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06-20-2017, 11:14 AM
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Strong Brew Hamstery
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Ontario, Canada
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Re: Doing some stuff with a Knuff
I really like it like this! What a unique idea!
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06-20-2017, 03:25 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Bath, UK
Posts: 3,640
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Re: Doing some stuff with a Knuff
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Originally Posted by Scarlett Empress
Thanks Fluffagrams! It's not too tricky to do - well, it would have been easier if someone had held the Knuff while I was sawing it, then I might not have sawn into my little finger...but I like that I will have four shelves once I have sawn the other one and I will probably use all four.
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I had some of the magazine files in the hamster room so thought I'd make some shelves like the ones you made for Jessie and Matthew. They should hopefully work in Matthew's bin cage as well as Jessie's Hamster Heaven so I'll have to post some photos when they're done.
I cheated though... I asked my Dad to do the cutting on mine.
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06-20-2017, 03:36 PM
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PM Fluffy for custom title
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Hertfordshire - UK
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Re: Doing some stuff with a Knuff
The shelf looks good and attaching it to the bars like that was a great idea.
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06-20-2017, 04:04 PM
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PM Fluffy for custom title
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: UK
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Re: Doing some stuff with a Knuff
Marty's new Knuff shelf looks really good. This is such a brilliant idea to attach the shelf to the bars.
I'm looking forward to seeing how it looks when it finished!
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Owning Hamsters since Nov 2007
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06-21-2017, 05:27 AM
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Hamster Antics
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 23,533
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Re: Doing some stuff with a Knuff
It's a great idea and looks good! You are clever I don't like lifting the top off the Barney either, but I've got a knack with it now and it seems to get easier. I do take the stuff off the shelves to lighten it though. The Alexander top is a bit bigger and unless the cage is low down I can imagine it could be tricky.
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06-21-2017, 11:10 AM
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Hamster Overlord
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Dorset
Posts: 664
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Re: Doing some stuff with a Knuff
Thank you for your comments everyone, I'm glad you like the idea! My dowels arrived today so I have stuck them on with PVA, they are just drying and I will paint them all tomorrow and hopefully stick two of the shelves in Marty's cage - I left the half finished one in for her to explore, I haven't seen her use it yet as she has been getting up very late in this hot weather but I put some food on there and she has taken it - and also nipped through the string holding her little wooden star!
Fluffagrams ha ha I don't blame you for getting your Dad to cut the files, I would have asked mine but he never QUITE does what you ask him, even though he thinks he's the king of DIY! Would love to see photos!
Serendipity I've got the cage on a coffee table (think it's Argos's version of a Lack?!) so it's not too high but I still struggle - the girl I saw on youTube lifting it around had got it on top of quite a high chest or a low wardrobe! She must have been tougher than she looked.
Thanks for the comments on Marty's cage too, I tend to think it looks a bit like a compost heap most of the time but that's apparently how she likes it!
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06-24-2017, 10:14 AM
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Hamster Overlord
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Dorset
Posts: 664
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Re: Doing some stuff with a Knuff
Finally got my shelves in today! I had to wait till someone could help me lift the top of the cage off, so I could get the original shelf out. Oh good grief, the stuff I found under that shelf...
I have struggled a bit to get photos that show what I have done - I tried holding the camera in the cage and just pressing the shutter, here was my first effort -
It doesn't show the shelves off but what a lovely picture of Marty's carrots!
Hope these show the shelves better - I used three in the end, I didn't intend to put the lower one in but it seemed like a good idea when I was trying them out.
She's got a little crawl-space between these two shelves, which is similar to what she had before - she used to like sitting there to groom so hopefully she will like her new space.
The middle shelf has a space under it where she can keep her Things To Be Chewed - again, she had a space like this before.
She's got her new Rodipet house in there too. She came out for a look while I was rearranging everything and checked out her new house, but she hasn't climbed on her shelves yet - once she'd found her food bowl, she wasn't really bothered about anything else!
I hope she likes it though, she has got more things to climb now, and she does love climbing.
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RIP Smokey and Marty McVitie xxx never forgotten
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06-24-2017, 01:36 PM
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PM Fluffy for custom title
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Hertfordshire - UK
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Re: Doing some stuff with a Knuff
They do look great carrots. lol. The shelves are great to. Hope she has fun climbing etc.
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06-24-2017, 03:59 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: UK
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Re: Doing some stuff with a Knuff
They look amazing - I'm sure Marty will really enjoy her new shelves!
I really like the way they look in her cage to.
Where did you buy the wooden dowels from on eBay? As I'm looking for some of these for a few DIY hamster project I have but I'm confused to which ones/size to buy.
Also if you don't mind me asking, where did you get the wooden discs from that you used to build the staircase?
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Owning Hamsters since Nov 2007
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06-24-2017, 10:49 PM
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Dwarf whisperer
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Wales UK
Posts: 24,789
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Re: Doing some stuff with a Knuff
The shelves look great & I really like the way you arranged them, I'm sure Marty will love the new set up.
SKB I've had dowels from this seller on ebay, a few different sizes & they were all really good quality.
Not sure if SE got her wooden discs from the same place (I'd like to know if someone else sells them) but you can get them from Ratrations.
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