Converted Cabinet Mouse Cage!

Made my first attempt at converting a cabinet into a mouse safe cage! I think it came out pretty well!....just have to soak off the bits of paper I accidentally super glued to the front....lol btw.....its a pita to hang something moderately heavy on the wall by yourself....


Mouse Cabinet by CSBeck, on Flickr

Good work! My, my!

Great job!

That is so neat! Love it!

That looks amazing. You did a great job! I love the tiles in the back.

Love it!

Great Job!!

Thanks!

SCMousery, the tiles are cheap glass mosiac tiles from Home Depot..."grouted" with silicone...first, b/c they can't chew them, and second, b/c glass and silicone don't absorb pee The actual shelf surfaces are covered with vinyl tile, also b/c it doesn't absorb pee....lol The front lip is vinyl edging...again, b/c it won't absorb things

You are so stinkin' talented!

So is that one, entire living area, four levels, with passage between levels on the left? What are its dimensions, please? Why did you decide to have one door with, I assume, Plexiglas and one door with mesh? Why not both doors with mesh? And lastly, will you build me one?

lol! Yeah, its one living area with a notch cut to the left end of each level...I've since added a hardware cloth ramp down from each notch b/c the mice didn't seem to be able to pick up on climbing downwards on the hardware cloth as easily as the rats do...lol. Outside dimensions are about 33" tall by 24" wide and only about 5 inches deep or so. I left one door with the original plexi b/c its easier to see them through, easier to clean, and I think the one side being hardware cloth will provide more than enough ventilation

It doesn't look quite as nice up close...lol I splintered off a big chunk off wood from the first shelf when I cut the notch...and there's silicone everywhere...thankfully its clear...lol It wasn't difficult to do really...just very time consuming...especially with the glass tile... It would have been easier to just use vinyl tile over all the sides and bottoms....but the glass is prettier....lol

Oh so the floor is glass tile inside too?

Neat!

The floor isn't glass tile, the floors are vinyl tile (wood patterned...lol) so its easier to clean

Ah!

This would be a fun project for my opossum. I can probably find a free cabinet on craigslist.