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yes, i was the one who made the indoor pen of “chicken wire” and wood. lol its actually cage wire, because i was afraid he would try to stick his nose through the chicken wire and scrape his fur off or something. but we basically made it so no raw edges of wire were anywhere. the wire is actually screwed between two peices of wood, so the raw edge is between the wood. its a very good and sturdy pen though! and not at all expensive. and we coated the floor in a plastic flooring so that his pee wouldnt soak into the wood.
Edit: i wanted to add that i researched all types of pens before this, and although this was the cheapest route to take, it was much easier because i had a father who has years and years of building and woodshop experience, and has all the tools and knowlege to help me make this the safest and best pen possible. I gave him and idea of what i wanted and he built it amazingly. There are no raw edges, no screws sticking out, no splinters in the wood, nothing at all that pepper could hurt himself on. So even if it is the cheapest option for the largest amount of space (its 4’x3′), its a lot more work than NIC cubes. But it was the best option for me and its a great pen! you can look at my pen in the lounge, its under “Pics of Pepper and his New Pen” Just throwing out my input
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Mine is a NIC pen. I have plywood on the bottom with tiles and then the NIC panels around it like a pen. I did this instead of the chicken wire/wood route because for me it was easier and I can customize it as we go along if I want to. It wasn’t very costly either….the plywood is like 12.00, the tiles were .33 each and I needed 24 of them, then the NIC cubes were 12.99 a box, I needed 2 but could have gone with just 1 if it was done without his shelf. I think either way is doable and a great home for a bun
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I went down the cage wire (similar to chicken wire but without the scary bits) path with wood between. I’m not a really handy sort of person but I managed to do okay with it. I think the secret to taking that path is to make sure everything you buy is as close to what you want as possible. So my wire was already the size I wanted and didn’t have sharp scary bits, the wood was cut by the place I bought it off and they also drilled the holes for a bit of money. The result for me was a large pen (1.5mx3m) for Aus$70, which I never could have done with NIC cubes.
I also have a NIC condo attached to the pen and the pen is way easier to clean! And you can sit in with your bun and bug them -
That was made with two boxes. I think I maybe had two or three squares left. And these were the big boxes from costco…one thing to remember though with the costco ones..some are not reg. grids like this. Some look like…
(Don’t mind my son in there..he thinks he’s a bunny sometimes!)Those grids still work for some parts..I used mine for the roof, the shelves and the floor. Because I cover the floor and shelves and the roof I like it because things don’t fall through. But the four corners into one would make a danger spot for little feet if they’re not covered, and I don’t believe it’d be good to look out of so I wouldn’t make that for the walls. If you have to use them for any of the walls maybe one that faces the room’s wall would work ok since there’s nothing to look at tehre anyway….
Costco has them for 19.99 for these HUGE boxes of them
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