a new habitat tomorrow, first thing.

Cardboard boxes will be gnawed through. You had best think of a way to secure that cage hole using perhaps the top of a large tin can with small homes you punched through the edges which you then wired to the bars. That is what I would do. A good sharp pocket knife or awl should wear small holes through the tin can lid.

A 30 gallon Sterilite bin is too deep for them to escape from. BUT, on very rare occasions they might start to gnaw the plastic. But I have many and they mostly work very well.

Good luck.

[o0sapphirerat0o]

you don't need a drill, a 10$ sodering iron works just as well, (and will leave the edges smooth). how about sitting the cage on the floor and putting the bin over the cage with a brick or 5 on it? lol.

[Zouave]

Originally Posted by o0sapphirerat0o

you don't need a drill, a 10$ sodering iron works just as well, (and will leave the edges smooth). how about sitting the cage on the floor and putting the bin over the cage with a brick or 5 on it? lol.

Yea. Place the open part down on something. If the ham can reach the plastic bin he may try to gnaw out, but that might take some time.

[flowerpage]

where do i get a soldering iron?