Tents

I called this a play tent because it reminds me of the sheet over the washing line tents we used to make when I was little, many, many years ago. It doesn't tend to get chewed too much, firstly because they can already get in and out all around it, secondly probably just because it's not that expensive to make.

To make a tent you either need to have a shelf just a little way under the top of the cage, or to have a full width shelf lower down.

All you have to do is take a piece of fleece fabric and attach it to the cage at two points, pulling the sides out to make a tent shape. My ratties love to stuff it full to bursting with shredded paper bedding.

This is an extension of the play tent idea. You need a large piece of polyester fleece or similar, the width of the finished hammock plus twice the height of the marquee, by the length of the hammock plus twice the height of the marquee.

Mark out the corners of your hammock size, central in the piece of cloth, and add fixing rings.

Hang the cloth above a shelf, so the sides hang down to make the marquee. The rats can sleep on top or inside.

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